This case is written from the perspective of a member of the valuation team of Oracle during Oracle's bid to get Sun Microsystems in 2009. Sun was an industry leader in the IT sector, and it had many suitors, including IBM.
Oracle had distinguished itself as the planet’s largest and most reputable sellers of database management systems and other relevant software, and it had recently obtained several low-margin businesses and turned them into higher-margin operations. Oracle and combining Sun had the potential to make the Wal-Mart of the enterprise software sector. An auxiliary pupil spreadsheet is available to verified users.
Sun Microsystems case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: December 06, 2010 PRODUCT #: UV5626-HCB-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about FINANCE & ACCOUNTING
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