Monday, December 10, 2007

Oracle buys Web apps specialist

BUSINESS software Goliath Oracle has acquired a Dutch software vendor Mobiforce, which specialises in monitoring the availability and performance of web applications.

Oracle said Moniforce’s technology was expected to strengthen its Enterprise Manager suite that lets application administrators to proactively detect and resolve end-user experience and application logic issues.

Moniforce boasts customer spanning key industries, including financial , retail, and government. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

“The transaction underscores Oracle's strategy of lowering total cost of ownership and delivering higher quality of service for customers running packaged or custom applications in Oracle or non-Oracle environments,” said Oracle Product Development executive vice-president Chuck Rozwat.

Moniforce chief executive Willem-Jan Scholten said real end-user information was essential for improving application usage and business performance – and for lowering total cost of ownership.

“We're proud to become part of the world's largest enterprise software company and look forward to delivering solutions that maximise our customers' return on their application investments by ensuring the highest end-user satisfaction.” Mr Scholten said.

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