Salesforce May Go Shopping in Response to Oracle Deal - Arik Hesseldahl - News - AllThingsD

Advantage, Larry

"The point, Keirstead says, is that Salesforce will seek to build its own “marketing cloud” offering. Of course, Salesforce doesn’t have the financial flexibility that Oracle does. It has only $1.4 billion in combined cash and short- and long-term investments as of the close of its most recent quarter. That’s almost pocket change compared to Oracle’s $34 billion as of the quarter reported earlier this week."

Salesforce May Go Shopping in Response to Oracle Deal - Arik Hesseldahl - News - AllThingsD