Oracle and Salesforce: a Data-Sharing Deal - NYTimes.com

The odd couple

"Next week, according to people familiar with the agreement who were not authorized to speak on the record, Oracle and Salesforce will announce that their products will be able to easily share data.
That way, customers can use things like customer contact and product details that they have on Salesforce with Oracle’s applications, which include similar sales and people-management software. The data sharing could make both products more attractive to buyers, because it will increase what companies can do with the software."

Oracle and Salesforce: a Data-Sharing Deal - NYTimes.com