Oracle Nabs Cloud Software Company TOA | Re/code

The article concludes with a handy summary of recent big cloud app acquisitions by SAP, Salesforce, IBM, and Oracle; also see Oracle Buys TOA Technologies To Pull The Rug Out From Salesforce.com (Business Insider)

"Business software giant Oracle today said it would acquire TOA Technologies, a privately held cloud software company that specializes in handling the dispatching of field service workers.

Financial terms aren’t being disclosed, but handling the on-the-ground management of people who make service calls is a surprisingly big business. TOA handles 120 million service requests every year in 20 countries around the world. Its customers include Dish Network, Home Depot and Ricoh."

Oracle Nabs Cloud Software Company TOA | Re/code