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04 Feb 2009
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Software giant Oracle claims it can now provide partners with a single point of contact to address their application configuration management needs after snapping up vendor mValent.
As a result of the acquisition, Oracle will offer its customers the ability to collect, compare and reconcile deep-configuration information of complex machines.
After the acquisition closes, mValent training will be combined with the Oracle University.
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Richard Sarwal, senior vice president of Oracle applications and systems management, said: “Effective application configuration management is increasingly important as businesses look to improve operating efficiencies.
“With the addition of mValent, Oracle expects to be able to address this need by providing customers with the ability to collect, compare and reconcile deep-configuration information of complex systems.”
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Do you agree?
Where will Oracle take it?
I agree this is a nice move by Oracle. Automation configuration is definitely a hot space - finally organizations are realizing there?s an alternative to custom scripting. But I think the lingering question is what will Oracle do with mValent? Will they evolve the mValent Integrity product to be surrounded by and dependent on Oracle-only products. Where does that leave the huge customer base that relies on other middleware offerings like IBM WebSphere, RedHat JBoss, BMC Bladelogic, HP Server Automation, IBM Build Forge, etc.? Phurnace is now the only vendor-neutral automated deployment vendor - - a fact that has serious implication for customers with mixed technology environments.. I can talk all day about this topic.
Posted by larry warnock | 05 Feb 2009
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