In the Cloud, Oracle Shops the Discount Aisle

With two deals in two weeks, Oracle seems to have kicked off the cloud software deal-making spree that The Information and others have predicted for a year. 

It’s easy to see why: Oracle is getting much-needed cloud revenue at historically low prices in industries where it already has a foothold it can leverage. A quick sift through the finances of other publicly traded cloud software firm suggests there are similar potential acquisition candidates out there, including Fleetmatics Group, RealPage and Cornerstone OnDemand.