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Can Oracle compete against SAP in the CRM market after recent acquisitions?

Can Oracle compete against SAP in the CRM market after recent acquisitions?

By  William Band, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research 

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The Oracle/SAP feud is no secret. In your opinion, how do Oracle's recent applications-related acquisitions help them compete against SAP?
The applications market is quite mature. The name of the game for both companies is to retain their customer install-base and try to sell these customers additional solutions from their suite. Oracle's acquisitions have been driven by a desire to acquire a foothold on more customers, and to benefit from the ongoing revenue streams from maintainence and services to these customers.