Oracle is presently negotiating to purchase healthcare tech agency Cerner in a deal that might be value roughly $30bn, stories have claimed.Citing folks conversant in the matter, the Wall Street Journal stated the potential deal might be Oracle’s biggest acquisition so far, virtually thrice greater than the $10 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft that befell again in 2005. Cerner, which focuses on digitalizing medical data, has a market worth of round $23bn, however including the standard takeover premiums might ship the worth up even greater.
Arms race heating up
Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, Cerner presently has 26,400 workers and annual income of $5.5 billion, in keeping with knowledge from Datanyze.Oracle was based in 1977 by billionaire Larry Ellison, who nonetheless owns virtually half of the corporate’s shares (42%). Ellison stepped down as firm CEO in 2014, handing off the baton to Ms. Catz and the late Mark Hurd, however is nonetheless the corporate’s CTO and chairman.The deal would solely solidify Oracle’s already sturdy presence within the healthcare business, because it presently gives software program tech for well being insurers, healthcare suppliers, and public well being methods. Buying Cerner would warmth up the “arms race” with Microsoft, who is additionally displaying rising curiosity in digital healthcare instruments. Back in April 2021, the Redmond software program giants acquired AI firm Nuance Communications for $16 billion.Wall Street Journal additionally believes shopping for Cerner would assist Oracle pivot more in direction of the cloud, a transfer that’s been getting loads of reward from its buyers and stakeholders.Via: Wall Street Journal
