The third of the three “startling” alliances that Larry Ellison predicted would happen this week has come to pass.
Failing organic growth Oracle has tied up with Larry’s “other” company, sometime competitor NetSuite, one of the first SaaS companies, predating even salesforce.com by a year thanks to Larry’s nickel.
NetSuite’s specialty is selling cloud-ified ERP to SMBs. By the end of the year, the widgetry will be integrated with Oracle’s human capital management (HCM) software used to manage employees in a combination clearly aimed at Oracle’s new nemesis Workday, started by the folks driven out of PeopleSoft when Oracle bought the place out from under them.
Deloitte Consulting LLP also has a piece of the action. It’s going to start a practice to help customers deploy the widgetry.