Oracle Agile PLM, formerly Agile Software Corporation, is a
product lifecycle management
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(PLM) software owned by
Oracle
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Description
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. Agile Software Corporation was a
San Jose, California
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based company that provided product lifecycle management (PLM) software. After Oracle acquired the company in 2007, it became Oracle Agile PLM. The acquisition also allowed Oracle to expand and rewrite their Oracle Cloud PLM software within the Oracle Cloud SCM suite.
In February, 2005, Agile Software Corporation acquired Cimmetry Systems Corporation, a privately owned
software developer
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specializing in enterprise visualization, for approximately US$41.5 million in cash. Cimmetry Systems Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of Agile Software Corporation.
Agile Software Corporation operated as a public company, with shares trading on
NASDAQ
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. On 15 May 2007,
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization. The company sells da ...
announced that it would acquire Agile Software Corporation through a cash merger for US$8.10 per share, or approximately
US$
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495 million.
On July 16, 2007,
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization. The company sells da ...
completed the acquisition of Agile, which became a wholly owned subsidiary.
See also
List of acquisitions by Oracle
This is a listing of Oracle Corporation's corporate acquisitions, including acquisitions of both companies and individual products.
Oracle's version does not include value of the acquisition.
See also :Sun Microsystems acquisitions (Sun was acq ...
External links
Official website
References
Oracle acquisitions
Product lifecycle management
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