Salesforce.com is paying a pretty penny for Demandware at 11 times its revenue. This gives a good indication of just how much potential growth Salesforce.com sees in the space.
Salesforce.com (CRM) is buying e-commerce cloud computing firm Demandware (DWRE) in a $2.8 billion transaction. The merger is structured as a tender offer.
In June 2014, Oracle (ORCL) announced its acquisition of Micros Systems for ~$5.3 billion. Oracle noted in its statement that the addition of Micros will extend Oracle’s offerings.
George Soros’ Soros Fund Management disclosed earlier in March that it has updated its stake in Digital River (DRIV). Digital River is a leading provider of global commerce-as-a-service (CaaS) solutions.