Oracle to buy Acme Packet for about $2.1B

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — Oracle will buy Acme Packet Inc., which makes equipment for telecommunications companies, for about $2.1 billion. Acme’s gear is used by more than 1,900 service providers and enterprises around the world. Its technology will complement Oracle’s offerings for telecoms providers, said Citigroup analyst Walter Pritchard. Oracle, a database software maker based [...]