From CRN: Oracle has inked an agreement to acquire StackEngine, a tiny Austin, Texas-based startup that develops management and automation tools for Docker containers.
Oracle disclosed the acquisition Friday in a bulletin on its website and said all StackEngine employees will be moving over to work in its Oracle Public Cloud unit. StackEngine has about a dozen employees listed on LinkedIn. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
Docker containers blew up last year to become one of the IT industry's hottest trends, and their momentum has shown no signs of slowing. Oracle, by adding Docker containers to its cloud portfolio, is following the lead of public cloud market leaders Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, which already support the technology.
Some industry watchers see Docker as a potential threat to the server virtualization businesses of VMware, Microsoft and others. StackEngine also seems to subscribe to this view.
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