Oracle buys social media platform company Involver

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Social markup language developer sells out to software giant, increasing rivalry between Oracle and Salesforce.com

Oracle has continued its summer software spending spree with the acquisition of Involver, a social media platform provider, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, Oracle's third in two months, is expect...

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