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When he came to FatWire Corp. in 2007, fresh off a run as senior vice president of strategies for CA Technologies, Yogesh Gupta had extensive experience acquiring companies. Last month, Gupta found himself on the other side of the table as California-based Oracle reached an agreement with Gupta to acquire the Mineola company that specializes in Web content management. Amid the commotion of being acquired, Gupta sat down with LIBN to discuss the deal and what it means for the future of FatWire.
How was this deal different than the ones you worked on for CA? In acquiring a company you're on one side of the table and have to make sure everything is the way it should be and that you're sure this is an investment you want to make. When you're on the other side of that table, you have to provide all of that information to the other side while making your company look as attractive as possible. Seeing both sides like this has really been a great learning experience for me.
How did this deal come about? We had known about each other for some time, both working in the web-based software market. Oracle and FatWire competed against each other for some big-name clients. I think it...