Deals
Le Cirque Software Need Helps Prompt Oracle’s Micros Deal
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To understand why Oracle Corp. agreed to buy Micros Systems Inc. for $5.3 billion, take a peek inside one of New York’s top restaurants, Le Cirque.
Inside the hushed, white-tableclothed establishment that is frequented by socialites and businesspeople, the hostess seats customers for Le Cirque’s $165 six-course dinner depending on whether a reservation came through OpenTable Inc. If the booking was through the online system, the hostess seats patrons at a table assigned by OpenTable’s table-management tool.