Oracle grabs ClearApp

Oracle Corp. plans to purchase ClearApp, a provider of software for managing the performance of composite applications in service-oriented architecture environments, .Terms of the deal, which is expected to close later this year, were not disclosed by the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based enterprise software company.ClearApp's software automatically discovers application components and their dependencies at runtime and monitors performance, according to Oracle. It will work alongside Oracle's Enterprise Manager platform.ClearApp, based in Mountain View, Calif., also supports competing platforms such as IBM's Websphere.