At the end of 2015, Oracle acquired a DevOps startup out of Austin named StackEngine. While this acquisition by the 800 pound gorilla in Silicon Valley might have been a surprise to many, getting on Oracle’s radar wasn’t just dumb luck. In fact, it was exactly the opposite of luck. Two factors played a critical role in moving from seed funding to being acquired in under 18 months: First, building a startup and a product that was tackling an emerging but exploding niche area (in StackEngine’s case, container management for Docker). Second, timely, poignant and ongoing commentary to media covering the space about…
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