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Cash is always king, and in the name of Cerner, all businesses trust.

Jalen Da-Rod Miles Evans
5 min readDec 23, 2021

Or maybe rich people have just caught onto predicted hyperinflation globally.

Picture of a Red airplane above the red bridge of San Francisco with the word oracle.

Cloud computing software product and service brand Oracle recently made a purchase for Cerner on December 20th, 2021 for almost over $28.3B in cash to expand operations.

Industries covered by oracle today include financial services, telecommunications, utilities, pharmaceuticals, hospitalities, retail, food and beverage, construction and engineering, Manufacturing, Government,

And now, healthcare as the industry is the largest and said to be the most critical vertical market globally, worth $3.8trn in the U.S. alone.

But the question remains,

Why does Cerner trust Oracle?

It is easy to see why Oracle wanted to acquire Cerner in terms of preparing for hyperinflation as the $28.3B as the dollar's value is decreasing and that its chump changes compared to becoming a top leader in a whole other industry worth trillions of dollars. But did Cerner trade in an asset for a deteriorating dollar?

And Cerner isn't the only healthcare brand willing to merge with top Cloud software brands. In April, Microsoft purchased Nuance communications firm for $16B, and Amazon and Google also made…

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Jalen Da-Rod Miles Evans
Jalen Da-Rod Miles Evans

Written by Jalen Da-Rod Miles Evans

Business writer who also colors outside the box writing about various topics to create and find solutions that elevate society and humanity holistically.

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