Oracle Corp is building out its front-office suite with the acquisition of Netherlands-based Geodan EDT BV which makes scheduling software which can be used by field service engineers. Oracle declined to say how much it is spending on Geodan, but will rename its planning, scheduling and routing software products Oracle Scheduler. When the company receives a call for help from a customer, the Geodan software can match an engineers’ skillset with the customer’s particular requirement, checks schedules and locations and includes a database for recording traffic and road conditions which can be accessed over the internet by field staff via Oracle Mobile Field Service. Oracle says it rounds out its Oracle Service suite so that it can now manage the entire field service and customer service cycle. Geodan, a 14-year old company, is based in Amsterdam
