With an ambitious growth strategy to diversify beyond its core semiconductor business, Broadcom has made some newsworthy acquisitions in the past several years. Brocade Communications, which specializes in data and storage networking equipment for data centers, and software developer CA Technologies are among the most recent. This M&A activity has transformed Broadcom into one of the world's leading providers of infrastructure technology. Prior to the acquisitions, Broadcom was already one of the largest makers of semiconductor components, with customers including Apple, HP, and Dell.

The pace and diversity of Broadcom's acquisition strategy posed significant challenges for the company's product lifecycle management (PLM) and revenue management systems. Broadcom had to consolidate and manage data from entirely new product lines and revenue streams into its on-premises Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) system. To onboard its acquisitions as quickly and efficiently as possible, Broadcom turned to the Oracle Cloud: specifically, Oracle PLM Cloud and Oracle Revenue Management Cloud.