Industry analysts react to Oracle’s big-ticket Cerner buy

What will the Oracle-Cerner acquisition announced on Monday mean for the companies, their clients and for healthcare in general? That’s still to be seen, but one thing is for sure: It’s a big deal.

As CNBC noted, the $28.3 billion Oracle paid for the health IT giant is “monumental” – three times as pricey as the company’s next-biggest deal, its 2005 acquisition of PeopleSoft for $10.3…