The firm's recent acquisition of Medstory, a vertical-search engine focusing on health care, has given it a boost in this area.

微软最近收购了专注于保健领域的垂直搜索公司Medstory，这有助于该软件巨头在此领域开展业务。

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The merger and acquisition (M&A) fall into three main categories: horizontal M&A, vertical M&A and mixed M&A.

企业兼并可分为横向兼并、纵向兼并和混合兼并三种类型。

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The extending meaning of the case is that the horizontal merger and acquisition has better effects than the vertical merger and acquisition.

进而可以引申地认为，水平并购的效果要好于混合式并购。

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Oracle President Charles Phillips, who grew to know Hukku over eight months of meal conversations, says the acquisition is a strategic step to build strength in vertical markets in the ongoing war with archrival SAP of Germany.

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