Kansas City Cerner Shut Down Debunks 'Silicon Prairie' Propaganda

Regarding this persistent DECEPTION . . . Let's define terms first . . .

The Silicon Prairie, a take on the Silicon Valley, can refer to one of several places in the United States: including the Dallas–Fort Worth area in Texas, the Chicago and Champaign-Urbana areas in Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin. Silicon Prairie is also a reference to a multi-state region loosely comprising parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Kansas.

A tragic fact that neither our politicos nor biz leaders will speak too or frames in the proper and devastating perspective amid layoffs and massive forced departures . . . 

Cerner, one of Kansas City’s largest employers, was formally acquired by Austin-based Oracle in June. The exit was announced in December 2021.

Read more about the impact of harsh times via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Oracle closing former Cerner HQ in post-acquisition scaleback across metro

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Oracle Cerner's soon-to-be-vacant campuses put more than 3M square feet on the market - Kansas City Business Journal

Some people found it more an inevitability than a surprise that Oracle Cerner eventually would close all its Kansas City-area offices aside from its Innovations Campus. The question now is what comes next for the health care IT company's (NYSE: ORCL) World Headquarters and Realization campuses.

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