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Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL
February 15, 2006
Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment.
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Oracle's eye on the future
January 26, 2005
At an analysts' event, the company discusses PeopleSoft, its planned entry into the market for collaboration software and more.
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Oracle updates J.D. Edwards compliance tools
June 15, 2005
Says move is proof that it will continue to support many of the technologies gained through its various acquisitions.
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Oracle aims to tone security muscle with Fusion
February 3, 2006
Database giant is learning defensive moves from the more than one dozen companies it picked up in acquisition spree in the past year.
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Ellison looks to double Oracle revenue
September 22, 2005
CEO wants to grow company from a nearly $15 billion concern to a $30 billion titan--while maintaining a 40 percent operating margin.
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High-tech megamergers: Still make sense?
September 20, 2005
If most big tech combinations fail to deliver, author Steve W. Martin asks, why does management think they'll succeed?
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Larry's war: Oracle vs. SAP
April 4, 2005
The rivalry is nothing new, but Ellison's acquisition strategy is infusing it with new vigor--and may redefine an industry.
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Oracle trying to cover all its (data) bases
March 14, 2006
For Oracle, the past few months have been one big shopping spree. But at what point does its spate of mergers start delivering diminishing returns?
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Oracle posts higher profit on license sales
June 29, 2005
Business software giant posts better-than-expected earnings bolstered in part by applications license revenue.
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Oracle to bid on SAP buyout target
March 8, 2005
Two months after swallowing PeopleSoft, Oracle plans $9 per share competing bid for software maker Retek.
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Oracle's Phillips touts Fusion's heat
October 23, 2006
The company is baking its Fusion strategy into its enterprise software applications "at the factory."
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Praise, skepticism greet Oracle-Siebel merger
September 12, 2005
Reaction to Oracle's megamerger with Siebel Systems is mixed, but it won't be as complex as Oracle's purchase of PeopleSoft.
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Web 2.0 a catalyst in Oracle's Fusion
October 25, 2006
Net-related tools are a driving force in the project, which will fuse together various products picked up in acquisition spree.
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Who says Oracle's finished?
July 25, 2005
Charles Phillips, an Oracle co-president, hints at the database giant's upcoming moves.
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Sending the penguins out with a hot foot
October 27, 2006
perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle.
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Too much on Oracle's plate?
September 22, 2005
special coverage Customers wonder whether Oracle has bitten off more buyouts than it can deal with.
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