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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. TAGS: Oracle Corp., financial reporting, PeopleSoft Inc., compliance, ERP, IBM Corp., acquisition, database

Oracle eyes industry-based structure, new pricing

 July 22, 2005 Through acquisitions, the software heavyweight will organize its sales around specific industries and price software on "business metrics." TAGS: Oracle Corp., retail application, pricing, acquisition, structure, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: Stephen O'Grady, Oracle Corp., MySQL, PeopleSoft Inc., IBM WebSphere, ERP, open source, acquisition, software-as-a-service, database company, IBM Corp., SAP AG, database

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. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., merger, SAP AG, Mercury Interactive Corp., middleware, Larry Ellison, IBM DB2, AMR Research, IBM Corp., CRM, acquisition, database, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

IBM to pay $1.6 billion for FileNet

 August 10, 2006 The $35-per-share deal marks IBM's third software-related purchase announcement since last week. TAGS: FileNet Corp., content management, IBM Corp., acquisition, AMR Research, Oracle Corp., software company, Microsoft Corp.

MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database

 April 7, 2006 Open-source database company, with its own storage engine in the works, renews contract with Oracle around InnoDB. TAGS: Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, MySQL, Oracle Corp., Stephen O'Grady, database company, database, acquisition, open source, CEO, IBM Corp.

Buyout could serve both BEA, Oracle

 October 12, 2007 The proposed acquisition could resolve questions about BEA's future growth. Then there's the Carl Icahn factor. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Carl Icahn, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., SAP AG, acquisition, offer, shareholder, letter, California, IBM Corp.

This week in OpenWorld news

 December 10, 2004 At Oracle's OpenWorld conference, Michael Dell chides the Lenovo-IBM deal. Also: Oracle chief Larry Ellison' deja vu keynote speech. TAGS: Larry Ellison, keynote speech, Oracle Corp., Oracle Open World, Red Hat Inc., Lenovo, Dell, merger, conference, acquisition, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, server, database, operating system

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. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., earnings, SAP AG, net income, enterprise application, middleware, North America, acquisition, database, IBM Corp., CEO

Industry shift to services fuels IBM spree

 August 22, 2006 IBM uses its fat checkbook to cash in on services-oriented architecture--and run from downward price pressure. TAGS: SOA, custom application development, FileNet Corp., IBM Corp., custom application, software company, business software, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, consulting, acquisition

EMC's software spree takes shape

 September 18, 2006 Looking to diversify, EMC becomes a software industry consolidator as it crafts its "information management" strategy. TAGS: EMC Corp., information management, software company, profit margin, acquisition, virtualization, IBM Corp., Oracle Corp.

Year in review: Grappling with open source

 December 19, 2006 As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways. TAGS: JBoss, open source, Novell Inc., GPL, AJAX, IBM DB2, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., MySQL, middleware, IBM Corp., acquisition, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., database, Firefox

HP spends big to expand e-commerce software

 October 25, 2000 Hewlett-Packard buys Bluestone Software for an estimated $470 million, as the computing giant continues to make inroads into the exploding e-business software market. TAGS: Bluestone Software, E-speak, e-business, computing giant, Commerce One, e-commerce, iPlanet, Sun Microsystems Inc., acquisition, vision, application server, software product, HP, Oracle Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., IBM Corp.

Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source

 April 10, 2006 Red Hat's $350 million purchase of JBoss speeds up the collision between the once closed-off open-source world and entrenched software heavyweights. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., ecosystem, BEA Systems Inc., open source, acquisition, open-source company, middleware, open-source software, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux, Java, IBM Corp., CEO
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