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Oracle NC prototype unveiled in Japan

January 18, 1996 Oracle chief executive, Larry Ellison, will unveil a prototype of the company's much-talked about $500 Net computer, the NC, in Japan today. The company plans to ship the finished product this sum... TAGS: network computer, Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Japan, CEO

Week in videos: CEOs aplenty

October 28, 2006 Between Steve Ballmer, John Chambers and Larry Ellison, chief executives stole the video show this week. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Open World, John Chambers, Steve Ballmer, Cisco Systems Inc., CEO, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., margin, Microsoft Zune, San Francisco, Linux, video, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle to swallow Siebel for $5.8 billion

September 12, 2005 The database giant makes its fourth acquisition this year, buying up CRM specialist Siebel. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., centerpiece, CRM, acquisition, General Electric Co., pricing, software company, shareholder, integration, CEO

Oracle: Even $6.7 billion for BEA is too high

November 15, 2007 CEO Larry Ellison tells analysts that if his company renews bid for middleware maker, it would come at a price below $17 a share. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, middleware, Oracle Corp., shareholder, offer, CEO

IBM's Oracle rebate counters HP, Sun

April 18, 2006 Big Blue announces rebates of as much as $300,000 for software from the database giant, striking back at others' deals. TAGS: Oracle Corp., database company, Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Itanium, CEO, HP, database, server, Dell

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. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Oracle Open World, Borland Software Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., announcement, open-source company, acquisition, profit margin, open source, CEO, database, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Telcos eyeball Network Computers

May 25, 1996 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison wants the telephone companies to help him put an NC into every home, but so far most are only ready to think about it. TAGS: network computer, Larry Ellison, Pac Bell, telecommunications company, telephone company, Internet access, telephone service, Oracle Corp., telecommunications, trial, CEO, Internet Service Provider, PC, e-mail

Oracle to offer Red Hat Linux support

October 25, 2006 Announcement marks the first time a major computing company with Linux ties will compete directly with the Linux seller.Complete OpenWorld coverage: From Dell-AMD to Web 2.0 TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Linux, Linux seller, Linux, computing company, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, bug fix, CEO, support, server, operating system

Oracle to expand Itanium support

March 2, 2006 Software giant plans to release E-Business Suite for HP Unix on Itanium by the end of 2006. TAGS: Intel Itanium, HP Integrity, Mark Hurd, Paul Otellini, Oracle Corp., e-business, Montecito, Larry Ellison, Palo Alto, Intel Xeon, CEO, Intel, HP, Unix, California, server

Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft

September 21, 2005 Search giant could become more important than Redmond rival, says author who has studied its patents and engineering. TAGS: Larry Ellison, network computer, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., author, Internet search, Oracle Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Keeping up with the (Dow) Joneses

May 7, 2007 Rumblings of a Microsoft-Yahoo deal may not have panned out, but in the merger world, the pursuers and pursued are still out in force. TAGS: takeover, Internet portal, Dow Chemical Co., Larry Ellison, merger, acquisition, CEO, media, theory, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Technology's growing acquisition appetite

September 14, 2005 Billion-dollar mergers are becoming increasingly common as the tech industry tries to maintain growth and offset price pressures. TAGS: Thomson Corp., acquisition, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, dot-com, merger, Cisco Systems Inc., Skype, CEO, eBay Inc.
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