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Ellison: Encryption is key to data protection

September 23, 2005 Oracle's chief also boasts about his company's security prowess while taking shots at Microsoft's efforts. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Oracle Open World, data protection, VoIP, security, database, San Francisco, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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., announcement, PeopleSoft Inc., profit margin, open-source company, Siebel Systems Inc., open source, acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Bill Gates' extreme makeover

January 12, 2005 The Microsoft maestro is more accessible than he's been in a long time, but CNET News.com's Jeff Pelline says Gates' peers, and the tech industry in general, isn't. TAGS: Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Eric Schmidt, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Mr., Terry Semel, interview, antitrust, CEO, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Apple Computer

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, Google Inc., network computer, Sun Microsystems Inc., author, Internet search, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., CEO

Can Microsoft pull one more rabbit out of its hat?

September 23, 2005 If company's reorg can't clear corporate arteries, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says, the future could be all Google's. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Larry Ellison, Scott McNealy, Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., Silicon Valley, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows

Year in review: Lifestyles of the rich and infamous

December 26, 2004 Technology may seem inherently interesting, but it's still the people behind the hardware and software who make the best stories. TAGS: Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., antitrust, lifestyle, Howard Dean, Oracle Corp., Silicon Valley, CEO, information technology, Dell, Microsoft Corp.

Salesforce CEO: Deal is a thumbs-up for on-demand

September 12, 2005 Marc Benioff also takes a shot at the database giant. But an industry watcher sees the buyout as a challenge for Salesforce. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., buyout, on-demand, client-server, Larry Ellison, CRM, challenge, CEO, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Long road for Siebel ends at Oracle

September 12, 2005 Business software company founded by Tom Siebel accepts a $5.8 billion buyout from a company for which he once worked. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., CRM company, business software, business software company, SAP AG, software company, Larry Ellison, CRM, dot-com, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Oil is hot, tech is not

February 28, 2005 CNET News.com Editor Jeff Pelline dares to revisit the 2-year-old debate: "Does IT matter?" TAGS: Fortune Magazine, Scott McNealy, Silicon Valley, Larry Ellison, information technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Wall Street, Sun Microsystems Inc., Bill Gates, view, Mr., CEO, Intel, HP, 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: Internet portal, Dow Chemical Co., takeover, acquisition, merger, Larry Ellison, media, theory, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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, Mercury Interactive Corp., SAP AG, middleware, Larry Ellison, IBM DB2, AMR Research, IBM Corp., CRM, database, acquisition, CEO, Microsoft Corp.
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