Content from CNET tagged with

middleware ^[x] , CEO ^[x]

Show Results by: News (9)

Narrow Your Results: acquisition (5); open source (5); Larry Ellison (4); Microsoft Corp. (4); JBoss (4); Linux (3); Novell Inc. (3); Red Hat Inc. (3); BEA Systems Inc. (3); Siebel Systems Inc. (3); buyout (2); database (2); IBM Corp. (2); open-source community (2)

News Stories

Showing 1-9 of 9 results found

Ellison: No other big buys in mind

September 21, 2005 Oracle CEO tells customers that engineering, not large deals, is top priority in an increasingly competitive applications market. TAGS: Larry Ellison, middleware, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., SAP NetWeaver, on-demand, acquisition, CEO

JBoss CEO: Buyout talk got 'out of hand'

April 3, 2006 Even as JBoss weighs acquisition offers, its CEO bemoans some of the "nonsense" regarding Oracle acquisition rumors. TAGS: JBoss, acquisition, Oracle Corp., middleware, buyout, equity, CEO, discussion, Java, open source

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, Oracle Corp., middleware, offer, shareholder, CEO

Borland names new CEO

November 8, 2005 Tod Nielsen, who has worked at Oracle, BEA and Microsoft, takes the helm at the struggling software company. TAGS: Borland Software Corp., BEA Systems Inc., middleware, CEO, development tool, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, buyout, middleware, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, CEO, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, HP, 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., IBM DB2, Larry Ellison, middleware, AMR Research, CRM, IBM Corp., acquisition, database, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

'Customers are not afraid of Microsoft'

December 14, 2006 newsmaker Red Hat executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., JBoss, Oracle Corp., open-source community, open source, Newsmaker, middleware, Fedora Project, Linux, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system

Red Hat: Customers are not afraid of Microsoft

December 13, 2006 Executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., JBoss, open-source community, open source, middleware, Fedora Project, Linux, Microsoft Corp., operating system, CEO

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, open source, BEA Systems Inc., open-source company, acquisition, middleware, Novell Inc., open-source software, Oracle Corp., Linux, Java, CEO, IBM Corp.

Sponsored matches for "CEO"

middleware [x] , CEO [x]