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Oracle urges customers to apply critical update

January 18, 2005 Latest patch for the company's database and Web applications closes almost two dozen security holes. TAGS: Oracle Corp., flaw, Web application, patch management, software company, database, server, security

Oracle shifts multicore licensing model

July 14, 2005 Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. TAGS: multi-core processor, Oracle Corp., multi-core, policy, pricing, BEA Systems Inc., middleware, application server, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., dual-core processor, software company, database, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Oracle sweeps up Siebel

September 13, 2005 Siebel's 12 years of independence comes to an end in the form of a $5.8 billion buyout. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Salesforce.com Inc., buyout, acquisition, Marc Benioff, Newsmaker, database company, CRM, CEO, software company, merger, database

SAP siphons Pepsi away from Oracle

June 9, 2004 The German software maker says it has lured the soft-drink giant by offering greater integration among business applications. TAGS: PepsiCo, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., business application, ERP, division, CRM, software company, database

Software's 'stack wars'

April 19, 2006 Software companies used to sell on features. Now it's "stacks," or soup-to-nuts offerings. TAGS: SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, stack, software company, profit, business application, IBM Corp., database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Patched Oracle database still at risk, bughunter says

April 26, 2006 Latest updates don't sew up a hole exploited by attack code out on the Web, a security researcher has warned. TAGS: David Litchfield, Oracle Corp., Oracle Application Server 10g, business software company, DBMS, researcher, Oracle Database, business software, flaw, database, software company, security

Phillips: Oracle may support rival databases

September 19, 2005 Decision is coming on specifics of the "Project Fusion" push to meld acquired products with Oracle software. Photos: Phillips opens OpenWorld TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., middleware, lifetime, Siebel Systems Inc., IBM DB2, database, decision, IBM Corp., software company

Oracle sews up multiple security holes

April 18, 2006 Regular quarterly update tackles more than 30 flaws in the business software maker's database and other products. TAGS: Oracle Corp., business software company, security hole, business software, Oracle Database, flaw, database, security, patch management, software company, researcher, fix

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. TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Oblix Inc., Redwood Shores, company representative, margin, security, acquisition, software company, database

Oracle buys stake in Indian banking software firm

August 2, 2005 Database giant moves in on I-flex Solutions, which provides tools and services to 575 banks in 115 countries. TAGS: Oracle Corp., banking, database company, ERP, bank, software company, pricing, acquisition, India, information technology, database

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. TAGS: Retek Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, buyout, business management, bid, software company, acquisition, database, Java

Oracle to counter Microsoft with Web initiative

December 8, 2000 The software maker on Monday will become the latest of its peers to hitch its future to Web-based software and services. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Web service, Oracle9i, e-business, representative, announcement, XML, software company, IBM Corp., vision, Sun Microsystems Inc., database, Microsoft Corp., PC

Oracle to cut 2,000 jobs

February 9, 2006 Company details its integration plans and says job cuts are in store for Oracle, Siebel employees. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., job cut, CRM, Larry Ellison, layoff, cut, acquisition, software company, database

Halloween treat for Oracle: A database worm

November 1, 2005 Proof-of-concept pest is believed to be the first to target Oracle databases. TAGS: Oracle Database, Oracle Corp., worm, database, pest, security, software company, attack, CEO, password, e-mail

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: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, buyout, PeopleSoft Inc., middleware, acquisition, CEO, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, database, HP

Flaw hunters pick holes in Oracle patches

October 27, 2005 Software maker is coming under increased fire from security researchers who say its patch process is "years behind" other companies. TAGS: David Litchfield, Oracle Corp., enterprise software, researcher, patch management, security, software company, CEO, bug, Microsoft Corp., database

Oracle outbids SAP for Retek

March 22, 2005 Company signs definitive deal to acquire Retek, defeating rival SAP in its bidding war for the retail software maker. TAGS: Retek Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Henning Kagermann, Minneapolis, bid, termination, CEO, software company, database

'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools

January 31, 2006 The release of IBM's free DB2 database points to the downward price pressure from open-source programmers' tools. TAGS: IBM DB2, James Gosling, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., software developer, programming tool, BEA Systems Inc., free version, database, database server, open source, vendor, software company, Microsoft Corp., server

Open source shapes up as rival to Oracle

May 25, 2006 Software maker's stronghold in databases likely to come under threat from open-source competitors, IDC and Gartner predict. TAGS: Gartner Inc., RDBMS, Oracle Corp., open source, database software, database management system, database management, market share, open-source software, research company, database, MySQL, software company, IBM Corp., Linux
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