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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, software company, stack, IBM Corp., profit, business application, database, Microsoft Corp., operating system

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, IBM Corp., announcement, XML, software company, vision, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., database, PC

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, IBM Corp., FileNet 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., acquisition, information management, software company, profit margin, virtualization, IBM Corp., Oracle 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.

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, market share, open-source software, database management, research company, database, IBM Corp., MySQL, software company, Linux

Red Hat bands with open-source allies

March 14, 2007 The Linux leader will sell partners' open-source software, sharing revenue and fueling competition with proprietary rivals. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., open source, Oracle Corp., open-source software, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, leadership, MySQL, executive vice president, exchange, software company, Linux, IBM Corp.

Red Hat sued over JBoss technology

June 30, 2006 Company gets hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open-source software company. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., RDBMS, open-source software company, open-source software, object-oriented, patent, open source, Texas, complaint, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., software company, database
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