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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

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

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

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, integration, shareholder, 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., margin, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, San Francisco, Linux, video, Microsoft Corp.

NetSuite files for IPO

July 2, 2007 In auction-style public offering, hosted-software maker seeks to raise $75 million--and to stay under Larry Ellison's control. TAGS: NetSuite Inc., Larry Ellison, IPO, Oracle Corp., corporate governance, CRM

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

Shifting scene in open source

July 31, 2006 The Fedora Project is looking for a few good women, Larry Ellison has his eyes on Linux, and Boeing recruits Wind River for the Navy. TAGS: Wind River Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, Fedora Project, Xen, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux, women, Oracle Corp.

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, Red Hat Linux, Oracle Corp., Linux seller, computing company, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, bug fix, support, CEO, server, operating system

Oracle claims Yahoo as Linux convert

March 22, 2007 Ellison announces a high-profile customer for its Red Hat Linux clone, but Yahoo is still buying Red Hat's products. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Linux, Yahoo! Inc., server, HP

Oracle trying to cover all its (data) bases

March 14, 2006 For Oracle, the past few months have been one big shopping spree. But at what point does its spate of mergers start delivering diminishing returns? TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, Siebel Systems Inc., SCM, supply chain, merger, Silicon Valley, professor, software company, conference, California, database

Oracle's Ellison to take stage at next RSA confab

August 30, 2006 Business software maker's backing of event comes as company faces continued scrutiny over its security practices. TAGS: RSA Security Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, security practice, business software company, conference, Bill Gates, business software, security, software company, researcher, event, Microsoft Corp.

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, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Intel Itanium, CEO, HP, database, Dell, server

Oracle-PeopleSoft merger hits one-year mark

January 11, 2006 While the newly combined company has largely moved ahead as planned, the overall success of the merger is still a mixed bag. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Bruce Richardson, Oracle Corp., merger, Larry Ellison, AMR Research, success, operation, patient, president

Week in review: Snuffing out OS bugs

November 16, 2007 Microsoft and Apple release dueling OS updates, while Oracle looks to the past and future. Also: Going green in the garage. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Week in review, bug, Microsoft Windows Live, reader, patch management, Apple Computer, operating system, conference, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp.

Fine-tuning open source

April 17, 2006 As the Linux community ponders proprietary components, is Larry Ellison after his own version of the operating system? TAGS: Larry Ellison, JBoss, Linux, open source, virtualization, VMware, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., MySQL, China, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

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, Larry Ellison, CRM, layoff, cut, acquisition, 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, software company, stack, IBM Corp., profit, business application, database, Microsoft Corp., 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.
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