Oracle OpenWorld takes the stage

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But will they also find out how Oracle's effort to merge products picked up in acquisitions is going? Announcement marks the first time a major computing company will be in direct competition with the Linux seller. October 25, 2006 news analysis Software giant's bid to steal Red Hat's business hurts Red Hat, but Oracle has a long way to go before proving its Linux chops. 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. October 27, 2006 Net-related tools are a driving force in the project to fuse together various products picked up in acquisition spree, top exec says. October 25, 2006 CEO favors customers who are expanding networked services over "the pedestal server for a flower shop in a shopping mall." October 25, 2006 One offers tight integration among Fusion products, third-party sources, the other features Web 2.0 developer tools. October 25, 2006 HP unveils a service that helps customers break away from mainframes, while IBM hopes they stay--and both programs are backed by Oracle. October 24, 2006 The knights say: No more, please blog Dell runs a four-minute video resembling a cross between "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "South Park" and a white paper on Unix to Linux migration. October 23, 2006 Oracle's OpenWorld marks joint appearance of AMD head Hector Ruiz and Michael Dell, the PC maker's chief, whose companies finally became partners this year. October 23, 2006 Former Intel stronghold begins selling servers using AMD's Opteron chip; more partnership products expected. Photos: Dell's new AMD servers October 23, 2006 Best known for regularly buying other software makers, Oracle is now making nice with partners to help it expand. October 23, 2006 Company says beta includes 482 new features designed to add flexibility to database administration. October 23, 2006 Acquisition campaign continues with $219 million deal for company that serves telecommunications providers. October 23, 2006 The company is baking its Fusion strategy into its enterprise software applications "at the factory." October 22, 2006 Oracle could benefit from offering its own Linux, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. October 21, 2006 NBA's Warriors get assist from Oracle blog The Golden State Warriors will now play basketball in "the Oracle." October 20, 2006 Open-source database company introduces two offerings, one for corporate customers and one for developers. October 18, 2006 Oracle-Ubuntu tie-up coming?blog A trail of breadcrumbs seems to be connecting the database powerhouse with the Ubuntu version of Linux. October 18, 2006 Later this month, the software giant will introduce initiatives to increase business through partners. October 8, 2006 newsmaker Co-president Charles Phillips says his former brethren are doing a poor job of grading the company's performance. May 16, 2006 special coverage Siebel's 12 years of independence comes to an end in the form of a $5.8 billion buyout. September 13, 2005 IMAGES Ellison touts Red Hat Linux supportOracle to offer support for less than half what the leading Linux company charges. October 25, 2006 Schwartz on Sun's sales planCEO says Sun's going after computing service providers. October 25, 2006 Wookey outlines Oracle's FusionWeb 2.0 playing big part in melding of applications. October 26, 2006 Dell, AMD chiefs onstage Hector Ruiz and Michael Dell in public meeting after new partnership. October 23, 2006 Hoops hoopla Oracle's Charles Phillips opens the conference with some basketball action. October 22, 2006 Closing in on Oracle OpenWorld City blocks get shut down for the San Francisco confab. October 20, 2006 AUDIO Podcast: A kinder, gentler Oracle What's going on at the bellwether software maker, and other topics. VIDEOS Oracle shakes hands with the penguinLarry Ellison announces company support for Linux Red Hat. Sun president talks BlackboxJonathan Schwartz discusses his company's new movable server and supercomputer. Tech-savvy baseballCisco Systems President and CEO John Chambers looks at what the future ballpark may have in store. Mark Hurd tackles efficiency HP boss says organizations should try to move toward automation when it comes to maintenance. Dell unveils first AMD-based servers Move toward AMD chips underlined in launch of servers. AMD, Dell ready to take next step AMD CEO Hector Ruiz got ready to announce a new deal with Dell. Then Michael Dell stepped in. Competing with Oracle SAP's Shai Agassi speaks with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about doing battle with Oracle and what separates the two companies.

Oracle OpenWorld takes the stage

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