Oracle signs up with Microsoft ally

Oracle has joined the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), a trade group that supported the software maker's rival Microsoft in an antitrust battle with the U.S. government. "Despite our past disagreements, we are proud to be ACT members and look forward to working with them on security, intellectual property and competition issues," Oracle Vice President Ken Glueck said in a statement. Oracle is currently facing antitrust issues in its attempt to acquire PeopleSoft.

Security and billing software company VeriSign also announced plans to join ACT this week.