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Oracle buys Primavera Software

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Oracle buys Primavera Software Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Primavera Software, Inc., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions for project-intensive industries. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second half of 2008. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently. Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 07:50:22 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Oracle Damages in SAP Case could top $1 bln: Filing

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Oracle Damages in SAP Case could top $1 bln: Filing Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Damages sought by software maker Oracle Corp could top $1 billion in an intellectual property lawsuit it has brought against arch-rival SAP AG , according to a court filing.
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Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Oracle net Profit jumps, but Outlook cautious

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Oracle net Profit jumps, but Outlook cautious Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review
By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp reported a 27 percent rise in quarterly profit as sales of new software beat expectations, but the company gave a cautious outlook citing economic uncertainties, and its shares fell 3 percent.
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Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:29:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Oracle takes on Salesforce, expands Web offerings

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Oracle takes on Salesforce, expands Web offerings Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review
By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp said on Tuesday it has created Web-based software designed to help salespeople win more business, its latest attempt to overtake its smaller rival that leads in the field, Salesforce.com Inc .
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Posted on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:06:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Oracle to buy BEA Systems for $8.5 billion

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Oracle to buy BEA Systems for $8.5 billion Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire BEA Systems, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise application infrastructure solutions.

The offer is valued at approximately $8.5 billion, or $7.2 billion net of BEA's cash on hand of $1.3 billion. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:48:26 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Oracle adds Virtualization as VMware Shares fall

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Oracle adds Virtualization as VMware Shares fall Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review
By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp made a move on Monday to take on VMWare Inc in the market for virtualization software, unveiling a product that it says is three times more efficient than competitors' offerings. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Oracle introduces 11g

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Oracle introduces 11g Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Time flies, Oracle introduces their new database version 11g.

Oracle 11g comes with more than 400 features, 15 million test hours, and 36,000 person-months of development.
Oracle says the 11g database is the most innovative and highest quality software product the company has ever announced. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:01:26 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SAP finally responds to Oracle Complaint

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SAP finally responds to Oracle Complaint Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Oracle sued SAP back in March for corporate theft. Today SAP filed an answer to the Oracle complaint.

In the answer, SAP said TomorrowNow was authorized to download materials from Oracle's Web site on behalf of TomorrowNow customers. At the same time, SAP acknowledged that some inappropriate downloads of fixes and support documents occurred at TomorrowNow. Importantly, SAP affirmed that what was downloaded at TomorrowNow stayed in that subsidiary's separate systems. SAP did not have access to Oracle intellectual property via TomorrowNow. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Jul 2007 02:03:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Oracle Sues SAP for Corporate Theft

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Oracle Sues SAP for Corporate Theft Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Oracle Corp. filed a wide-ranging lawsuit against SAP AG, alleging spying and "corporate theft on a grand scale."

Oracle claims that SAP employees used login information for Oracle customers to illegally access confidential material on Oracle's customer support Web site.

Oracle and SAP are in a long running rivalry. This lawsuit marks a new high point.
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Posted on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:38:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr