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    Local wireless telco Clever Communications today said it had entered into a contract to acquire business-focused networking company NPH (also known as Dedach).

  • Oracle's BEA takeover attempt sparks war of words

    Oracle and BEA Systems have traded salvos over the series of events that led to Oracle's bid for the company.

  • BEA rejects US$6.66bn bid from Oracle

    Oracle has offered to purchase rival BEA Systems for US$17 per share, a total of about US$6.66 billion in cash -- but BEA rejected the offer as too low.

  • Praise, scepticism greet Oracle-Siebel merger

    Oracle's megamerger with Siebel Systems received mixed reviews on Monday from analysts, customers and partners, but there were few concerns about the companies' ability to integrate.

  • Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple

    Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant CEO Lawrence Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems.

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    Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant CEO Lawrence Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • Sun, Microsoft tout fruits of cooperation

    The companies bridge a networking-system rift, while customers hope more such collaborations are on the way.

  • PeopleSoft fight ends with a phone call

    A single phone call on Friday evening brought the long-running Oracle-PeopleSoft fight to a close, Oracle President Chuck Phillips revealed.

  • How to cover your IT assets

    A narrow product focus has isolated IT asset management from business goals and other company assets for too long. Find out how the industry is redefining the asset management value proposition.

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  • Intel sees cheaper, better optical nets

    Intel plans to lower the cost and increase the performance of optical networking technology, the company said Wednesday, part of the chipmaker's effort to make money off communications as well as computing technology.

  • Palm busy buying software maker Be

    Palm announced on Thursday that it is acquiring the technology assets and intellectual property of software maker Be for US$11 million in stock, in a move aimed at strengthening its operating system to compete against Microsoft.

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