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  • Coalition of the unwilling

    The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.

  • EU set to decide on Oracle next week

    European antitrust regulators are set to announce Tuesday whether they will block Oracle's hostile takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft.

  • PeopleSoft ruling may wait until 2004

    U.S antitrust officials may wait until January to weigh in on Oracle's embattled bid to acquire PeopleSoft, and European regulators are likely to initiate a more in-depth review of the deal, an Oracle executive said Wednesday.

  • Testimony: SAP, Microsoft would rein in Oracle

    It's a question of when, not if, Microsoft will compete with SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft in the market for business applications, an Accenture executive testified Wednesday at the Oracle antitrust trial.

  • Oracle president backpedals on 'oligopoly' report

    In a government deposition, Oracle President Charles Phillips downplayed the relevance of a report he issued in his previous job as Morgan Stanley analyst, in which he declared that SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft comprised an oligopoly for back-office business applications.

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  • Coalition of the unwilling

    The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.

  • Microsoft woos PeopleSoft customers -- even big ones

    Despite claims during the PeopleSoft-Oracle merger trial, Microsoft tries to get PeopleSoft clients to migrate to its software.

  • PeopleSoft customers, employees weigh deal

    Oracle may be celebrating its long-awaited union with PeopleSoft, but customers, employees and competitors have reason to worry.

  • Will Microsoft buy Red Hat?

    OK. So anti-trust lawyers would have a field day but consider this -- the software giant is on an official spending spree and this is the best time to spread its wings ... to become the Coca-Cola of the IT industry.

  • What's next for Oracle

    The US Justice Department charges have been rejected, making way for Oracle's US$7.7 billion PeopleSoft merger. What does the future hold? Additional reading: New twist in software licensing

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