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  • Oracle criticised for keeping secrets

    Oracle has been criticised for withholding information that the database giant claims will give its competitors an advantage, but analysts say the company is just paranoid.

  • SAP may make Retek 'less friendly' to Oracle

    Oracle is determined to buy application developer Retek from under SAP's nose because it is worried that the German firm could rewrite Retek's applications and make them less friendly for Oracle users, according to Oracle's Chairman Jeff Henley.

  • SAP launches bid for Retek customers

    SAP is trying to steal away customers that rival Oracle captured in its winning bid for software maker Retek.

  • SAP ups Retek bid to thwart Oracle

    SAP has increased its offer for Retek in an effort to hold its ground against Oracle's hostile counterbid for the retail software specialist.

  • Oracle eyes industry-based structure, new pricing

    Oracle will gradually reorganise itself around specific industries and seek alternative pricing models that are tied to how customers use its software, according to company President Charles Phillips.

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  • Oracle takes on SAP's NetWeaver

    Project Fusion will provide a common basis for all Oracle applications and compete head-to-head with the German rival's NetWeaver middleware.

  • Larry's war: Oracle vs. SAP

    The rivalry is nothing new, but Ellison's acquisition strategy is infusing it with new vigour -- and may redefine an industry.

  • The big fuss over little Retek

    Software maker Retek emerged from relative obscurity this week after Oracle began a wrestling match with archrival SAP for ownership of the company. So what's so hot about retail IT?

  • Oracle to swallow Siebel for US$5.8 billion

    Software maker Oracle said on Monday it will acquire rival Siebel Systems in a deal worth US$5.8 billion, marking the second major competitor the company has targeted since mid-2004.

  • JD Edwards customers positive but wary

    A user conference in Melbourne almost goes pear-shaped for Oracle.

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