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  • IBM using "creative accounting": Ellison

    Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has accused IBM of using "creative accounting" practices to inflate its market share and sales figures. IBM said Ellison's comments simply indicate that Oracle is "feeling the pressure".

  • Ellison: PeopleSoft talked merger in 2000

    Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison testified Friday that he and his board of directors came close to a merger with PeopleSoft in 2000, and had expected that last year's takeover bid would have been accepted within a matter of weeks.

  • Oracle: Our $6.7bn BEA offer was too high

    If Oracle renews its bid for rival BEA Systems, it would come in at a price below its initial offer of US$17 a share, the company told analysts Wednesday.

  • Oracle to acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion

    Oracle plans to acquire middleware maker BEA Systems for US$8.5 billion in cash, the company announced on Wednesday. The move means Oracle will leapfrog IBM as the number one middleware player.

  • 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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  • PeopleSoft customers, employees weigh deal

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Can Oracle survive Larry Ellison?

    COMMENTARY -- In December 1998, Larry Ellison was steering his maxi-yacht, Sayonara, when it was caught in a fierce, unexpected storm. Sayonara would win the Sydney-to-Hobart race off the coast of Australia that year, but not with Ellison at the helm.

  • Oracle shoots for the middle

    Next month, firm will launch revamped middleware products for content management and application infrastructure.

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Reviews (1)

  • Beyond the Database

    Boldly going where no database has gone before, Oracle's Oracle8i Release 3 is a lot more than a database. Oracle8i is now also a file, mail, Web and Java2 Enterprise Edition application server.

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