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    CEO Robert Dutkowsky digs his heels in against Oracle and its pre-emptive bid for PeopleSoft.

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  • Are HP, Sun, and Oracle destined to flame out?

    In a recent interview with CNET Asia's Winston Chai, Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen said that several venerable computer companies are on a downward slope.

  • M&A; Marry in haste, repent at leisure

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    To move ahead, big software companies are reaching back to a familiar strategy: offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products.

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    Fuelled by Oracle's acquisition of Siebel Systems, Silicon Valley once again asks itself if megamergers are good for the industry.

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  • Is the iSeries make-over enough?

    IBM's iSeries servers have had the biggest announcement since the line was launched. But will users stick with it now it is cheaper and more Linux-friendly?

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