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  • Oracle shopping list includes eight other firms

    Oracle laid out the pros and cons of nine potential acquisitions, offering in court documents a rare glimpse into the software maker's merger mindset when sizing up potential deals.

  • Will Oracle's new business ventures hurt its DB market share?

    Oracle's innovation and performance in the enterprise database market made it the envy of its competitors--including IBM, Microsoft, and Sybase. However, their efforts to expand their core business outside the enterprise database market may end up costing them their leadership position in that market as well.

  • The software contrarian

    John Chen knows how to speak his mind, particularly when he feels optimistic about the future.

  • J.D. Edwards: we're not up for grabs

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

  • HP to acquire OuterBay

    Hewlett-Packard announced on Tuesday that to expand its storage offerings, it plans to acquire archiving software maker OuterBay Technologies .

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  • 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.

  • High-tech megamergers: Still make sense?

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

  • Siebel gets acquired ... at last

    Oracle will acquire Siebel Systems for US$5.8 billion. The long-predicted buyout will have interesting ramifications on the Australian market.

  • The promise of the portal

    In a past era, the path to new ventures and conquests was to "go west". As we pioneer the realm of information technology at the beginning of the 21st century, the phrase my well become, "go portal".

  • Corporate intranets: Open for business

    Corporate intranets can be so much more than just a place to post your HR policies and details of the upcoming sofball match.

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