- Fri Jan 29 9:56 AM PST 2010 Oracle climbs up the food chain
Oracle has long been seen as a software company. With the acquisition of Sun, it's now an integrated IT player with a scope of operations akin to that of HP and IBM.
- Wed Jan 27 5:12 PM PST 2010 Oracle lays out plans for Sun
The big theme of a major presentation on Wednesday was integration of its $7 billion acquisition, both of technology stacks and of Sun Microsystems as a whole.
- Mon Jul 27 11:24 AM PDT 2009 HP, IBRIX, LSI, ONStor and scale-out NAS
The storage acquisition cauldron bubbles. Both HP and LSI/Engenio buy relatively small scale-out NAS file system players. Is there a connection? Is this an emerging trend?
- Thu Jul 23 6:22 PM PDT 2009 Oracle to buy GoldenGate Software
The company is acquiring the provider of real-time data integration software for an undisclosed amount. GoldenGate tech will help customers pull timely data from different sources.
- Thu Mar 19 4:59 AM PDT 2009 Oracle delivers solid third quarter
The software company declares its first-ever dividend to spin off excess cash directly to shareholders, but fourth-quarter guidance was a little lighter than expected.
- Mon Mar 2 8:07 AM PST 2009 Open standards aid intracompany collaboration
Open standards aren't simply a tool with which to club competitors; they also help companies get their own product lines working together.
- Tue Nov 11 9:44 AM PST 2008 Former Oracle executive Wookey joins SAP
Enterprise software applications giant SAP hires former Oracle executive John Wookey, a little over a year after the executive leaves SAP's major rival.
- Mon Sep 29 6:37 AM PDT 2008 What Oracle didn't say at OpenWorld
Oracle didn't have much to say at its annual OpenWorld conference, and that may be the point.
- Thu Sep 18 1:59 PM PDT 2008 Oracle posts improved first quarter
Company reports improvement in both revenue and net income, getting some help from sales of its Fusion middleware.
- Wed Jan 16 9:12 AM PST 2008 Oracle's acquisition of BEA is a big win for JBoss/Red Hat - the downloads don't lie
Oracle's acquisitive appetite is good for open source.



