Oracle on the offensive

As thousands gather at OracleWorld, tech leaders Larry Ellison and Carly Fiorina offer sobering looks at the IT world. Also: An impending ultimatum over a software upgrade has IT managers fuming.

Ellison pushes IT companies to simplify
Oracle's CEO uses his keynote speech at the company's annual convention to chide the information technology industry for making life difficult for corporate IT managers.
November 14, 2002

Fiorina: Tight budgets an IT reality
During her OracleWorld keynote, HP's CEO says the current tight attitude of tech buyers is here to stay. The IT industry, however, is still chugging along.
November 14, 2002

"De-support" deadline draws ire
As OracleWorld kicks off, the host company's plan to pull tech support for a still-popular suite of business software has some IT managers fuming.
November 14, 2002

Oracle urges to switch e-mail servers
The database software giant prods IT managers to ditch e-mail systems from Microsoft and IBM.
November 11, 2002

CFO sees tech turnaround in 2003
The chief financial officer at Oracle on Monday said 2003 should mark the end of nearly two years of revenue declines for the software maker.
November 11, 2002

previous coverage
Oracle to clock more "real time"
At its annual user conference, the company plans to discuss revamped versions of its collaboration, database and application server software.
November 6, 2002