Spotlight on Oracle's online aspirations

 

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Led by chief Larry Ellison, Oracle heads full throttle toward moving its software business onto the Internet, beginning with developing the tools to get it there. "The software business is on its way to becoming a service business." - Larry Ellison, Oracle chief executive

Ellison touts Oracle's Web-based technology The company next week will unveil its technology for letting small networking devices access applications via the Web, chief executive Larry Ellison tells the Internet World trade show. Oracle woos developers with e-commerce tools In hopes of attracting more developers, the firm is shipping new tools for building e-commerce software. Oracle teams with Exodus, touts online business initiative Oracle, in its most aggressive move yet to sell more of its database and business management software online, plans to team with Exodus Communications.