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Oracle the Spoiler Again Oracle takes out the big guns to defend its turf against its foe, SAP. Investors, take note.   |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2005
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Does Oracle Foresee Trouble? All of the deal-making at Oracle could be masking problems in the database business. Investors, take note. |
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March 10, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Microsoft to Buy Groove Networks Redmond to enhance its collaboration software offerings by scooping up P2P play Groove. The deal includes founder Ray Ozzie. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Beleaguered BEA Middleware developer BEA turns in a good quarter, despite juggling an options investigation and a hostile takeover attempt from Oracle. |
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December 17, 2010 |
Oracle's Ellison Calls Out HP Larry Ellison makes it clear that Oracle has former close ally HP in its sites. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Microsoft Closing the Gates Era The Redmond Giant bids a slow, tender adieu to its founder and longtime leader. Bill Gates' title of Chief Software Architect has already been passed on to Ray Ozzie. It's a tough assignment, but Ray Ozzie might just be exactly the right man for the job. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Oracle's $19 Billion Payoff For the past few years, Oracle's Larry Ellison has talked about the benefits of consolidation. Now, it looks like the company is seeing some of those benefits. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Bipolar Quarter The database maker meets expectations, and hints it may not need PeopleSoft after all. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Bakes a Fine Cherry Pie Some of the deals for which Oracle paid out $5 billion last year are starting to pay big dividends for the company. |
InternetNews
March 11, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Groove: Microsoft's Middleware Move Analysts see the deal as a way for Microsoft to eventually enhance Longhorn and improve its competitive position. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Has Larry Ellison Gone Crazy? With the PeopleSoft proposal unresolved, the Oracle chief preaches more acquisitions. |
InternetNews
October 15, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Why Oracle's Tops in Takeovers Industry watchers think BEA's days are numbered: Larry Ellison and Oracle have spent years and billions mastering the art of the takeover. |
InternetNews
March 18, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle's Back to Its Bidding Ways The company challenges SAP's latest offer for Retek but this time without its CFO, Henry You. |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Gloats It's not common business practice to launch verbal volleys at your competitors in an earnings report. But Oracle is now doing exactly that on a regular basis. |
InternetNews
June 16, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Microsoft's Ray Ozzie on the Hot Seat Bill Gates' successor has his work cut out for him. |
InternetNews
September 25, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Behind The Curtain of Microsoft's 'Great Oz' Ray Ozzie took over Bill Gates' role as Microsoft's chief software architect last year, but just who is he really and what's he doing with his 'vision thing?' |
BusinessWeek
April 4, 2005
Steve Hamm |
Larry, You Picked A Nasty Fight In taking on heavyweight SAP in the corporate applications software market, Oracle faces very long odds. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Quick Take: When Larry Ellison Gets Stupid Oracle is accusing SAP of "corporate theft on a grand scale" after SAP division TomorrowNow allegedly downloaded more than 10,000 documents from Oracle's support site. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Sun Sets for $7.4 Billion Oracle announces a $7.4 billion, or $9.50 per share, deal for Sun Microsystems, ending rumors of a proposed acquisition by IBM. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Bizarre Software Triangle Revelations in the Oracle-PeopleSoft trial continue to entertain. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2010
Stone & Ricadela |
Oracle's Larry Ellison Beats Up on His Rivals--Again Oracle's public attacks on rivals are a sign that competition is heating up in enterprise computing. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2005
Tom Taulli |
SAP Gears Up for Battle Oracle's Ellison has made SAP enemy No. 1. But SAP is fighting back the right way: by getting customers. Despite the strong performance, SAP's stock price slid $0.92 to $39.38. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Elementary, My Dear Oracle! Simplicity, not complexity, rules enterprise software. Just ask Larry Ellison. With recent wins at companies like Subaru, Cisco, and Mattel, Oracle appears to be on a roll. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Will the Sun Set in Oracle's Backyard? Larry Ellison is many things, but never a quitter. He will buy Sun in the end, but the question is why. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Oracle: All Business, No Show There is little doubt that Oracle will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. The real question is, how quickly? Ellison and his gang need to come up with some organic growth outside of the mainstay database business. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Larry Ellison Doesn't Dig the Net According to its CEO, Oracle's strategy will not include a major shift to web-based business software anytime soon. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Delivers, Denounces a Rival Oracle's Ellison and his senior executive staff decided to rip into competitor SAP. Ellison then spent a good portion of the conference call outlining the many ways in which Oracle is outperforming its rival in enterprise-management software. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2005 |
Oracle Wins in Bid For Retek Offer of $11.25 per share wins out after rival SAP drops out of the bidding for the retail software play. |
InternetNews
July 2, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Ray Ozzie, CEO, Groove Networks The programming vet compares Groove to Notes and weighs in on the P2P's bad rap. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2009
Tim Beyers |
You're Wrong to Sell Oracle The numbers weren't stellar, but the stock is still a buy. |
InternetNews
November 15, 2007 |
Oracle: BEA Worth Less Than Original Offer Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison says any new bid would be below Oracle's initial $17-per-share proposal. |
InternetNews
November 8, 2004
Roy Mark |
Oracle Prepared to Drop PeopleSoft Bid Oracle will drop its efforts to block PeopleSoft's defense to Oracle's hostile takeover bid if PeopleSoft's shareholders fail to tender a majority of their shares by Nov. 19, according to an Oracle letter sent to a Delaware court. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Larry Ellison Wins Again The battle for retail software applications vendor Retek ends, and Oracle comes out on top. Does any of this drama matter for shareholders? |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Oracle Caves Oracle agrees to acquire middleware maker BEA for $8.5 billion. |
InternetNews
June 15, 2006 |
Gates Steps Down Microsoft Corp. said that Chairman Bill Gates will step down from his role as chief software architect, tabbing CTO Ray Ozzie as his immediate successor. |
BusinessWeek
April 9, 2007
Aaron Ricadela |
Oracle vs. SAP: Sound Or Fury? Larry Ellison's high-profile charges may be only PR, but that may be all he wants. |
InternetNews
July 28, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft On Demand? Microsoft plans a move toward Web-based services connecting with Windows and Office. Customers might buy "cloud-based services" (Microsoft's description) as a way to leave the server and software with Microsoft. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Softwar? The database king ups its guidance as it prepares for a battle with rival SAP. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Oracle Struts Its Software An acquisition spree over the past several years pays off nicely for Oracle. The enterprise software giant just closed out another impressive quarter, and it may just be getting warmed up. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: Reading Oracle's Silence The enterprise software architect is set to report its quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to find. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Kicks Sun Into Shape There's more kicking to be done, but Larry Ellison's changes at Sun make a lot of sense. |
InternetNews
June 16, 2006
Erin Joyce |
Gates' Next Stage Bill Gates ends the delay on his own release from Microsoft. |
InternetNews
March 8, 2005
Paul Shread |
Oracle Makes Bid For Retek Investors react like they expect SAP to counter... WebMD reports expected results... Nasdaq slumps... Rising oil prices affect everyone... etc. |
CRM
September 19, 2014
Leonard Klie |
Ellison Steps Aside as Oracle's CEO While he remains as executive chairman and CTO, Catz and Hurd will share CEO duties. |
InternetNews
March 11, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle Woos, SAP Waits For Retek The two largest ERP software companies try to outbid each other in fight for retail software provider. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Scales Up, Up, Up Oracle turns in another great quarter, just like they've been doing for years on end. |
InternetNews
October 18, 2010 |
Bill Gates' Pick Ray Ozzie Leaving Microsoft Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie is in the process of leaving the company. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2007
Anders Bylund |
BEA Plays a Fool's Game A multi-billion-dollar bidding war is about to start. Or is it? Buying BEA stock today is a gamble that the company's price tag will grow before an eventual sale. A sensible investor might take the gains here and go look for a safer bet. |
InternetNews
October 9, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Group Targets Social Technologies Ray Ozzie appoints veteran Microsoft researcher Lili Cheng to head up the new venture. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2006
Tom Taulli |
2006 in Review: Oracle The brash company had a smashing 2006. Certainly, Oracle investors have nothing to complain about. |
