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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has remade the company via acquisitions. Oracle has acquired a bevy of companies such as Siebel Systems, PeopleSoft, BEA Systems and others to become a significant applications player. Meanwhile, Oracle remains the database leader and displays strength in middleware. Oracle's next frontier: Hardware. The acquisition of Sun Microsystems could position Oracle as "T.J. Watson's IBM" or be a big headache.
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The Oracle assessment
Oracle's in a lot of sectors selling to many different kinds of buyers. Any review of Oracle needs to take a portfolio view that also looks at the relative growth and contraction of the component market segments served.
SkySQL-MariaDB merger: What should you expect?
How will the planned merger between MariaDB creator Monty Program DB and support firm SkySQL strengthen the hand of the open-source fork in the wider MySQL world? We talk to the new company's CEO.
Look out, Oracle: SkySQL and MariaDB join forces
Oracle's MySQL may be the most well-known open-source DBMS, but now, MySQL's creators are together again with the merger of MariaDB and SkySQL.
Oracle to release 128 security patches, hundreds of products affected
The software technology giant will release today fixes for "hundreds" of its products, including Java, that led to high profile corporate hacking earlier this year.
Oracle launches first data center in Singapore
[UPDATED] U.S. tech giant says the launch will meet rising demand for cloud, offering software-as-a-service and serving customers in Asia. The facility is its third in the region, with the first two in Australia.
Oracle's Catz: On-premise isn't a dirty word, hardware will rise
In an appearance at the Wells Fargo Tech Transformation Summit, Oracle's Safra Catz gave an upfront lecture to address the company's issues. Wells Fargo analyst Jason Maynard got a few questions in, but Catz put him in a corner.
Oracle says it's finally done upgrading SPARC servers since Sun acquisition
Larry Ellison revealed that Oracle is planning to start moving many features of its software and database portfolio onto silicon and hardware.
Microsoft hires former Oracle exec to run North American sales
A former Oracle channel exec joins Microsoft to head up North American sales, while a veteran software development architect moves on to teaching cloud programming.
Oracle buys network signaling firm Tekelec
The enterprise software giant enters into an agreement to acquire its third company of the year, bringing it closer to its second major buy last month.
Oracle's Q3 miss: Canary in enterprise software licensing coal mine?
"We believe something more secular is occurring as cloud computing increasingly entices CIOs to refresh their legacy IT systems with cloud services rather than infrastructure," says one analyst.
Oracle's Q3 troubles: Let's roll the quotes
Oracle had a lot of explaining to do during its conference call with investors and analysts following a disappointing Q3 earnings report.
Report: Blackstone asked Hurd about leading Dell after buyout
Could Mark Hurd be leaving Oracle to run Dell as it goes private? A new report suggests the possibility at least.
Oracle's Q3 falls short, revenue misses mark; Hardware systems tank again
Oracle's fiscal third quarter misses on many fronts as revenue comes in way short of expectations. Hardware systems sales continue to fall.
Oracle's Q3 expected to be strong, Fusion bandwagon fills up
Analysts are optimistic largely because Oracle has ramped its selling machine and believe that Fusion is resonating with customers.