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OracleWorld: Oracle comes out swinging

Oracle kicked off its annual conference with plans to discontinue support for version 10.7 of its business apps. It also left a strong message for IBM and Micrsoft with upgraded collaboration software - but that many be falling on deaf ears
Written by ZDNet UK, Contributor
NEWS:
Oracle says bleeding will stop
Thurs 14 Nov: Oracle has predicted the end of its revenue decline is in sight HP, Oracle partner on middleware
Thurs 14 Nov: The software maker has landed a three-year deal with HP to develop its middleware software on some of the computer maker's systems Oracle's Jarvis: Unplugged - but not unarmed
Thurs 14 Nov: Oracle's marketing chief managed to critique most of the competition, saying that Ariba, Commerce One, I2, and Siebel are all history; IBM is a copycat; and, Microsoft is vulnerable. But wait, there's more Oracle urges email switch
Tues 12 Nov: A month after releasing the Oracle Collaboration Suite, the company is urging IT managers to move from Microsoft and IBM's software to its product Oracle's 'de-support' deadline draws ire
Tues 12 Nov: 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
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