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What's behind the Oracle, Salesforce war of words
Oracle ( NASDAQ: ORCL ) CEO Larry Ellison dished out some serious trash talk last week when he announced that the company was officially getting into the public cloud business. Calling Salesforce.com
IT vendor marketing, rhetoric appears cyclical
When it comes to IT vendors' rhetoric, strategies and offerings, if you think you've heard it before, you probably have. Marketing IT, much like marketing fashion, appears to be a cyclical game,
HP, Oracle battle over Mark Hurd gets ugly
Things are really getting messy between Hewlett-Packard ( NYSE: HPQ ) and Oracle ( NASDAQ: ORCL ). On Monday, Oracle hired Mark Hurd, former HP CEO, as co-president, and by Tuesday evening HP had filed a
Cloud computing is for the birds
Cloud computing is all the rage and being heavily promoted by the likes of Google and Microsoft. Well, forget about it. At least that's the view of Larry Ellison, the chief executive of Oracle. At
Judge rules Oracle failed to produce crucial emails
You've been hearing for years that you have to prepare your records so that in the event of a legal or regulatory discovery, you have your records in order. Well, to drive the point home, CNET News
More work needed on risk management
A new survey by Ernst & Young LLP, entitled "Managing Information Technology Risk," found that an effective ITRM program is still missing from many companies at a time when it is important to
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Oracle certifies pretested stacks
Oracle is now certifying 10 pretested software stacks for Linux, officials said. They've also completed pretesting for storage switches from Brocade Communications Systems and Cisco Systems, and for storage itself from start-up Pillar Data Systems (founded and funded by Oracle's Larry Ellison.) Oracle calls its stack testing Validated Configurations and expects to add one new partner per month, officials said. In the future, they'll also seek tests from customers.
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Oracle's shopping spree finally pays off
Oracle's income jumped 27 percent to $1.3 billion (24 cents a share) for its fourth quarter, compared with $1.02 billion (20 cents) last year, while revenue jumped 25 percent to $4.85 billion from $3.88 billion. The improvement is impressive considering Oracle's $20 billion spent on acquisitions in the past 18 months. For the year, Oracle has profits up 17 percent to $3.38 billion (64 cents) from $2.87 billion (55 cents) last year, while revenue jumped 22 percent to $14.38 billion from …
