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Still hungry, Oracle buys ATG

Oracle is buying ATG, a maker of e-commerce software, for about $1 billion in cash or $6.00 per share. Continued...

SAP, scared of Oracle, makes goo-goo eyes at HP

The strange interpretive dance by Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and SAP has put everyone's spidey sense in overdrive. Court proceedings on

Microsoft makes Azure more palatable

  Microsoft execs, including server and tools chief Bob Muglia, have long maintained that the Azure price model was sound and clear as a bell. This despite developers and other would-be...

Ellison reloads, fires again

Another missive from Oracle, attributed to Larry Ellison. The Oracle vs. HP (and SAP) battle continues.  

 

“HP Chairman Ray Lane has taken the position that...

Charles Phillips surfaces at Infor

That didn't take long. Charles Phillips is now CEO of Infor. The move comes less than two months since

Ellison warns HP/Apotheker

Here's one of the weirder statements (attributable to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison) to hit reporters' mailboxes in recent decades:

“A few weeks ago I accused HP’s new CEO, Leo Apotheker, of overseeing an industrial espionage scheme centering on the repeated theft of massive amounts...

Ray Ozzie sums up Microsoft services effort

 Ray Ozzie's new "Dawn of a Day" blog entry takes stock of Microsoft's move into services and, not surpisingly, gives the company high marks for its Windows Live and other efforts. Ozzie,

MSP label tainted, pipelines in flux and other VAR takeaways

The "managed service provider" moniker that used to be golden has actually become a deterrent to business, according to the SearchITChannel.com channel advisory board. "We dropped the MSP label--it turned into a dirty word," said board member Kevin McDonald, vice president of

Ballmer announces two candidates for Ozzie position

  The names will surprise you. Or maybe not.   [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/HJajOG9dL2s" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

Microsoft Live Meeting outage–that’s gotta hurt

Microsoft Live Meeting went bust today. I know this because a partner event was cancelled this morning because of technical difficulties. Continued...