June 18, 2009 4:16 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Application Platform Licensing,
Barbara Darrow,
BizTalk Server,
Database,
Oracle,
SharePoint,
SQL S
Microsoft reps are out in the field pushing Oracle database shops...
June 10, 2009 4:23 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Fusion,
IT channel products and technologies,
middleware,
OracleTurns out Oracle's annual sales kickoff is on for July 6, not June, as previously reported. (By me. Gulp. Sorry.) This year's theme: "Power through."
June 8, 2009 10:46 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Fusion,
IT channel products and technologies,
middleware,
OracleOracle promises to have news about its Fusion vision for a July 1 event starring Oracle prez Charles Phillips and senior veep Thomas Kurian.
The event will feature some real middleware...
May 6, 2009 4:35 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Charles Phillips,
Oracle,
Oracle maintenance,
SAP,
software supportHow did this not get more ink? Oracle is waiving maintenance fees on some of its software products for up to two years.
This is a baby step, granted. But it is, in fact, movement. For one thing,...
May 4, 2009 3:22 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
maintenance fees,
Oracle,
SAP,
supportSAP, the ERP leader, recently decided to defer maintenance fee increases until it proves to customers that the fees are worth the money. The first question that comes to mind is if Oracle will follow...
April 21, 2009 3:09 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
Hewlett-Packard,
IBM,
IT channel products and technologies,
Lotus,
Oracle,
Scott McNealy,
Storage,
Sun MicrosystemsHere's a completely non-scientific list of my top five questions arising from Oracle's $7.4 billion buy out of Sun Microsystems.
5: How could it have been surprising that Oracle was the white...
April 20, 2009 11:56 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IBM,
Oracle,
Sun MicrosystemsWell that didn't take long.
Oracle is buying Sun, in a deal worth about $7.4 billion, the company said in a statement released early Monday. Oracle is offering $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at about $7.4 billion,...
April 6, 2009 1:14 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Cisco,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IBM,
IT channel products and technologies,
M&A,
Oracle,
Sun,
Virtual Iron
Whether Sun and IBM ever actually do tie the knot, the M&A craziness will continue....
