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The Motley Fool
July 6, 2007
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Score One for Oracle The battle continues among the software giants, as SAP makes a surprising admission. The main thing for investors to consider is that Oracle has a clear strategy for growth: buying up companies. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
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Oracle's New Enemy: Red Hat Oracle wanted JBoss, but Red Hat beat Larry Ellison to it. But Oracle could crimp another enemy by buying Novell. No doubt, buying a company on buyout speculation is not a good idea. However, in the case of Novell, there is now a group of big prospective buyers. |
InternetNews
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Oracle Opens Portal to Communications Oracle continued its torrid shopping spree today, agreeing to buy Portal Software for $220 million in cash. |
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Implications of Oracle/Sun Slight for Insurance in the Short Term Oracle's bid to acquire Sun is groundbreaking from a general technology point of view, but its meaning for the insurance industry is likely to manifest itself over a longer timeframe as the vendor's strategy evolves. |
The Motley Fool
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Oracle Dips a Toe in Open Source Forget its current tepid support; the database giant could profit handsomely by diving in. |
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Oracle Doesn't Need Red Hat - It Needs Zend What would Oracle get from buying Red Hat? |
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On the Scene: Oracle OpenWorld 2007 Oracle wows its users with new products and new plans for the future. |
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The Motley Fool
May 30, 2006
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Oracle: A Tenuous Top Dog Open-source software threatens the robust and growing database market. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2007
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Oracle Bakes a Fine Cherry Pie Some of the deals for which Oracle paid out $5 billion last year are starting to pay big dividends for the company. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
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Time to Short Open Source? There's still room to swim in the open-source pool if you know where to dive. For investors, that means avoiding hot new IPOs that slap an open-source sticker across a prospectus. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2011
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1 Stock That Deserves Your Respect Oracle is doing everything right, so why the low price and P/E? |
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September 9, 2010
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Oracle Is Cheaper Than You Think Oracle's free cash flow multiple suggests it is much cheaper than many investors think. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2011
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My Marketing Mistake Is Bigger Than Yours! Oracle is walking a fine line here. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2006
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2006 in Review: Oracle The brash company had a smashing 2006. Certainly, Oracle investors have nothing to complain about. |
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December 15, 2010 |
Oracle Unveils MySQL 5.5 Oracle moves to put to rest uncertainty about the future of the open source database with the release of MySQL 5.5, reiterating commitment to strengthening the community. |
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Red Hat CEO Calls on Oracle to Keep Java Open With earnings up at Red Hat, its chief executive talks tough on Oracle. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2005
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Growing Pains Dim Oracle's Outlook The software giant's latest quarter holds steady, but it's got tricky integrations ahead. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2009
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Oracle's Pyrrhic Victory? Oracle is navigating its way through European regulations. But what's the point? |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2009
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Europe to Larry Ellison: It's On, Maybe EU regulators open an antitrust investigation of Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems. |
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IBM Blitz Targets Oracle DB Users IBM tries to attract Oracle's database customers with a sales blitz. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2005
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Does Oracle Foresee Trouble? All of the deal-making at Oracle could be masking problems in the database business. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2005
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Risks and Profits in Oracle's Future CEO Larry Ellison's string of successes should translate into long-term gains for shareholders. But it won't be an easy ride. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2008
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Oracle: The Big, Rich Schoolyard Bully Even though the economy is spiraling out of control, Oracle's customers still feel compelled to renew their contracts for licenses and support to its database and middleware platforms, and Oracle grows in a shrinking economy. |
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Why Oracle's Tops in Takeovers Industry watchers think BEA's days are numbered: Larry Ellison and Oracle have spent years and billions mastering the art of the takeover. |
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Oracle Opens Up to WebSphere Oracle and IBM announced an agreement to make key parts of their software architecture work together. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2005
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The Motley Fool
January 5, 2006
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Dueling Fools: Oracle Bear While the stock has gone up 19.9% over the past 16 months, the earnings have gone nowhere. If you are still aching to buy Oracle, take a look at its five-year chart. It isn't pretty. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2007
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Quick Take: When Larry Ellison Gets Stupid Oracle is accusing SAP of "corporate theft on a grand scale" after SAP division TomorrowNow allegedly downloaded more than 10,000 documents from Oracle's support site. |
Insurance & Technology
September 20, 2010
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Oracle Releases New Cloud Platform Exalogic Elastic Cloud is an integrated hardware and software system for both Java and non-Java applications, the company says. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Oracle's $19 Billion Payoff For the past few years, Oracle's Larry Ellison has talked about the benefits of consolidation. Now, it looks like the company is seeing some of those benefits. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
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Oracle Struts Its Software An acquisition spree over the past several years pays off nicely for Oracle. The enterprise software giant just closed out another impressive quarter, and it may just be getting warmed up. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2004
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MySQL Makes Waves Open-source database software MySQL is grabbing market share from major players. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
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Oracle Wants a Slice of the Big Data Pie Larry Ellison assures investors that Big Data actually represents a growth opportunity for Oracle.. |
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October 12, 2007
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Oracle Raises Stakes With BEA Offer Oracle is looking to trump SAP, making a $6.7 billion bid for BEA less than a week after its rival paid a similarly hefty sum for Business Objects. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2006
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Red Hat Buys the Boss The Linux purveyor buys out application-server champ JBoss. This makes a lot of sense -- assuming Red Hat can execute the deal. Given past experience, that's not guaranteed. Investors, take note. |
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December 17, 2010 |
Oracle's Ellison Calls Out HP Larry Ellison makes it clear that Oracle has former close ally HP in its sites. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Still Not Serious About M&A Third-quarter results were much improved, but intense competition from Oracle clouds the picture. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 24, 2006
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Oracle Wants to Own Telecom, Too Oracle's strategy is starting to jell, as it stitches together a suite of technologies and -- just as critically -- assembles a top-notch team of telecom veterans. |
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April 20, 2009
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Oracle Buys Sun in IBM's Wake Oracle reveals a few details of its strategic vision for the merger with Sun. |
InternetNews
March 18, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle's Back to Its Bidding Ways The company challenges SAP's latest offer for Retek but this time without its CFO, Henry You. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Oracle Isn't a Linux Company A brokerage report says the database king is considering selling its own Linux distribution. Nonsense. The harsh truth for both Oracle and Red Hat is that they need each other in a world that's otherwise dominated by Microsoft. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2010 |
Now Oracle Really Is Your Father's IBM Oracle details its post-Sun plan for delivering integrated and engineered systems to the enterprise. Want a hint? Think IBM in the 1960s. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2008
Tim Beyers |
An Oracle Sell-Off? Woo Hoo! Shares of the database company get cheaper. |
InternetNews
May 19, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
Red Hat's JBoss Leaps Into Business Rules New software platform will bring open source middleware into more direct competition with Oracle, and IBM but full parity is not quite there, yet. |
InternetNews
April 21, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
Open Source Vendors Optimistic on Oracle-Sun What will Oracle's Sun buy mean for Java and open source? |
