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"Oracle Fusion
Middleware" Is Born: New
Oracle/JDE/PeopleSoft
Umbrella Brand By Oracle News Desk Oracle's next generation
information-oriented
architecture and
application set -
supporting the best
features, flows and
usability traits of
Oracle, PeopleSoft and JD
Edwards products - has
now been given a name.
The new umbrella brand
will be: 'Oracle Fusion
Middleware.' Apr. 24, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 17,296 | Forrester Names Oracle,
Microsoft as ASP Leaders By Oracle News Desk Examining seven major
application server
platform (ASP)
environment, Forrester
Research found Oracle and
Microsoft at the top of
the heap. This may
surprise IBM WebSphere
loyalists, who use the
most popular web services
development platform,
although Forrester
s... Apr. 22, 2005 12:00 PM Reads: 6,770 | Oracle Co-Founder Bruce
Scott Enters Security
Management Space By Oracle News Desk SenSage today announced
that Bruce Scott, one of
Oracle's co-founders and
the co-architect of the
first three versions of
the Oracle database, has
joined the company to
lead the expansion and
execution of the
company's product
strategy. Apr. 20, 2005 04:00 PM Reads: 14,839 | Oracle to Spearhead
Eclipse Project to
Support EJB 3.0 By Oracle News Desk Oracle is demonstrating
its commitment to the
entire Java developer
community by spearheading
a project within the
Eclipse open-source
community to support the
Enterprise Java Beans
(EJB) 3.0 specification -
one of the cornerstones
of J2EE 5.0. Apr. 15, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 17,959 Replies: 4 | Oracle and Retek Proclaim
"Joint Vision for the
Future Based on the Java
Language" By Oracle News Desk As a service to readers,
we bring here in full the
text of an open letter
just released to
customers and partners by
Oracle's President,
Charles Phillips, now
that Oracle and Retek are
operating 'as one.' Apr. 7, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 5,931 Replies: 3 | "We Are Thrilled With How
It's Going," Says
Oracle's Catz As Earnings
Tumble By Oracle News Desk Having already spent
$111M acquiring
PeopleSoft, Oracle has
now taken charges in its
latest quarter in
connection with the
acquisition so
substantial that its
quarterly earnings
dropped 15%. We are
beyond satisfied,' Oracle
Co-President Safra Catz
nevertheless t... Mar. 24, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 8,582 Replies: 7 | The i-Technology Week in
Review: Featuring Google,
Oracle, Retek, Sun, SCO By Oracle News Desk Stories from the week in
which SAP has seen itself
re-raised by Oracle in
its bidding war to
acquire Retek; Google
launched a site for
external developers
interested in
Google-related
development; Sun tinkered
with Java licensing; and
SCO sought to rekindle
its ... Mar. 20, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 5,186 Replies: 2 | Oracle Re-Raises SAP In
Poker Game Over Retek By Oracle News Desk SAP, which thought its
acquisition of Retek for
$8.50 per share was in
the bag 2 weeks ago, has
seen itself re-raised by
Oracle, which yesterday
trumped SAP's newest
$11.00 per share offer by
25 cents. Mar. 19, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 9,775 Replies: 1 | Oracle CFO Becomes New
BearingPoint CEO From
Monday By Oracle News Desk Harry You, chief
financial officer of
Oracle since July 2004,
has left the company and
is taking his wealth of
experience in corporate
finance to a position as
chief executive officer
of BearingPoint, Inc. -
effective March 21, 2005. Mar. 18, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 10,388 Replies: 2 | Ted Farrell of Oracle
Corporation By Oracle News Desk  Studio Interviews Mar. 15, 2005 09:00 AM Reads: 5,502 | Oracle Releases EJB 3.0
Preview By Oracle News Desk With this release, Oracle
delivers the most
comprehensive
implementation of EJB 3.0
specification accessible
today. Mar. 7, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 6,335 Replies: 2 | Oracle Announces
Availability of Oracle
Developer Tools for
Visual Studio .NET By Oracle News Desk Following on last year's
entrance into the
Microsoft Visual Studio
Industry Partner (VSIP)
program, Oracle has
announced it has released
a beta version of Oracle
Developer Tools for
Visual Studio .NET, a
plug-in component that
enables developers to use
Microsoft V... Feb. 10, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 7,948 | Oracle's Larry Ellison
Declares "War" On SAP By Oracle News Desk Oracle/PeopleSoft, with
just 20% of the market in
core enterprise-resource-
planning applications
(compared to SAP's 36%),
is going to 'war' with
the German ERP giant,
according to Larry
Ellison in remarks he
made to Wall Street
analysts this week. Jan. 28, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 15,104 Replies: 10 | Oracle's Ellison Tells
Analysts (Somewhat
Unnecessarily): "Our
Strategy Is To Get Big" By Oracle News Desk According to Oracle
co-President Safra Catz,
90 percent of former
PeopleSoft employees who
have been offered jobs
have agreed to stay -
including 96 percent of
PeopleSoft's developers.
'We think things are
going very well,' Catz
told analysts in New York
on Wednesday. Jan. 27, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 13,127 Replies: 2 | Oracle Targets EPS Growth
of 22 to 28 Percent in
Fiscal Year 2006 By Oracle News Desk Oracle Corporation
(NASDAQ:ORCL) today
forecast pro forma
earnings per share growth
of 24 percent or $0.62
per share for Fiscal Year
2005. For Fiscal Year
2006, the company
announced that it is
targeting pro forma
earnings per share growth
of 22 to 28 percent or
... Jan. 26, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 1,547 | Ellison On
Oracle-PeopleSoft
Layoffs: "We're Sorry" By Oracle News Desk Speaking to CNBC in a TV
interview, Larry Ellison
has said: 'We never like
to be in the position
where we have more
employees than jobs - but
that's just one of the
things that happen when
you glue two big
companies together.' He
added: 'We're sorry.' Jan. 23, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 21,866 Replies: 4 | "Pink Slip Friday" At
PeopleSoft; Oracle To
Fire "Several Thousand"
Today By Oracle News Desk Although Larry Ellison
has promised Oracle will
be supporting
PeopleSoft's products for
the next 10 years, that
hasn't blunted his
determination to dispense
with a huge number of its
employees. When the stock
market closes today,
Oracle will announce the
casualty ... Jan. 14, 2005 12:00 AM Reads: 31,172 Replies: 20 | Founder Says "Bye Bye" As
Oracle Gains Control of
PeopleSoft By Oracle News Desk According to a document
just filed with the SEC,
the founder of PeopleSoft
- David Duffield, who
stepped in as CEO when
Craig Conway was suddenly
fired by the PeopleSoft
board - is no longer with
the company. He resigned
last week as CEO,
chairman, and director in
... Dec. 29, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 17,053 Replies: 6 | Ellison Announces "There
Will Be Job Losses" As
Oracle Gets PeopleSoft At
Long Last - For $10.3
Billion By Oracle News Desk In all all-cash deal
worth approximately $10.3
billion, Oracle is going
to acquire 100% of
PeopleSoft's shares, at a
newly-increased price of
$26.50, a $2.50 increase
on its 'best and final'
offer which expired in
November. PeopleSoft's
board has approved the
deal... Dec. 13, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 11,613 Replies: 2 | Will Oracle Go Back to
Buying BEA? By Oracle News Desk Despite receiving 61% of
PeopleSoft shares in its
tender last month, Oracle
hasn't yet overcome
PeopleSoft's 'poison
pill' provisions aimed at
making a takeover too
costly even for Larry
Ellison. Just in case
Oracle fails in its
attempt to have a court
remove the ... Dec. 3, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 17,320 Replies: 12 | Oracle-PeopleSoft
Newsflash: Next Hearing
Now Set - December 14/15 By Oracle News Desk Vice chancellor Leo
Strine of Delaware's
Court of Chancery has
just said that the
parties to the case are
entitled to present
evidence, and that the
trial involving Oracle's
attempt to get
PeopleSoft's antitakeover
measures overturned will
continue in December. Nov. 24, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 5,359 Replies: 5 | Oracle to PeopleSoft
Shareholders: "The Choice
Is Yours" By Oracle News Desk 'We suggest you consider
[PeopleSoft's] track
record when evaluating
what PeopleSoft's board
is telling you now and in
deciding whether to
tender your shares,'
states Oracle in a
statement issued to
PeopleSoft Inc.
shareholders today. The
statement adds: 'We look ... Nov. 18, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 10,072 Replies: 6 | Breaking News: Ellison's
$8.8 BN Is Oracle's "Best
and Final" Offer for
PeopleSoft By Oracle News Desk Larry Ellison has raised
Oracle's offer for
PeopleSoft to $24 a share
from $21 - a hike of 14%.
This is the fifth new
offer since the hostile
takeover saga began last
June. Nov. 1, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 14,016 Replies: 4 | Oracle-PeopleSoft
Newsflash: The Next Shoe
Drops By Oracle News Desk The 25-member European
Commission is reportedly
about to announce that it
is removing the last
remaining obstacle to
Oracle's hostile takeover
bid for PeopleSoft. After
a year-long review of the
deal, much longer than
the 5 months that is
usual for such a review,
... Oct. 26, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 7,950 Replies: 7 | Oracle "Gamesmanship" -
Or Will Ellison Really
Lower Bid? By Oracle News Desk According to Oracle
Co-President Safra Catz,
his company's $7.7
billion, $21 a share
tender for PeopleSoft
stock might well now need
to be lowered, the
Delaware Chancery Court
heard yesterday -
increasing the
impression, among all who
attended, that Oracle is
de... Oct. 12, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 9,960 Replies: 2 | Oracle-PeopleSoft: Conway
Testifies He Never Called
Ellison a "Sociopath" By Oracle News Desk It remains to be seen
whether or not Delaware
Chancery Court Judge Leo
Strine this week will
side with Oracle and
declare void PeopleSoft's
poison-pill strategy
designed to stave off the
hostile takeover bid.
Before then it may become
moot; if Oracle ups its
curre... Oct. 6, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 15,747 Replies: 3 | Ellison Triumph: Oracle
Can Proceed with
PeopleSoft Takeover Bid,
Court Decides By Oracle News Desk The antitrust authorities
have failed to prove
their case requesting
that the US District
Court should block - on
antitrust grounds -
Oracle's proposed $7.7
billion hostile takeover
bid of PeopleSoft. Shares
of both companies rose
yesterday, PeopleSoft's
climbing ... Sep. 10, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 25,285 Replies: 9 | Oracle's PeopleSoft
Takeover Bid Can Go
Ahead, Judge Rules By Oracle News Desk 'This decision puts the
onus squarely on the
board of PeopleSoft to
meet with us,' said
Oracle chairman Jeff
Henley triumphantly as
Judge Vaughn Walker ruled
against the US Justice
Department and 10 states,
ending their quest to
block Oracle's would-be
'hostile ta... Sep. 10, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 19,020 Replies: 2 | Worldwide Praise for
Oracle Application Server
10g By Oracle News Desk Oracle announced that its
Application Server 10g
customers are using the
server's J2EE
capabilities on a wide
scale. This pattern of
use is not localized to
one area, but is being
observed in all of
Oracle's global markets. Sep. 9, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 3,914 Replies: 1 | Oracle 10g Technology to
be Available to Apple
Developers By Oracle News Desk At the Apple Worldwide
Developer Conference and
the JavaOne Developer
Conference, Oracle
executives announced
plans to make Oracle
technology available to
developers who are using
the latest version of
Apple Computer's
UNIX-based operating
system. Jun. 30, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 4,805 | Security Flaw Discovered
in Oracle E-Business
Suite By Oracle News Desk Security vulnerabilities
have been discovered in
Oracle E-Business Suite.
These vulnerabilities may
allow a knowledgeable and
malicious user to execute
unauthorized procedures
or SQL inside the
database. Jun. 12, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 8,900 | Oracle and Microsoft
Partner in Software Deal By Oracle News Desk In an agreement that will
help software developers
build Oracle applications
on the Microsoft Windows
platform, Oracle will
participate in the
Microsoft Visual Studio
Industry Partner (VSIP)
program. May. 21, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 5,436 | Oracle JDeveloper 10g
Enhances Productivity By Oracle News Desk Oracle JDeveloper 10g,
the newest release of
Oracle's Java and Web
services development
environment, is now
available. Apr. 14, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 6,426 Replies: 1 | Oracle Demonstrates
Integration with
.NET-Connected
Technologies at PDC 2003*
Live from the Microsoft
Professional Developers
Co By Oracle News Desk (October 28, 2003) -
Oracle demonstrates its
integration with
Microsoft .NET-connected
technologies, including
the Microsoft .NET
Framework, at the
Microsoft Professional
Developers Conference
this week. Oct. 28, 2003 12:00 PM Reads: 4,251 Replies: 1 | .NET Framework Data
Provider for Oracle
Enables Faster, More
Scalable, More Reliable
Applications that Access
Oracle Databases By Oracle News Desk (July 26, 2002) -
Microsoft Corp. this week
unveiled the Microsoft®
.NET Framework Data
Provider for Oracle, a
new technology that
enables enterprise
developers to more easily
integrate applications
built on the Microsoft
.NET Framework with
Oracle databases. The ... Jan. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 5,357 | Oracle Releases New
Portal Technology for Web
Services By Oracle News Desk (January 21, 2003) -
Oracle Corp. 's new
portal enhancements for
Oracle9i Application
Server are designed to
capture and integrate
data from multiple data
sources including Web
services, spreadsheets,
and Web sites. These
features, OmniPortlet and
Web Clipping, sh... Jan. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 3,352 | Oracle9i Application
Server to Deliver First
Unified Platform for
Wireless Applications By Oracle News Desk (February 10, 2003) - New
wireless features in
Oracle9i Application
Server will make it the
first and only integrated
application server to
support XHTML 2.0, the
new W3C standard. The
wireless features,
scheduled to be available
in a new Wireless Toolkit
on the O... Jan. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 3,795 | Oracle Announces Hosted
Service for Enterprise
Portal Interoperabiity
Testing By Oracle News Desk (June 16, 2003) -
Corporate portal
developers and
independent software
vendors can test the
interoperability of their
Web-based content and
applications on a hosted
portal environment with
the new Oracle Portal
Verification Service.
Powered by Oracle9i
Applicati... Jan. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 3,752 | Oracle Boosts PeopleSoft
Bid, Sues PeopleSoft; CT
Sues Oracle By Oracle News Desk (June 19, 2003) - On
Wednesday, Oracle
increased its cash tender
offer to purchase all of
the outstanding shares of
PeopleSoft, Inc. to
$19.50 per share, or
approximately $6.3
billion. In response,
PeopleSoft requested that
its stockholders take no
action until it... Jan. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 2,871 |
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