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Larry Ellison Steps Down as CEO of Oracle

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Larry Ellison steps down as CEO of Oracle. What sounds like initially as huge bomb turns out to be just some management changes. Larry Ellison stays at Oracle and is still not retiring. The man is 70...

Oracle To Acquire Micros Systems For $5.3 Billion

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Oracle announced Monday that it will acquire Micros Systems for $5.3 billion, or $4.6 billion net of cash. Billionaire Larry Ellison’s technology giant will pay $68 per share for Micros, which...

SimpliVity Pirates Oracle Sales Exec

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Just as huge companies suffer in growth comparison due to the law of large numbers, startups issue somewhat hollow-sounding brags by tapping the law of small numbers. For example, if a startup...

With $1.5B Responsys Buy, Oracle Aims Right At Adobe, Salesforce In War For Cloud

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On Thursday, Oracle announced positive quarterly earnings results that beat Wall Street estimates. The next day, it declared war. Oracle’s announcement Friday that it’s acquiring cross-channel...