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• Microsoft responds to Larry Page remarks, but Oracle is quiet

  By Martyn Williams | 16 May, 2013 20:51

  Microsoft has responded to a high-profile put-down by Google CEO Larry Page, but Oracle, at least for now, won't be drawn into a public fight with the executive.

• Oracle renumbers Java patch updates, confuses users even more

  By Gregg Keizer | 16 May, 2013 10:06

  Oracle has changed the numbering of its Java security updates, prompting one expert to say, "As if Java updates weren't confusing already."

• Apple breaks into Fortune 500's top 10

  By Gregg Keizer | 06 May, 2013 14:41

  Apple climbed the Fortune 500 this year to the No. 6 spot, its highest-ever ranking, its first time in the top 10, and the top technology company on the influential list, replacing sagging HP.

• Oracle takes stake in ingestible health sensor maker

  By Chris Kanaracus | 01 May, 2013 15:47

  Aiming at health care as a key vertical market, Oracle has taken a minority stake in medical device maker Proteus Digital Health, which sells ingestible and wearable sensors for tracking health-related information.

• Oracle lands $100 million ERP project covering 34 colleges

  By Chris Kanaracus | 30 April, 2013 18:15

  Oracle has won a US$100 million ERP project that will replace legacy systems at 34 colleges in Washington state, in a deal that highlights the continued relevance of its PeopleSoft product as it tries to convince customers to adopt its next-generation Fusion Applications.

• White House program targets IT jobs for service members

  By Michael Cooney | 30 April, 2013 16:16

  The Obama administration this week teamed with Cisco, Microsoft, HP and others to roll out what it called an "IT Training and Certification Partnership" designed to get thousands of service members into the information technology world.

• Gartner: Worldwide CRM revenue grew 12.5 per cent in 2012

  By Chris Kanaracus | 29 April, 2013 17:52

  Global CRM (customer relationship management) revenue grew 12.5 percent last year to US$18 billion, a rate three times that of all enterprise software segments on average, as companies look to acquire more business and serve existing customers better, according to a new Gartner report.

• Recently patched Java flaw already targeted in mass attacks, researchers say

  By Lucian Constantin | 24 April, 2013 15:17

  A recently patched Java remote code execution vulnerability is already being exploited by cybercriminals in mass attacks to infect computers with scareware, security researchers warn.

• Oracle's Mark Hurd talks Fusion Applications, customer satisfaction and SAP's HANA

  By Chris Kanaracus | 12 April, 2013 20:47

  As co-president of Oracle, Mark Hurd is tasked with selling an ever-increasing array of new software and hardware products, such as the Exadata database machine and Fusion Applications, while figuring out how to keep the company's vast installed base happy and fending off competition from the likes of SAP.

• NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle

  By Chris Kanaracus | 09 January, 2013 20:59

  NetSuite is one of the SaaS (software as a service) market's pioneers, having sold its growing family of ERP (enterprise resource planning), e-commerce and other applications since 1998. The vendor's results have been beating Wall Street's predictions, and may yet again in a few weeks, when NetSuite is expected to announce its fourth-quarter and year-end results.

• IBM's Steve Mills talks Oracle, Watson's future

  By Chris Kanaracus | 23 June, 2011 02:28

  IBM's Steve Mills has long been known for his leadership of the company's software division, but last year he added hardware and systems to his responsibilities as well. That move put Mills in charge of 100,000 employees and products that generate US$40 billion in revenue for IBM, according to its website.

• Interview: EMC's Gelsinger shares storage federation vision

  By Sumner Lemon | 05 April, 2010 16:17

  Pat Gelsinger made headlines in September 2009 when he left Intel to join EMC as president and COO of information infrastructure products, a group that includes the company's information storage and information security businesses. Now, Gelsinger -- who was Intel's first chief technology officer and led both the desktop products group and the digital enterprise group during his career at the chip maker -- is making waves again.

• Interview: Architecting a broader

  By Julia Talevski | 18 March, 2009 15:44

  Adopting more service-orientated architecture (SOA) products are just some ways business software vendor, Infor, is trying to achieve its goals this year despite stiff competition from SAP and Oracle. Senior vice-present for global strategy, Rick Parker, met up with JULIA TALEVSKI to discuss what role the channel has to play in Infor’s plans, the significance of SOA and how the market is shaping up.

• SAP's first quarter: The key questions

  By Chris Kanaracus | 18 April, 2013 14:57

  SAP will announce its first-quarter 2013 earnings on Friday, a report that will get heavy scrutiny from company watchers. Here's a look at some of the more important topics that should come up during SAP executives' conference calls with press and analysts on Friday.

• Oracle takes apparent step toward standardizing on a single chip design

  By James Niccolai | 08 April, 2013 10:08

  Oracle's unveiling of a batch of servers based on new Sparc processors marked what some analysts think is a step toward an expected standardizing of the vendor's two families of Unix servers onto a single chip architecture.

• Oracle's strategies to get real-world verdict at Collaborate user event

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 April, 2013 20:55

  Oracle's sprawling annual OpenWorld conference doesn't kick off until September, but next week the Oracle user group-backed Collaborate event will be held in Denver.

• Marketo IPO may spark suitors, including Salesforce.com

  By Chris Kanaracus | 03 April, 2013 18:19

  Cloud-based marketing automation vendor Marketo's plans to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering, which were revealed this week, could influence larger companies to acquire the company, including Salesforce.com and SAP.

• Oracle faces 'dilemma' with its Fusion Applications

  By Chris Kanaracus | 12 February, 2013 19:09

  Oracle spent years developing its next-generation Fusion Applications and finally put them into general availability nearly a year-and-a-half ago, but some new evidence suggests that it's been less than successful at enticing customers to move up.

• SaaS in 2013: Companies and trends to watch

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 January, 2013 21:28

  As 2013 begins, the SaaS (software as a service) market is set to heat up even more, as well as potentially undergo a number of key shifts. Here's a look at a series of key SaaS vendors and trends to watch as the year unfolds.

• Google's antitrust settlement means few changes

  By Grant Gross | 03 January, 2013 21:37

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust settlement with Google will create few changes in the way the company operates, both critics and fans of the deal said.

• SAP in 2013: Five things to watch

  By Chris Kanaracus | 21 December, 2012 21:11

  It was a typically busy year for SAP, with the company making headlines for strong sales of its HANA in-memory database, high-profile acquisitions and aggressive moves into cloud computing.