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- PostgreSQL delivers alternative for MySQL users wary of Oracle's Sun acquisition
- "When MySQL got acquired by Sun, a lot of that community got fractured," Boyajian told BriefingsDirect. "That fracturing started with Sun and continues with Oracle so I think that will have an impact on adoption patterns." by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., PostgreSQL, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- AOL sees future in local; announces two acquisitions
- AOL said today that it will acquire two companies that focus on local: Patch Media Corp. and Going Inc. Patch is a news and information platform that's targets individual towns and communities. Going is also a platform that offers people a place to share and find new information about a...
- Tags: Acquisition, America Online Inc., Going Inc., Borrell Associates, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- OneWire - Talent acquisition in the Finance sector
- What happens when bankers can make their 'true connection' online? Hiring/Recruiting solutions are a varied lot. They almost have to be as the methods that people use to find jobs, learn of jobs, etc. rarely match the ways that employers seek new employees. Add in other issues...
- Tags: Acquisition, Brian Sommer, Finance, Human Resources, Investment, Job, Mergers & Acquisitions, OneWire, Recruitment & Selection, Solution, Talent, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2009-05-31
- Dell is going shopping: Pondering the data center and services targets
- Dell CEO Michael Dell said the company is likely to spend some of its $10 billion in cash on an acquisition that would give it more of a foothold in the data center or expand its services. The one bright spot of Dell's first quarter was the...
- Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Market Capitalization, Data Center, Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- Microsoft: Plotting an acquisition or joint venture?
- Microsoft: Plotting an acquisition or joint venture?Should buy OQOMicrosoft should buy OQO, and get specialty hardware design expertise.There is a clear trend. Oracle, Apple, IBM, HP are all software and hardware companies. It would be to Microsoft's advantage to get "Microsoft-branded" hardware into the marketplace.RE: Microsoft: Plotting an acquisition or...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Game players, Microsoft Corp., acquisition
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- Microsoft: Plotting an acquisition or joint venture?
- Microsoft last week registered a limited liability company LLC in Delaware stoking speculation that it is planning an acquisition or joint venture. If true Microsoft may be planning a little bit more than a demo of its search engine and a big ad campaign to promote it. ...
- Tags: Acquisition, Search Engine, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Katherine Egbert, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Search, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- TimeCard Gold 3.2.4 (Mobile)
- TimeCard can benefit all companies with staff frequently out of the office or where a recap of the time dedicated to a customer or project needs to be effected at any time and any place without needing a personal computer or Internet access. TimeCard can split your professional time by...
- Tags: Acquisition, Mobile, Customer, Aldea, TimeCard, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Internet, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-05-19
- Tucci, Maritz talk acquisitions, customers and competition
- The CEOs - EMC's Joe Tucci and VMWare's Paul Maritz - took some time this afternoon to meet with reporters at EMC World for a Q&A session about the companies, the technologies and the future. Some highlights from the Q&A session: With $9.8...
- Tags: Acquisition, Joe Tucci, EMC Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Oracle enhances VM management with Virtual Iron acquisition
- The rumors are true. Oracle has finally announced that its intent to acquire Virtual Iron for its virtual server management capabilities. It's a nice fit for Oracle, which has its own Xen-based virtualization platform called Oracle VM. Up until now, Virtual Iron has been selling its management...
- Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Xen, Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition
- SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisitionI feel M$ hand hereI'm sure that these disgruntled share holders as well as the investigation using the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act are in fact M$ sleeper agents going into action.M$ has most to lose from this deal.RE: SEC filing: Sun...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial accounting, Operating systems, Investment, Oracle Corp., shareholder, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun shareholder, Oracle acquisition, SEC filing, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-05-08
- SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition
- Sun Microsystems' shareholders have filed three separate class action suits to block the $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shareholders allege that "the consideration offered in the proposed transaction is unfair and inadequate." An excerpt...
- Tags: Shareholder, Acquisition, Oracle Corp., SEC Filing, Sun Microsystems Inc., SEC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-08
- Oracle changes tech landscape with Sun acquisition [video]
- Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his thoughts on Oracle's recent $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems. He says Oracle is positioning itself to come in as a one-stop player, complete with business hardware and business software. The deal could also help spur other tech mergers to keep pace with the...
- Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Video, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Oracle changes tech landscape with Sun acquisition
- Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his thoughts on Oracle's recent $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems. He says Oracle is positioning itself to come in as a one-stop player, complete with business hardware and business software. The deal could also help spur other tech mergers to keep pace with the...
- Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Branding, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, Software, Oracle, Sun Microsyst ems, Sam Diaz
- Videos 2009-04-22
- IBM CFO pooh-poohs Oracle-Sun deal
- IBM CFO Mark Loughridge fielded the inevitable question about Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Loughridge did the conference call equivalent of a shoulder shrug. "What's really changed? I think nothing," said Loughridge. That take was quite a contrast to what Oracle chief Larry Ellison said earlier Monday....
- Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Linux, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Oracle-Sun: an enterprise catastrophe
- Oracle acquires Sun- that came out of left field. Well not quite. Fellow Irregular Josh Greenbaum talked about Oracle 'completing the picture' with a Sun acquisition back in 2003. Yes - SIX years ago. Putting on my curmudgeon's curmudgeon hat I can't help but think this is...
- Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Open Source, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect sense
- Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect senseYou said ..."Open source, too, may take a hit, as I don?t expect Unbreakable Linux to remain Oracle?s point on the OS arrow. Solaris will be the prime OS, meaning Oracle?s channel pipeline to Red Hat will shrink."As one WHO has a TON...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Linux, Corporate law, Sun Solaris, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Oracle acquisition, Hooray, acquisition, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
- Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect sense
- Most interesting will be the way that Oracle matches the Sun assets against HP's burgeoning partnership with Oracle. Will HP perhaps buy Sun's hardware and IC IP outright after the Oracle acquisition is final? I'd bet on it. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Business Structures, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Sun stays focused on products, not acquisition talks
- Sun stays focused on products, not acquisition talksSun...focused on products, not acquisition rumours...Pity the tech press can't do the same!! :-D
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, acquisition, acquisition talk, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- Sun stays focused on products, not acquisition talks
- There was a funny moment inside a briefing room on Sun Microsystems' Silicon Valley campus this week. Just as the company was about to kick-off a briefing about new products based on Intel's Nehalem chip, the media and analysts in the room were informed - albeit in a very friendly...
- Tags: Acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009
- With many of the big tech companies hording piles of cash and many unstable companies licking their wounds from the recession, the tech industry is ripe for consolidation. See which potential acquisitions would make the most sense. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Acquisition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-04-14

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