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- Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more
- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stage for the final keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 today - an afternoon session that followed lunch and got off to a rough start when Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan who was scheduled to speak after Ellison came on stage first and spent 45 minutes...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Ellison, Fusion, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM
- At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talked to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He said he’d like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems. Ellison said that...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Ellison, Tools & Techniques, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Management, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM
- At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says he'd like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems.
- Tags: Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Ellison, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Management, Business Operations, IBM, Oracle Sun
- Videos 2009-09-23
- Ellison and McNealy: Java here to stay
- At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy about the future of Java development. Ellison says he will continue to expand investment in Java and sees the programming language being used in a variety of devices including Google's Android phones and...
- Tags: Larry Ellison, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, JavaOne, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Ellison
- Videos 2009-06-02
- Ellison applies the 'Art of War' in Sun deal
- ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz discuss the Oracle CEO's gamesmanship in buying Sun Microsystems and how he outplayed IBM. They also share their views on the future of Java and what Oracle plans to do with Sun's troubled hardware business. [video=291380] by Larry...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Ellison
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Ellison applies the 'Art of War' in Sun deal
- ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz discuss the Oracle CEO's gamesmanship in buying Sun Microsystems and how he outplayed IBM. They also share their views on the future of Java and what Oracle plans to do with Sun's troubled hardware business.
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, Ellison, Oracle, Sun
- Videos 2009-04-23
- What does Oracle mean for Sun's open source efforts?
- So much for a big blue Sun. Instead, the company is being gobbled up Oracle for about $7.4 billion. Does this mean that Oracle will become "the biggest contributor to open source," or a gaping hole in the FOSS ecosystem? Sun often likes to brag that it's...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Ellison, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Ellison reflects on Oracle history
- At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, CEO Larry Ellison shares his insights into the company's 30-year history, including its contract with the CIA to build the first commercial relational database.
- Tags: Oracle Corp., History, Ellison, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Videos 2007-11-12
- Ellison puts NetSuite shares in 'lockbox'
- NetSuite in an SEC filing on Tuesday said that Larry Ellison is putting his shares--all 639,298,039 of them--into a "lockbox" that diminishes his control over the company. The filing is an amendment to NetSuite's current IPO plans. According to NetSuite's latest IPO filing: ...
- Tags: NetSuite Inc., Larry Ellison, Ellison, IPO, Financial Planning, Corporate Governance, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- Ellison spurns SaaS for easy ERP pickings
- Information Week's Mary Hayes Weier has spotted that Larry Ellison rather let the cat out of the bag on Oracle's earnings call last week when he said the company won't start selling SaaS because "so far no one has figured out how to make any money at it." She notes:...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Information Week, ERP, Larry Ellison, Ellison, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- Oracle says may launch own Linux version
- Ellison tells newspaper he'd like to offer a "complete stack" of software products, including an operating system. U.S. software maker Oracle is considering launching a version of the Linux operating system and has looked at buying one of the two firms dominating the technology, the Financial Times newspaper...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Operating System, Larry Ellison, Ellison, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Tools & Techniques, Software, Management, Reuters, Open source
- News items 2006-04-17
- Ellison's America's Cup quest to cost $90 million
- Software billionaire Larry Ellison said Wednesday that his Oracle team was spending up to $90 million on its quest to win the America's Cup, but he stressed most of the money was coming out of his own pocket. Ellison is heading the Oracle BMW Racing team, his...
- Tags: America, Larry Ellison, Ellison, Team Management, Management, Reuters, Technology News
- News items 2002-10-02
- Ellison says time is right for 11i
- At Oracle AppsWorld, CEO Larry Ellison calls 11i 'the largest collection of applications software produced by a single vendor'--as the majority of customers have yet to upgrade. SAN DIEGO--Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison has a simple message for the thousands of users of the company's business software: Upgrade. ...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Business Software, Oracle11i, Larry Ellison, Ellison, Global 3500, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Data Management, Ben Heskett, Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML() [domdocument.loadxml]: Empty string supplied as input in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 47, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 55
- News items 2002-04-10
- Ellison accuses IBM of 'creative accounting'
- The chief executive stops short of saying Big Blue has fiddled the figures, but IBM claims that Oracle is simply under pressure As the race for database and application server markets heating up, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has accused IBM of using "creative accounting" practices to...
- Tags: Accounting, Oracle Corp., Application Server, Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Ellison, Application Servers, Middleware, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Nicole Bellamy and Andrew Colley
- News items 2001-12-07
- Ellison donates Oracle 9i for U.S. security
- Oracle's chief executive says that he is giving the software to the U.S. government to create a database for national security and push a standard for identification cards. SAN FRANCISCO--Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison said Tuesday that he has donated Oracle software to the U.S....
- Tags: Security, Oracle Corp., Oracle9i, Larry Ellison, Ellison, Database Management Software, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Wylie Wong
- News items 2001-12-05
- Ellison delivers barbs to Microsoft
- The Oracle CEO once again derides Microsoft's Exchange e-mail servers as unreliable and insecure. Oracle is offering an e-mail server option for its 9i database. LAS VEGAS--Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison is gunning for Microsoft once again, this time with a new strategy...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Larry Ellison, E-mail Server, Ellison, E-mail, E-mail Servers, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Data Management, Wylie Wong
- News items 2001-11-13
- Oracle wars with culture, not complexity
- Tech Update?s readers see the sense in Ellison?s war on complexity, but they say that convincing the business decision makers is what it takes. Easier said than done. Unless vendors provide the tools that can irrefutably demonstrate significant cost sav This week's column from Larry Seltzer, which...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., IT Manager, TCO, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Ellison, David Berlind
- News items 2001-09-21
- Patch as patch can
- Why aren't sysadmins securing their servers? Because until there are penalties for poor security, little will change. Can someone please explain to me why those responsible for the well-being of servers don't apply security updates and patches? The volume of reports describing...
- Tags: Server, Relay, Ellison, Bruce Schneier, Security, Stephan Somogyi, Technology News
- News items 2001-03-14
- Ellison's stamp seen on Lane resignation
- Raymond J. Lane's resignation as president and chief operating officer of Oracle Corp. orcl had actually been in the works for a long time, Chairman Lawrence Ellison said. Story to follow. -- Don Clark and Lee Gomes, Wall Street Journal by ZDNN Staff
- Tags: Resignation, Ellison, Raymond J. Lane, ZDNN Staff, Technology News
- News items 2000-07-03
- Ellison takes on new Oracle titles
- With the resignation of Ray Lane, CEO and Chairman Larry Ellison will take on the duties of president and chief operating officer, Oracle orcl confirmed Monday. Lane announced his resignation late Friday. -- Sean Silverthorne, ZDNet News by ZDNN Staff
- Tags: Resignation, Oracle Corp., Ellison, ZDNN Staff, Technology News
- News items 2000-07-03
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