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Database Sales Rebound in 2003

Sales of database software are back on the rise according to top market research firms, but revenue growth in 2003 was not explosive. International Data...

The European Commission Plays a Waiting Game

The European Commission is holding open its investigation of Oracle Corp.s $7.7 billion hostile bid for enterprise applications rival PeopleSoft Inc. A decision on...

Cognos Updating Its OLAP Server

Seeking to meet enterprises need for more flexibility when analyzing internal and third-party data, Cognos is updating its PowerPlay OLAP server to deliver what...

BEAs Bosworth Brews Alchemy

At Borland Software Corp., Microsoft Corp., his startup Crossgain and now as chief architect at BEA Systems Inc., Adam Bosworth has shepherded more than...

Why You Should (Still) Pay Attention to the DOJ-Oracle Trial

The Oracle-PeopleSoft-DOJ saga is similar to water torture. It just keeps dribbling on, only getting to trial in San Francisco federal court this week.Every...

Customers Question Microsofts ERP Intentions

Following reports that Microsoft delivered a sworn statement to the Department of Justice (DOJ) earlier this year claiming it had no intentions to enter...

Masala Channels Data Flood

IBM is boosting the speed and search capabilities of its Information Integrator software for DB2 Universal Database to enable customers to manage and combine...

Oracle to Suck up to Microsoft in Court

Oracle will do something completely out of character when it meets the Justice Department in court next week to defend its hostile takeover of...

Oracle-Linked Industry Group Says DOJ Misses Mark in Case

As it heads to court next week to try to stop Oracles hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, the U.S. Department of Justice lacks a "basic...

Oracle, DOJ in Courtroom Countdown

Almost a year to the day after Oracle Corp. made its hostile bid to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc. and consolidate the second- and third-largest...