Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4 billion
Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun.
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20.4.2009 Microsoft beats Oracle in security showdown
Microsoft is beating Oracle hands down with the security of its database, according to a new report.
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23.11.2006 Sun Opens Java Source Code Under GPL
Hoping to increase usage of the programming language, Sun said Monday that it would be using the GNU General Public License (GPL) to open source the Java platform. Beginning today, source code would be available for both the Standard (Java SE) and Micro (Java ME) editions.
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13.11.2006 Project Indiana: Could Sun outshine Microsoft’s Silverlight?
At its JavaOne conference, which kicks off in San Francisco on May 8, Sun is promising a major technology unveiling, code-named "Project Indiana."
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8.5.2007 Sun leaks 6-core Intel processor details
Late last month in Austria, Intel presented Sun with roadmaps discussing details of its upcoming server platforms, including the fairly secret Xeon Dunnington and Nehalem architectures.
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27.2.2008 Sun and Microsoft Expand Investment in Interoperability With New Center in Redmond
Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced two new milestones in their ongoing alliance: the official opening of the Sun/Microsoft Interoperability Center on Microsoft’s Redmond campus for optimizing Microsoft applications on Sun Fire™ x64 server systems storage, and the availability of the Sun Infrastructure Solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
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10.3.2008Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4 billion
Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun. The transaction is
valued at approximately $7.4 billion, with Oracle purchasing Sun stock with cash for $9.50 per share, a premium of nearly $3 per share
over previous market value. Sun's stock (JAVA) jumped nearly 33% after news of the purchase was released. Larry Ellison, Oracle's chief
executive, described Java as "the single most important software asset we have ever acquired." By purchasing Sun, Oracle is elevated into the ranks
of Dell, HP and IBM, giving them the ability to sell hardware as well as more fully exploit some important Sun software.
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20.04.2009Oracle Eyes The Netbook Market
Oracle is eyeing the netbook market, with plans to use its Sun acquisition as the entry point. Speaking at Sun's JavaOne conference, Larry Ellison
said,"I don't see why some of those devices shouldn't come from Sun-Oracle," referring to netbooks...
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03.06.2009Date set for Sun stockholders to vote on Oracle merger
Sun Microsystems has announced that a special meeting of it's Board of Directors has approved a July 16, 2009 date for a special stockholder
meeting to vote on the adoption of the proposed merger agreement with Oracle Corporation. On April 20, 2009, the companies jointly announced the
merger. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion USD, with Oracle purchasing Sun stock with cash for $9.50 per share, a premium
of nearly $3 per share over previous market value. Sun's Board of Directors had already unanimously approved the transaction and it is
anticipated to close this summer, subject to this stockholder vote and regulatory approval.
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11.06.2009Sun completes its MySQL purchase, looks ahead to Oracle, MS
Sun Microsystems today confirmed it has completed its acquisition of MySQL, and announced all MySQL products are now part of the Sun worldwide sales
and support network...
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27.02.2008Sun to spend $1B to acquire MySQL, will compete with Oracle, Microsoft
One of the principal products in the LAMP open source arsenal will become a Sun Microsystems product, possibly by the end of this quarter. Sun is
buying MySQL for $1 billion, which includes $800 million in cash...
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16.01.2008Sun completes MySQL purchase, sets sights on Microsoft and Oracle
Sun Microsystems today confirmed it has completed its acquisition of MySQL, and announced all MySQL products are now part of the Sun worldwide sales
and support network.
In addition, MySQL CEO Marten Mickos officially joined Sun as the new senior vice president of the
company's database group.
Sun announced just six weeks ago it would spend $1 billion -- $800 million in cash and $200 million in
assumed options -- to purchase the open source database company. The move will help Sun better compete with Microsoft, Oracle and IBM in the database
market, which continues to be a lucrative market.
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27.02.2008Sun enters a suddenly crowded virtualization market
Virtualization was the huge topic during Oracle OpenWorld 2007, and Sun Microsystems kept it going on Wednesday, using Oracle's own show to announce
its own virtualization tool to compete with it...
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15.11.2007Sun, Dell Announce Solaris 10 Distribution Agreement
During the opening keynote of Oracle OpenWorld today, Dell and Sun Microsystems announced a multi-year distribution agreement in which Dell will
provide OEM support for Sun's Solaris 10 operating system. Dell will now be working more closely with Sun to provide Solaris support, as well as to
give new Dell customers an intriguing alternative...
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15.11.2007Sun seeks to build world's biggest App Store around Java
Sun Microsystems plans to launch an App Store that could make Apple's look smaller than a 7-Eleven by comparison.
The server
vendor hopes to increase sales and drive more business via the Java App Store, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz wrote on his
blog Monday. Sun is in the process of being acquired by
Oracle, which has expressed a strong interest in Sun's Java technology.
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21.05.2009Ballmer, IBM reportedly surprised by Oracle-Sun deal
Reporters caught up with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Moscow to get his take on Oracle's deal to
buy Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion.
But apparently Ballmer, who is rarely at a loss for words, didn't exactly have a sound byte at the ready.
"I need to think
about it," Ballmer told reporters in Moscow,
according to
Reuters. "I am very surprised."
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20.04.2009Microsoft and Oracle Applications - Whitepapers and Webcasts
Hovsep Karaguezian: Based on the Microsoft-Oracle Alliance, this page has a lot of information about how to integrate with Oracle Applications from
the Microsoft Platform. Oracle applications include: Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, etc.
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Whitepapers and Webcasts Here are some of the contents...
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11.03.2008Hacker Develops Oracle Worm
Sample carries harmless
payload, but demonstrates an
attack unique to Oracle
databases...
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03.11.2005Oracle Buys Siebel for $5.8
Billion
In another major acquisition
of a rival software maker,
Oracle on Monday said it will
buy up Siebel Systems in a
deal valued at over $5.8
billion. Siebel, a maker of
customer resource management
software, will provide Oracle
with 4,000 new customers and
3.4 million CRM users...
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12.09.2005Oracle Accuses SAP of Massive 'Corporate Theft'
Accusing its competitor of
"corporate theft on a
grand scale," business
software rival Oracle sued SAP
on Thursday, claiming that it
used the access codes of
Oracle customers to gain
access to the company's
servers and download
copyrighted material...
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23.03.2007Oracle Releases Beta of Free
Database
The free open source database
leader MySQL has some new
competition from expensive
enterprise database leader
Oracle. The company on Monday
unveiled a beta release of 10g
Express Edition, otherwise
known as Oracle Database XE,
which is free to develop,
deploy and distribute...
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01.11.2005Another Amazon 'cloud' database is on the horizon
EnterpriseDB Inc. plans in March to start beta-testing an online version of its Oracle-compatible database that will leverage
Amazon.com Inc.'s Web-based computing
and storage services.
The EnterpriseDB Advanced Server Cloud Edition will be much more powerful than the SimpleDB Web database
that Amazon
itself plans to offer, claimed
Bob Zurek, the Edison, N.J.-based software vendor's chief technology officer.
Zurek added that EnterpriseDB, which bases its
commercially licensed software on the open-source
PostgreSQL database, will offer a new pricing
model designed to help it compete with
Oracle Corp.'s databases as well as the
MySQL open-source technology that
Sun
Microsystems Inc. recently
agreed to buy.
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29.01.2008Dell to offer Sun software in servers
Dell Inc. has agreed to install Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris operating system in some of its servers, the companies announced Wednesday, signaling
Sun's latest truce with a former rival.
The chief executives of both companies announced the multiyear partnership together on
stage at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Dell and Sun make
servers that compete with each other. Sun commands 13 percent of the worldwide server market, while Dell commands about 12 percent, according to the
latest data from market research firm IDC.
While Sun risks losing server sales to Dell because of the partnership, it stands to
increase adoption of its open-source software products, and that could mean a substantial boost in revenue from related support services.
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15.11.2007Oracle says it's broadening, not ending, its dispute with SAP
Settlement is the furthest thing from the mind of Oracle, which now contends that the wounds it suffered through SAP's alleged IP infringement cut
deeper than at the time it filed its lawsuit...
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16.02.2008How much will Oracle put up to regain its database stronghold?
Oracle may be willing to spend a record sum -- over $6 billion -- to acquire a middleware provider it believes will give it a permanent leg up on
Microsoft's SQL Server. Does it still take a huge M&A like this to stay on par with Microsoft?..
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21.12.2007Oracle adds systems management perq to Linux OS support
As a new perquisite for customers of its Linux OS or database support, Oracle today announced free downloads and support for Oracle Clusterware, a
systems management package for both Red Hat Linux and Oracle's "Unbreakable Linux."..
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