The acquisition of telecom billing software firm Portal Software looked like an easy purchase, but Portal shareholders withheld much of the stock Oracle requested with its tender offer of $4.90 per share.
Oracle Apps Blog – 10 Questions
I got 10 interview questions from Marian Crkon of The Feature blog, which I’ve answered as follows:
SAP Undercuts Oracle On Oracle Support
A unit of German software giant SAP will offer technical assistance for Oracle’s Siebel products at about half the price Oracle charges for support
Oracle Appcasts
I talked about Oracle Podcasting in a previous post. They now have a more Applications oriented podcast available called Oracle Appcasts.
Oracle Ponders Novell Purchase For Linux
With an earnings announcement coming up on April 18th, Oracle founder Larry Ellison has been wondering whether his firm should pick up SuSE Linux by buying Novell.
Oracle Takes Portal Software For $220M
Oracle announced it will acquire Portal Systems, Inc, a global provider of billing and revenue management solutions for the communications and media industry.
India Helps Oracle Spin Database Profits
A strong third quarter from Oracle’s Asia Pacific unit returned an 8 percent increase in total revenues from the same period for the last fiscal year.
Oracle Produces Oracle SQL Developer
The kids out in Redwood Shores announced a new product called SQL developer, known previously as Project Raptor. The product is a free database development tool designed for use by Oracle Database developers.
MySQL Counters Oracle With A Purchase
MySQL AB, the company behind the popular open source database, has acquired Netfrastructure Inc and gets a database guru in the deal.
MySQL To Oracle: Get Stuffed
Larry Ellison tried waving his American Express card at MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, but Mickos turned down his offer for the company.