7 posts and columns on Craig Conway

The Long Reach of Oracle’s Larry Ellison

in Enterprise on July 30, 2011 at 7:35 am PT

If it ever seems like Larry Ellison’s fingerprints are all over the software industry, it’s not your imagination, but you have to see it to believe it.
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How Would Monsieur Ellison Like His BEA Served? Mixed in a Bucket With Oracle's Other Acquisitions?

in News on October 15, 2007 at 3:09 pm PT

Looks like we may be in for another PeopleSoft-esque takeover drama. BEA Systems’ board formally rejected Oracle’s $17-per-share offer to acquire it last Friday, saying the company is trying to buy it on the cheap. “BEA is worth substantially more to Oracle, to others and importantly, to our shareholders than the price indicated in your [...]

How Would Monsieur Ellison Like His BEA Served? Mixed in a Bucket With Oracle’s Other Acquisitions?

in News on October 15, 2007 at 3:09 pm PT

Looks like we may be in for another PeopleSoft-esque takeover drama. BEA Systems’ board formally rejected Oracle’s $17-per-share offer to acquire it last Friday, saying the company is trying to buy it on the cheap. “BEA is worth substantially more to Oracle, to others and importantly, to our shareholders than the price indicated in your [...]

$6.66 Billion? 666 Must Be Larry Ellison's Lucky Number …

in News on October 12, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

$6.66 Billion? 666 Must Be Larry Ellison’s Lucky Number …

in News on October 12, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Oracle to BEA: Get in Mah Belly!

in News on October 12, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Carl Icahn’s recent appeals to BEA Systems management to discuss a possible sale of the company seem to have set Oracle’s salivary glands flowing. This week the CRM gourmand made an unsolicited $6.66 billion bid for the business-management software maker.