databases

What Went Wrong With Oracle’s Quarter?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 20, 2011 at 5:12 pm PT

Some deals didn’t close on time, and new chips slowed sales of certain servers. But there were a few things that went right, too.

Oracle Accuses HP of “Campaign of Secrecy and Deception” Over Itanium

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 2, 2011 at 6:31 pm PT

The legal fight between Oracle and HP over the Itanium chip just got a little nastier.

Oracle Buying Hewlett-Packard? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 30, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

For some reason the notion that Oracle might bid on a weakened HP refuses to die. There are many reasons why it should.

Mike Lynch to Oracle: Oh, You Mean Those Slides

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 29, 2011 at 5:51 am PT

Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch now remembers a meeting with Oracle in April, but says it wasn’t about selling the company. Oracle’s copies of his PowerPoint slides tell a different story.

Oracle to Court: HP Was Sneaky When We Made That Deal

Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 30, 2011 at 2:28 pm PT

Oracle says it never would have settled a lawsuit with Hewlett-Packard last year had it known that Léo Apotheker was about to become its CEO and Ray Lane its chairman.

More Flash Madness: Violin Memory Is Bulking Up Its Team

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on August 3, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Violin Memory adds Jonathan Goldick as its CTO for software, and hires a new VP away from Hewlett-Packard. Will the flash madness never end?

Larry Ellison: I Have $29 Billion, and No, I Won’t Buy Your Company (Audio)

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 23, 2011 at 4:23 pm PT

After spending more than $42 billion on acquisitions over six years, Oracle’s CEO says the company is taking a breather. Not because it doesn’t have the money for dealmaking. Rather, the valuations on potential targets are just too high.

Oracle’s Roaring, But Not Yet on Hardware

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 23, 2011 at 2:08 pm PT

Software sales are surging nicely at Oracle, yet a decline in hardware sales held its quarterly results down, despite solidly beating forecasts.

Flash Madness: Fusion-io IPOs Thursday, but First Violin Raises $40M

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 7, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

The race by flash memory start-ups to push the technology into the data center has just begun. One, Fusion-io, goes public Thursday. Another, Violin Memory, just raised $40 million in new funding and and may also IPO this year.

Engine Yard CEO John Dillon Talks About Competing Against His Old Company, Salesforce.com

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 7, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

When Salesforce.com acquired Heroku last year, no one was more surprised than Engine Yard’s John Dillon.