Oracle Acquires Taleo for $1.9 Billion

In the wake of last year’s SAP-SuccessFactors deal, Taleo was said to be the next company to be acquired. Funny how these things work out.
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Oracle to Court: Let’s Try SAP Again

Unhappy with a judge’s ruling that slashed a judgement from $1.3 billion to $272 million, Oracle says it wants a new copyright infringement trial against rival SAP.
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Inside SAP’s Skunkworks as It Takes Aim at Oracle

Hasso Plattner, who 20 years ago designed a computer program that supercharged SAP AG’s growth, has been pursuing another breakthrough that could determine the software giant’s fate.

SAP Names New Marketing VP, One With a History

SAP’s new senior vice president for marketing was once the central figure in a full-blown ad-industry scandal.
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Big Data Analytics: Trends to Watch For in 2012

Over the last several years, there has been a massive surge of interest in Big Data Analytics and the groundbreaking opportunities it provides for enterprise information management.

Gartner Slashes 2012 Global IT Spending Forecast

Research firm Gartner just knocked down its growth forecast for global tech spending by nearly 1 percent. It may not sound like much, but it amounts to slowdown worth about $100 billion.
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Workday Is Looking for Bankers to Help It Go IPO in 2012

The wait begins for one of the most anticipated IPOs of 2012.
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Thanks, Oracle, for Harshing the Enterprise Tech Buzz

A disappointing quarter from Oracle seems to blast apart the idea that enterprise tech companies are holding steady. As usual, the markets overreacted.
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What Went Wrong With Oracle’s Quarter?

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.
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Salesforce Gets Into the HR Cloud With Rypple Acquisition

Marking the third acquisition of a cloud software firm since October, Salesforce grabs Rypple and says it will rename it Successforce. Sound familiar? It should.
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Jive Software Will Start Trading Tuesday