Judy Smith: Oracle

Mon, 16 May 2005 21:43:09 GMT

Brief: Oracle pays $8M to settle suit over training charges. Oracle has paid $8 million to settle charges that it fraudulently billed the federal government for training through its Oracle University training program. [Computerworld News]

These guys - - they act like they are taking a step in the right direction and then shoot themselves in the foot with crap like this. How can you expose yourself at the 8MM level to a whistle-blower in an area like training costs? Stupid I guess.

Fri, 06 May 2005 00:35:20 GMT

Oracle pushes on support efforts. Oracle Corp. has quietly made a number of educational and technical moves in recent months to beef up its support offerings for users. [Computerworld News]

Fri, 06 May 2005 00:35:02 GMT

Oracle user groups band together for single show. Three of the larger Oracle Corp. user communities are banding together to launch a single education and technology sharing event set for next April. [Computerworld News]

Wed, 04 May 2005 15:26:20 GMT

Oracle, SAP wage bare-knuckle fight for dominance (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Oracle's newest, challenge: unseating SAP in the $23.4 billion global market for software used by companies to run human resources, accounting and other business functions. SAP and Oracle are racing to create ambitious software services they say will determine who ldominates the market. [Yahoo! News: Technology]

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:11:23 GMT

Oracle president promises to certify best practice configurations. Santa Clara, Calif. — Charles Phillips, Oracle's president, kicked off Software 2005, an annual event sponsored by venture-capital firm Sand Hill Group, with a keynote address that focused on the future of the software industry, near-term customer issues and, of course, an update on the PeopleSoft acquisition. [InfoWorld: Top News]

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:54:27 GMT

Oracle re-brands middleware, lays out PeopleSoft road map. Oracle on Monday is re-branding its middleware line, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and laying out a road map for when these middleware products will be certified to work with newly acquired PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards applications. [InfoWorld: Top News]

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:32:56 GMT

Oracle’s "drag" strategy. Blog: Is Oracle biting off more than it can chew or is the company’s aggressive acquisition strategy just misunderstood? ... [CNET News.com]

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:16:18 GMT

Oracle offers more on Fusion, but users' questions remain. Oracle has shed some light on its emerging plans to converge five business application suites -- a move that was once seen as a big selling point in its hostile pursuit of PeopleSoft. [Computerworld News]

This will be very interesting to watch. I'm setting up a dedicated link for oracle stuff just cause this company is so damn interesting to watch from the sidelines.