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  • RSA confab: Boom times for security

    The security industry converges at the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, an event that's moved far beyond its origins as a get-together for cryptogeeks and other insiders.

  • Coalition of the unwilling

    The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.

  • Eyes on Australia after EU clears Oracle's PeopleSoft bid

    Decisions by a United States court and European Union officials to effectively clear regulatory hurdles from the path of Oracle's proposed US$7.7 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft are poised to persuade Australian competition regulators to green-light the transaction.

  • PeopleSoft rejects revised Oracle bid

    PeopleSoft's board of directors has rejected Oracle's revised hostile bid, saying it believes the company is worth more than US$26 a share.

Features and Case Studies (5)

  • PeopleSoft customers, employees weigh deal

    Oracle may be celebrating its long-awaited union with PeopleSoft, but customers, employees and competitors have reason to worry.

  • SAP-Microsoft talks underscore harsh market reality

    After its top-secret merger talks with SAP were revealed, Microsoft's motivation for the deal was quickly identified: its interest in the German company was sparked by growth limits in the business software market.

  • Software's 'stack wars'

    To move ahead, big software companies are reaching back to a familiar strategy: offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products.

  • Coalition of the unwilling

    The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.

  • Survival of software's fittest

    In the flat enterprise software market, the message is clear: It's time to hunt or be hunted.

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