Software Vendors: Tech M&A Activity Poised for Rebound
By Larry Barrett | News Article Published February 17, 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers study finds that improved balance sheets and better market valuations should result in more wheeling and dealing by software vendors in 2010.
Tags: IBM, Oracle, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sun to Lay Off 3,000
By Larry Barrett | News Article Published October 21, 2009
Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun is awaiting approval from European regulators.
Tags: Sun Microsystems, Oracle, European Commission, acquisitions, layoffs

How to Negotiate Better Software Licensing Deals
By Scott Rosenberg | Technology Trends Article Published August 12, 2009
It takes some effort but you can build advantages into your software licensing contracts, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist Scott Rosenberg of Miro Consulting.
Tags: Microsoft, Oracle, Miro Consulting, software licensing, Deal making

Many Sun Products to Wither and Die
By Andi Mann | Features Article Published May 20, 2009
Oracle's takeover of Sun will be good for it's customers but will probably leave a lot of Sun's fans reminicising, writes CIOUpdate columnist Andi Mann of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags: Oracle, IT management, mergers and acquisitions, IT Leadership, Sun

Sun Being Acquired by Oracle
By Alexander Goldman | News Article Published April 20, 2009
In a surprise announcement, Oracle said today it will Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion.
Tags: Sun Microsystems, IBM, Larry Ellison, Oracle, M&A

Innovation Still Happens in the Middle
By Mike Piech | Features Article Published December 03, 2008
Sure, SOA and BPM are innovative but real innovation happens all the way down the stack, writes CIOUpdate guest columnist Mike Piech of Oracle.
Tags: SOA, Oracle, innovation, Web services, Java EE

SAP Saw Sudden Drop-Off in Software Sales
Breaking News Article Published October 07, 2008
Fearful companies hedging bets hurts SAP's orders.
Tags: Oracle, SAP, IT budgets

SOA, ITIL and the Strategic CIO
By Julie Craig | Special Reports Article Published August 11, 2008
While not for the faint of heart, SOA is often worth the risk and effort, writes CIOUpdate columnist Julie Craig of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags: Microsoft, services, SOA, Oracle, SAP

The SaaS Steamroller
By Julie Craig | Technology Trends Article Published July 05, 2007
For good reason, traditional software vendors are, once again, taking notice of software as a service providers, writes CIO Update columnist Julie Craig of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags: services, Oracle, Salesforce.com, SAP, SaaS

SaaS: An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come … Again
By Julie Craig | CIO Insights Article Published June 13, 2007
It started with ASPs, but they dwindled, now software as a services is poised to do what the ASPs couldn't, writes CIO Update guest columnist Julie Craig of Enterprise Management Associates.
Tags: services, Oracle, Salesforce.com, SAP, SaaS

The Importance of Security Training
By John Heimann | Technology Trends Article Published May 23, 2006
Security training is at the heart of writing good code, writes CIO Update guest columnist John Heimann of Oracle.
Tags: Oracle, developer, security, software, management