Appoints a task force to investigate how large-scale government information and information technology (I & IT) implementations can be significantly improved.
Oracle Corp. has announced a price cut for a lower-end version of its database, part of an effort to lure potential midsize market customers, the company said during a teleconference Wednesday.
After a rough year of layoffs, lawsuits and lackluster revenue, Electronic Data Systems Corp. officials say the worse is behind them, and plan to grow the company by offering business transformation services led by a management team made up of ex-CIOs.
Oracle Corp.'s aggressive bid for PeopleSoft Inc. is just the beginning of what may signal a new strategy for the company where it quickly gains ground in the slipping enterprise applications market by scooping up competitors, an Oracle executive hinted Wednesday.
Oracle Corp. bumped up its unsolicited offer to buy rival PeopleSoft Inc. from US$5.1 billion to approximately US$6.3 billion Wednesday, while at the same time announcing that it was filing suit against PeopleSoft, its board of directors and J.D. Edwards & Co. for their efforts to stave off the acquisition.