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TikTok prefers Oracle over Microsoft for a deal in US
14 Sep 2020
With President Trump’s 20 September deadline for a sale of TikTok’s US business and China erecting new regulatory hurdles, the situation looks very complicated for a deal to go through
Oracle to buy Australian cloud-based software developer Aconex for $1.2 bn
18 Dec 2017
Melbourne-based Aconex is a cloud-based solution that manages team collaboration for construction projects and digitally connects owners, builders and other teams, providing management of data, documents and costs across all stages of a construction project lifecycle
Oracle announces data centre plans for India
10 May 2017
Oracle to buy digital measurement company Moat
19 Apr 2017
Oracle announces acquisition of Dyn
22 Nov 2016
Breach hits Oracle’s payment terminal systems
09 Aug 2016
The breach affected not only hundreds of Oracle’s computers, but also an online support portal that allowed it to remotely address customers’ issues concerning their cash register-connected terminal
Oracle to buy cloud computing pioneer NetSuite for $9.3 bn
28 Jul 2016
Enterprise software giant Oracle hopes to expand in the fast-growing cloud business segment through the acquistion, in an effort to offset the slow growth of its software business
Google wins court battle against Oracle over Java
27 May 2016
A US jury ruled that Google’s use of elements of Oracle’s Java technology to develop its Android software did not violate copyright law
Oracle, Google to face each other in legal battle over APIs
09 May 2016
If the dispute over API packages Google uses in the Android mobile operating system were to go Oracle's way, Google could end up owing the software giant up to $9 billion, far surpassing any other copyright verdict
Oracle to buy utilities software maker Opower for $548 mn
03 May 2016
The deal comes barely four days after Oracle agreed to buy cloud-services provider Textura Corp for $663 million, in a bid to expand its Web-based services to the construction industry
Oracle launches two cloud platforms
26 Oct 2015
SAP and Oracle smoke $359-mn peace pipe over 2007 lawsuit
14 Nov 2014
Enterprise software giants SAP and Oracle Corp have agreed to settle their long-running legal TomorrowNow copyright lawsuit, with SAP agreeing to pay Oracle over $359 million
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison steps aside, Safra Catz, Mark Hurd appointed co-CEOs
19 Sep 2014
Oracle said yesterday that its co-founder Larry Ellison would relinquish his role as chief executive and become the software giant’s executive chairman and chief technology officer
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