Larry Ellison
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Oracle vs. HP: the sniping continues
Oracle and Hewlett-Packard rarely miss an opportunity to diss each other. The latest round of press releases and quarterly earnings calls are no exception.
Earlier this week Oracle (ORCL) issued an oddly-worded announcement saying it would halt all development on software compatible with Intel's (INTC) Itanium microprocessor, and took the opportunity to point out that HP (HPQ) CEO Leo Apotheker did not mention his plans for Itanium in a recent presentation MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Mar 25, 2011 11:40 AM ETPosted in: Hewlett-Packard, Intel Corporation, Itanium, Larry Ellison, Léo Apotheker, Oracle Corporation, Red Hat, Safra Catz -
7 fun facts about Steve Jobs' wealth
Starting with the fact that he's $176 million poorer on paper than he was a month ago
According to the current issue of Forbes, Steve Jobs is the 34th richest person in the U.S. and tied for 110th in the world, having climbed 40 spots in the magazine's annual list of the world's billionaires.
But where does that wealth come from, and how does it compare with other tech luminaries? Let's take MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 11, 2011 7:54 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Bill Gates, Forbes, iPad, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Steve Jobs -
When Zuckerberg met McNealy
It's been just over a year since Oracle's (ORCL) acquisition of Sun Microsystems closed. In that time, former CEO Scott McNealy has been keeping pretty busy. McNealy launched a non-profit education project called Curriki, founded the Alternative Golf Association to offer a modern alternative to the game of golf, and continues to advise a smattering of startups. Find out why the Sun Microsystems founder wanted to meet Facebook CEO Mark MORE
Mason Cohn, Producer - Feb 28, 2011 3:02 PM ETPosted in: Curriki, Facebook, Flogton, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle, ORCL, Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems -
The Silicon Valley Summit produces iconic picture
Held at venture capitalist John Doerr's house last night in the suburb of Woodside, President Barack Obama met the leaders of Silicon Valley to discuss jobs and innovation.
Full size, suitable for wall mounting, here. via Whitehouse Flickr
From the White house Flickr account comes this iconic picture of the heads of the largest Silicon Valley Tech companies including:
Seth Weintraub - Feb 18, 2011 12:24 PM ETPosted in: Barack Obama, Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, Larry Ellison, Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs, venture capital -
Today in Tech: iPhone 5 cheaper, voice features, too
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President Obama wined and dined many of Silicon Valley's top execs last night during his first official trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. On the guest list: Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Oracle CEO MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 18, 2011 8:33 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Oracle, Amazon, and WikiLeaks
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
"I remember him [Larry Ellison] very distinctly telling me one time: Bruce, we can't be successful unless we lie to customers. ... All the things that you would read in books of somebody being a leader, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 2, 2010 6:00 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, Apple, BP oil spill, do not track, EasyPay, FTC, Larry Ellison, Living Social, Mozilla, Netflix, NYU, Old Navy, Oracle, Verizon, WikiLeaks, Yahoo -
New HP CEO's to-do list
Leo Apotheker is barnstorming the world as he embarks on fixing the culture and focus of the huge technology company. One to-do stands out above all the rest.
Here's what new Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker's to-do list might look like:
Move to Palo Alto
Increase investment in research and development
Build a "strong and viable" software businessThe first two tasks should be easy enough to cross off the list. MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Nov 29, 2010 2:45 PM ET -
The tiny firm Oracle hates
In the wake of the Oracle's $1.3 billion legal victory over SAP, the software giant is turning its guns towards another business trying steal away its lucrative customers.
It was clear from the beginning of its recently concluded trial against SAP that Oracle wasn't in it just for the money. It got that, though. A federal jury awarded Oracle $1.3 billion in damages stemming from SAP's (SAP) acknowledged copyright infringement of MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Nov 29, 2010 11:05 AM ET -
Larry Ellison's surreal year
Larry Ellison is never far from the public eye, yet it's hard to deny that in 2010 the 66-year-old billionaire is having quite the moment. Even for him.
Consider Ellison's winning streak:
* Oracle's (ORCL) acquisition of Sun closed in January, a relatively long eight months after Oracle announced it. In short order, however, Oracle's strategy of owning a hardware company with some storied software under the hood went from being ridiculed MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Oct 29, 2010 1:50 PM ET -
HP and Oracle: Please don't stop fighting
The latest act between the feuding companies is just as baffling as the preceding ones. What exactly does Larry Ellison have up his sleeve?
"Larry Ellison does everything he does for a reason."
That's what someone who knows Ellison but didn't know his intentions said to me the day the Oracle CEO wrote an inflammatory email to the New York Times, mocking the board of Hewlett-Packard for ousting Mark Hurd as CEO. MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - Oct 27, 2010 2:49 PM ET
