Larry Ellison

Software Satisfaction Awards: NetSuite pushes case for integration

NetSuite's victory in the mid-range and enterprise CRM categories of Sift Media's Software Satisfaction Awards brought into focus some of the differences between suppliers of on-demand business software.

Why hasn't Oracle bought anyone (or everyone) yet?

Come on! We're a few months into this market meltdown, and Oracle still hasn't bought anyone. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison was happy to buy the planet when priced at a premium, but now that there are Blue Light specials on every...

Linux weaktops poised for death by smartphone

Powerless against Jobsian divinity Fail and You Smartphones have been around for a long time, but only recently did the laptop industry figure out that it could cut into the market funded solely by tech nerds' fuck-you money...

Top 10 greatest IT chief executives

This week, we examine the executives who made technologies the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world. 10: Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Shaun Nichols: Legend has it that when Marc Benioff broke the news to Larry...

Market mess puts CEOs, famous investors in pinch

Here's something that might provide a bit of solace amid the plunging values in your retirement accounts: Warren Buffett is losing lots of money, too. So are Kirk Kerkorian, Carl Icahn and Sumner Redstone.

America's Cup in troubled waters as lawyers bicker

LONDON (AP) -- Olympic champion Ben Ainslie has his eye on winning the America's Cup for Britain and wants the lawyers to get out of the way. But the next America's Cup has been thrown into limbo by a long-running court case....

Taking Stock of CRM's Woodstock -- Dreamforce

Taking stock of the Woodstock of on-demand CRM, Salesforce.com's Dreamforce: Salesforce.com officials left the Moscone Center believing they had, in the words of one, "redefined CRM with Salesforce CRM's cloud computing approach."

Meltdown puts red flag on Bruton's billions

The Wall Street meltdown appears to have claimed another casualty: Bruton Smith's billionaire status.Like almost everyone who holds stock, the speedway and auto sales titan has seen his stock holdings battered in the financial...

Which Cloud Apps Do You Use (If Any)?

As most of my readers have probably realized, more and more of our daily computer experience has been moving onto the Internet. An application which runs on the Internet (in your web browser) is commonly referred to as a “cloud...

Oracle's CRM Gadgets for Sales Professionals

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison may detest cloud computing and SAAS, but his application developers love software gadgets, especially to give salespeople more insight into their clients. That's where Oracle's new CRM Gadgets for Sales...

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