GigaomMark Hurd as Microsoft CEO? Gimme a break.
Microsoft directors have talked to eight external CEO candidates, including Oracle co-prez Mark Hurd, the Wall Street Journal reported. Read more »
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Microsoft directors have talked to eight external CEO candidates, including Oracle co-prez Mark Hurd, the Wall Street Journal reported. Read more »
Oracle, a leader in enterprise software, still hasn’t solved its hardware problem: It claims big margins on what it sells, but revenue continues to fall. Read more »
Starting now Oracle customers can run their databases and applications on Microsoft Hyper-V and Windows Azure, not only with Oracle’s blessing but its certification. Read more »
Microsoft Windows Azure relies heaviily on SQL Azure, but it looks like another surprising database (from a rival) is about to enter the big Azure tent. Read more »
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison pre-announced new tech alliances with companies “like” Salesforce.com, Microsoft and NetSuite, with details expected to come Monday. Read more »
Hardware sales, Fusion adoption (or lack thereof) are two key factors to explore when Oracle goes through its fourth quarter earnings next week. Read more »
Dell and Oracle deal takes coopetition to a new level, shows Oracle hardware vulnerability; will NSA spygate controversy impact cloud adoption? Read more »
Cloud vendors have a tough row to hoe convincing enterprise accounts to put mission critical data or apps on their infrastructure. A new U.S. government report may not help things. Read more »
Oracle co-president Mark Hurd, in response to a question, indicates zero interest in becoming Dell CEO. Blackstone Group reportedly had Hurd on its short list of prospective picks should it win… Read more »
Blackstone reportedly reached out to Oracle co-prez Mark Hurd to gauge his interest in being Dell CEO should Blackstone’s buyout bid succeed. Here are a few much more interesting options. Read more »