Oracle has signed a definitive deal to acquire Retek, defeating rival SAP in the bidding war for the Minneapolis-based retail software maker, the database giant said late Monday. In a statement, ...

Oracle is taking SAP's response to its lawsuit and running with it. In a statement, Oracle said: "SAP CEO Henning Kagermann has now admitted to the repeated and illegal downloading of Oracle's ...

There’s something of a trend around legacy software firms and their soaring valuations: Companies founded in dinosaur times are on a tear, evidenced this week with SAP‘s shares topping $200 for the ...

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In an enterprise technology world featuring too much hot air and not enough world-class technology, SAP has done an excellent job spreading the idea that its 5-year-old HANA database delivers ...

Oracle upped the ante in its lawsuit against rival SAP on Monday, claiming in an amended complaint that SAP's CEO and other top executives were aware of alleged illegal downloading of proprietary ...

SAP’s lawyer said Oracle’s way of calculating damages is “a fantasy.” SAP should have to pay only for the software sales Oracle lost as a result of the illegal behavior, and for the money SAP gained ...

SAP has admitted to the software theft and the trial is about how much it should pay in damages. Oracle is seeking at least US$2 billion, partly for what it says SAP would have paid to license the ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Oracle has signed a definitive deal to acquire Retek, ...