Clint Boulton

Oracle Thursday released a software preview kit for the latest iteration of Java , the highly-anticipated Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4. J2EE 1.4 has been developed specifically with Web services in mind, which is crucial as competing software vendors large and small are looking to stake claims in the industry turf with new applications. […]

IBM next week will celebrate the six-month anniversary of its $2.1 billion purchase of applications tools maker Rational Software with a user conference geared to update software developers on its progress since joining Big Blue. The Rational User Conference 2003 in Orlando, Fla. will serve as the launching pad for more refined strategic direction on […]

Despite PeopleSoft’s closure of its purchase of J.D. Edwards, Oracle remained undeterred by reaffirming its bid to buy the rival business software company and vowing to pay as much as an extra $1.2 billion for the combined firm. According to a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Oracle waived its stipulation that […]

PeopleSoft Friday said it has closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of J.D. Edwards, making Oracle’s takeover bid for PeopleSoft more difficult to pursue. The Pleasanton, Calif. software maker said it has purchased roughly 110 million shares, or 88 percent of the outstanding shares of Denver’s J.D. Edwards. PeopleSoft expects to acquire the remaining shares of […]

With many areas in the IT sector looking bleak in terms of the paucity of money being spent on them, one area analysts continue to claim is taking a beating from the depressed spending is the enterprise application integration (EAI) market. Research firm The Yankee Group recently concluded a study in which it determined that […]

In a blow for chipmaker Intel , the California Supreme Court Monday found that senders of spam e-mails cannot be sued under state law forbidding property trespass. The 4 to 3 ruling reversed a lower court injunction preventing former Intel engineer Ken Hamidi from sending e-mails critical of Intel to thousands of its employees. Santa […]

PeopleSoft’s board has voted unanimously to urge its stockholders to reject Oracle’s improved takeover bid of $19.50 a share. The response is the latest twist in an already-protracted, fierce power struggle for two rivals vying for the No. 2 pole position in the enterprise applications space. The fight began June 2 when PeopleSoft moved to […]

Oracle Wednesday raised its bid for PeopleSoft from $5.1 billion to $6.3 billion, significantly sweetening the offer in what has become an escalating takeover/merger struggle among three enterprise application companies. The database giant also fired back at lawsuits from PeopleSoft and its intended merger partner before Oracle’s bid, J.D. Edwards , by saying it intends […]

Hewlett-Packard has sharpened its focus on storage systems that are part of its adaptive, on-demand strategy with the release of an expanded StorageWorks portfolio that includes new business continuity features. The upgraded storage systems, software and related systems in the portfolio are part of HP’s extended ENSA (Enterprise Network Storage Architecture) strategy of giving customers […]

PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards Monday have amended their merger agreement to speed up the deal in the wake of Oracle’s $5.1 billion hostile takeover bid of PeopleSoft.The boards of both companies, who believe the new deal will allay customers’ fears after Oracle’s offer, unanimously approved the amendment as Oracle takes to the road to convince […]