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Ellison donates Oracle 9i for US security
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said Tuesday that he has donated Oracle software to the US government to create a database for national security. After the 11 September terrorist attacks, Ellison has championed the need for the United States...
[December 5, 2001, 14:15]
Ellison reaps $706m from options
News Larry Ellison, Oracle's outspoken chief executive, made $706m (£490m) by exercising stock options in the database company during its most recent fiscal year, according to the latest proxy filing. Friday's filing with the Securities and Exchange...
[September 4, 2001, 15:44]
Comdex 2001: Ellison aims for Microsoft's email crown
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison is gunning for Microsoft once again, this time with a new strategy aimed at the giant's commanding lead in email software. At a press conference on Monday, Ellison derided Microsoft's Exchange email servers as...
[November 13, 2001, 11:16]
Ellison 'determined' to buy PeopleSoft
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison repeated on Tuesday his determination to acquire rival PeopleSoft, but was cagey about whether he would raise the offer price of his hostile takeover bid. Questioned on Tuesday about whether Oracle can acquire...
[September 10, 2003, 8:35]
'Oracle and PeopleSoft talked merger in 2000': Ellison
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison testified on Friday that he and his board of directors came close to a merger with PeopleSoft in 2000, and had expected that last year's takeover bid would have been accepted within a matter of weeks.
[October 11, 2004, 8:50]
Ellison goes from zero to $900,000
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison will receive a salary of $900,000 (£567,322) for fiscal 2004, marking the first time in three years he has received a salary, according to a proxy Oracle filed on Monday with the US Securities and Exchange...
[September 9, 2003, 13:00]
Ellison prioritises 'Project Fusion'
News With Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft complete, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said he's now free to focus on "Project Fusion", a combining of Oracle and PeopleSoft products. Ellison has a lot riding on the success of the project, which he hopes will...
[January 19, 2005, 8:20]
Ellison relaxes stance on rival software
News Relaxing his purist stance on one-stop-shop software, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said on Wednesday that it's alright for companies to use Oracle's business system in conjunction with those from rivals Siebel Systems and SAP, and Oracle...
[January 29, 2004, 8:05]
Licence sales signal recovery - Ellison
News Software licensing sales helped Oracle report a slight rise in quarterly revenue on Monday, a sign that information technology spending is recovering, according to chief executive Larry Ellison. But Ellison offered a tempered view of the IT rebound.
[December 16, 2003, 7:55]
Ellison accuses IBM of 'creative accounting'
News As the race for database and application server markets heating up, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has accused IBM of using "creative accounting" practices to inflate its market share and sales figures.
[December 7, 2001, 9:59]
Ellison's call: Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has a simple message for the thousands of users of the company's business software: upgrade. Ellison reinforced this theme, calling 11i "the largest collection of applications software produced by a single...
[April 10, 2002, 10:37]
Ellison resigns from Apple board
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has resigned from Apple Computer's board of directors, saying he no longer has the time to devote to the company. I will continue to offer my advice to (Apple chief executive) Steve (Jobs) and the executive...
[September 20, 2002, 14:01]
Ellison must pay $122m to settle lawsuit
News Software mogul Larry Ellison has agreed to pay $122m (£71.2m) in a revised settlement with Oracle shareholders, the terms of which were approved on Tuesday by a California judge. The suit, filed in 2001 by a group of shareholders, charged that...
[November 23, 2005, 8:20]
Ellison: You can trust Oracle's finances
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison vouched for his software company's financial results as mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. With the electronic filing of Oracle's annual report late Monday, Ellison and chief financial officer...
[July 31, 2002, 11:31]
Ellison looks back on 30 years of Oracle
News At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, chief executive Larry Ellison shares his insights into the company's 30-year history, including its contract with the CIA to build the first commercial relational database.
[November 13, 2007, 11:35]
Oracle OpenWorld: Ellison takes aim at IBM
News Oracle chief Larry Ellison has taken several potshots at his company's rival IBM, denigrating the power efficiency of IBM's hardware and opening fire on its blanket 'Smarter Planet' marketing campaign.
[October 12, 2009, 10:01]
Ellison demands simpler IT systems
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison used his keynote speech at the company's annual convention to chide the information technology industry for making life difficult for corporate IT managers. An industrywide lack of software interoperability...
[November 15, 2002, 8:58]
Ellison's on-demand baby on track for 2006 IPO
News And our owner [Larry Ellison] doesn't need the money. Goldberg said Oracle's acquisition strategy, which has already consumed Siebel and PeopleSoft, and Ellison's 60 percent stake in NetSuite do not conflict with one another.
[April 10, 2006, 9:20]
Ellison: We will prevail
News Chief executive Larry Ellison on Wednesday said Oracle was willing to continue its campaign to buy PeopleSoft, even if it took another year to carry the day. Speaking at company headquarters for a meeting with financial analysts, Ellison repeated...
[July 10, 2003, 7:44]
Ellison: Don't believe PeopleSoft 'lies'
News Larry Ellison has said PeopleSoft customers should not believe the "lies" that are being spread by PeopleSoft executives, which claim Oracle will force them to migrate to Oracle's E-business suite products, should the hostile bid be successful.
[June 23, 2003, 13:16]
