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Oracle Outlook, Stock Price On Upswing?
Dec 16, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
As it prepares to release second-quarter results tomorrow, Oracle could be showing signs of improvement: EU approval for the Sun deal seems to be close, it's digesting $300 million in restructuring costs, and one influential analyst sees potential pipeline optimism due to "thawing in both database and middleware spending."

Oracle Makes 10 Commitments To Seal EU Deal
Dec 14, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
Oracle has just released 10 commitments to customers and developers about MySQL's future accessibility and openness in the hope of gaining EU approval to acquire Sun. Combined with the powerful customer endorsements given to the EU late last week, these promises would appear to put Oracle on the verge of gaining approval to acquire Sun and all of its assets.

Accenture Drops Tiger Woods
Dec 13, 2009
Posted by Bob Evans
Accenture has dropped Tiger Woods as a featured advertising icon for the company after a six-year sponsorship, the Wall Street Journal has just reported. Ironically, a recent column in the Journal focused on one of the key lines from Accenture's long-time and hugely successful partnership with Woods: "It's what you do next that counts."

Hey Scrooge, Let Consumer Devices On Your Network
Dec 11, 2009
Posted by Chris Murphy
Here's a warm holiday thought for you: dozens of your colleagues getting iPhones, netbooks, or new home PCs as gifts, then pestering you to let them use the new gadgets on the corporate network.

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