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SAP To Make $3.4 Billion Buy

AP | By JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 12.04.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- SAP said Saturday it is paying $3.4 billion to acquire SuccessFactors, a software company specializing in human resources tasks. It i...

Oracle Rival To Pay Millions In Criminal Case

Posted 11.13.2011

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - SAP AG has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a criminal probe into allegations that it downloaded mi...

NIMBL, Like Jack, Jumps to $6 Million in Three Years

Robert Schwab | Posted 11.07.2011

Robert Schwab

"Be like Jack," NIMBL exhorts visitors to its website. Its logo incorporates a man in a business suit jumping over the company name as if it were a candlestick. The image is appropriate.

Judge Overturns Oracle's $1.3 Billion Win

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 11.01.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Thursday threw out a "grossly excessive" $1.3 billion verdict that Oracle won against SAP in a landmark intel...

Oracle Wins $1.3 Billion Over Stolen Files

Reuters | Dan Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - SAP AG (SAPG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has been ordered to pay Oracle Corp (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Resear...

Oracle Seeks To Increase SAP's $1.3 BILLION Penalty

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle wants to make SAP's $1.3 billion penalty for stealing intellectual property even bigger. On Friday, Oracle asked a judge...

SAP May Have Oracle Even More In High Stakes Copyright Trial

Posted 05.25.2011

SAP AG must pay Oracle Corp prejudgment interest on a recent $1.3 billion copyright infringement verdict, but not at the formula suggested by Oracle,...

Got a Sec? Get Sparked and Help Change the World

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.25.2011

Katherine Gustafson

Chances are you'd like to do volunteer work, but you don't. While many Americans intend to volunteer, only about a quarter of us actually do it.

Ellison: SAP Stole $4 Billion From Oracle

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 05.25.2011

OAKLAND, Calif. — Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison turned up the pressure in an industrial espionage trial Monday by testifying that archenemy SAP...

Times Public Editor Picks Wrong Target

David Callahan | Posted 05.25.2011

David Callahan

It is good that the New York Times has a "Public Editor" to keep an eye on the paper's ethics. But sometimes, it seems like valuable column space is wasted chastising Times staffers for minor missteps.

October Surprises Bring Drama to Brazil's Presidential Race

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Ehrmann

Brazil's economy has been outperforming the United States and all the Euro zone nations, which is why it is attracting investment from so many globalist companies and speculators.

Green Products Innovation Institute Formed Establish To Product Safety For California

Wall Street Journal | JIM CARLTON | Posted 05.25.2011

California's crackdown on harmful materials in consumer products is gaining a new tool: a nonprofit institute that plans to help manufacturers come up...

Big Broadband Brazil

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Ehrmann

In South America, internet growth is vibrant and Big Bandwidth Brazil is a reminder of why strong government oversight is necessary to mediate the interests of globalist telecoms and internet industries.

Are Software Salesmen Dirty?

Jonathan Ezer | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Ezer

A recent lawsuit rocked the software industry. Waste Management sued SAP for the "complete failure" of an ERP implementation, seeking $100 million in ...

Green Gifts That Keep Giving

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Avital Binshtock

Shopping for picky loved ones is difficult enough. Factor in your commitment to eco-sensitive products, and a holiday shopping mission can become as daunting as an unaided ascent up El Cap.

iPhone Beginning To Penetrate Corporate Market

Silicon Valley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

Last month, we wrote about a business dinner we attended with 15% iPhone penetration (and fanatical evangelism from the iPhone contingent). Last week,...