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• After losing Sun to Oracle, IBM earnings up

  The same day it appears to have lost out on the opportunity to buy Sun Microsystems, IBM reported that revenue for the first quarter of 2009 dropped 11 percent compared to the same quarter last year and just barely missed analyst expectations.

• Oracle agrees to buy Sun for $7.4B

  Oracle has signed a deal to purchase Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion, plunging the enterprise software vendor into the hardware market and making Sun the latest company to be subsumed by the Silicon Valley giant.

• Oracle buying drug-safety software maker

  Oracle said Monday it is purchasing Relsys International, a maker of drug safety and risk management software, a move that ties into its ongoing strategy to tap verticals.

• Oracle offers sourcing software as a service

  Oracle on Monday took a step in the direction of on-demand ERP with the announcement of Oracle Sourcing On Demand, a SaaS module for handling the purchase of supplies and services.

• Oracle to release major Enterprise Manager upgrade

  Oracle is set to unveil Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5 on Tuesday, framing the upgrade as a major step forward for the company's wide-ranging application management platform.

• Oracle goes up-market with new on-demand CRM apps

  Oracle on Wednesday announced a number of new on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) modules, adding capabilities clearly aimed at large enterprises.

• Oracle takes aim at Salesforce with on-demand CRM update

  Oracle on Tuesday stepped up its assault on rival Salesforce with a new version of its on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) application.

• SAP wants information about Oracle's deal with partner

  SAP wants a federal court to make Oracle hand over records of its business arrangement with CedarCrestone, an Alpharetta, Georgia, systems integrator that provides third-party support for Oracle PeopleSoft applications.

• Sources: 'Major' layoffs at Oracle, more on way

  Oracle made "major" cuts in its global workforce on Friday and more are expected to come, say multiple sources and news reports.

• SAP wants Oracle to reveal software, support profit margins

  SAP wants Oracle to reveal profit-margin information for JD Edwards and PeopleSoft software and support, according to a joint discovery statement filed this week in connection with Oracle's lawsuit against SAP.

• Judge denies most SAP motions to dismiss in Oracle suit

  A judge has rejected most of the motions made by SAP to dismiss parts of rival software maker Oracle's lawsuit against it, according to the decision filed Monday in U.S. District Court-California Northern District.