http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1553/all xx http://www.itworld.com/software/81285/show-wrap-up-the-best-and-worst-san-francisco Oracle's annual OpenWorld conference is over, and CIO.com has rounded up all of the important news, announcements, blog posts and tweets that came out of the annual high-tech get-together in San Francisco. http://www.itworld.com/software/81285/show-wrap-up-the-best-and-worst-san-francisco#comments Software News Larry Ellison Oracle Oracle OpenWorld Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:39:22 -0400 ITworld staff 81285 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/node/81141 Highlights and lowlights from this year's show: Cloud talk eclipsed by real-life rain, too many #oow09 tweets, not enough specifics about Fusion or Java plans, and an action-packed visit by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. CIO.com's Thomas Wailgum shares his favorite tidbits from the Ellison extravaganza. http://www.itworld.com/node/81141#comments Internet SaaS Software Feature Larry Ellison Oracle Oracle OpenWorld Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:48:24 -0400 ITworld staff 81141 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/78797/the-tech-world-needs-more-larry-ellisons Larry Ellison's recent Q&A at the Churchill Club was notable for many reasons. The long-time Oracle chief, who hasn't been making too many public appearances lately (even inside Oracle, it seems), brought his A-game. http://www.itworld.com/software/78797/the-tech-world-needs-more-larry-ellisons#comments Business Opinion Larry Ellison Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:32:25 -0400 ITworld staff 78797 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/78544/oracle-sun-losing-100-million-month Sun is losing about $100 million a month as European regulators delay approving Oracle's $7 billion purchase of the company, says Larry Ellison, CEO, Oracle, according to a Reuters report. http://www.itworld.com/business/78544/oracle-sun-losing-100-million-month#comments Business News Larry Ellison Oracle Sun Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:52:12 -0400 ITworld staff 78544 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/78441/ellison-we-won-t-spin-mysql Oracle CEO urges approval of Sun acquisition, says Oracle's database does not compete with MySQL. http://www.itworld.com/software/78441/ellison-we-won-t-spin-mysql#comments Open Source Software News Larry Ellison MySQL Oracle Sun Microsystems Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:11:52 -0400 ITworld staff 78441 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/68739/oracle-ceo-set-buy-sun-hails-java-conference Larry Ellison reassures JavaOne attendees that Oracle will continue to support Java, post-merger. http://www.itworld.com/development/68739/oracle-ceo-set-buy-sun-hails-java-conference#comments Development News java JavaOne Larry Ellison Oracle Sun Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:25:51 -0400 ITworld staff 68739 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/server-and-data-center/67618/oracle-will-stay-hardware-business-ellison-says Oracle plans to stay in the hardware business following its planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, CEO Larry Ellison has said, adding more detail to earlier statements made by the company. http://www.itworld.com/server-and-data-center/67618/oracle-will-stay-hardware-business-ellison-says#comments Business Hardware Server and data center News Larry Ellison Oracle Sun Thu, 07 May 2009 21:20:53 -0400 ITworld staff 67618 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/59327/quotes-note-2008 So many notable quotes, so little space to recount them -- that's the annual conundrum as we think back on the year and recall comments that stuck with us long after they were uttered. We've assembled some of those notable comments from stories we wrote and stories we read and offer them here in not-quite chronological order because we wanted to let Oracle CEO Larry Ellison have the last word. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/59327/quotes-note-2008#comments Personal tech Software Opinion Blu-ray CES Intel Larry Ellison linus torvalds Oracle Wii Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:26:13 -0500 ITworld staff 59327 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/56361/what-larry-ellison-has-common-mr-burns Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who recently asked for a 38 percent pay increase and got it (despite objections from some Oracle shareholders), is now the third-richest man in America, and is poised to take home a bonus of $13.6 million for Oracle's upcoming fiscal year, which excludes his annual salary (around $1 million), options granted by Oracle's compensation committee, and whatever he decides to exercise in stock options for the year. (For the record, Ellison exercised $544 million in stock options last year, which is not included in his annual compensation figures.) http://www.itworld.com/business/56361/what-larry-ellison-has-common-mr-burns#comments Business Opinion Larry Ellison Oracle Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:16:48 -0400 ITworld staff 56361 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/55968/ellison-strikes-bullish-tone-shareholder-meeting Seemingly unfazed by the ongoing meltdown in global financial markets, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Friday his company will likely emerge unscathed, and in fact may "come out of this downturn stronger than we ever have before." http://www.itworld.com/business/55968/ellison-strikes-bullish-tone-shareholder-meeting#comments Business News Larry Ellison Oracle Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:49:01 -0400 ITworld staff 55968 at http://www.itworld.com