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Oracle, HP Fight Over Hurd
Image by Getty Images via @daylife HP and Oracle both ratcheted up the hostilities yesterday as HP sued its former CEO and now Oracle president Mark Hurd and Oracle responded with a statement from CEO Larry Ellison threatening to cut ties with HP. The companies are protecting their turf, for sure, and their shareholders’ investments.…
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Dell Ends Windows XP Shipments
Dell and other PC vendors will stop shipping systems with Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home installed, beginning Oct. 22. Dell customers will no longer have Windows XP as an option starting in late September, although the manufacturer plans to continue Windows XP driver support through December 2012. >> Click here to read the…
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1. Any Cloud Storage Company
1. Any Cloud Storage Company It’s becoming clear that Dell just doesn’t have what it takes to acquire 3PAR. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t other companies out there it can’t target. The PC maker needs to acquire the best 3PAR alternative on the market. It doesn’t matter which company, but it needs to…
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Oracle President Mark Hurd’s Big Paycheck
(Reuters) – Oracle Corp offered its new president, Mark Hurd, former head of Hewlett-Packard Co, a salary of $950,000 and a bonus of up to $10 million for fiscal 2011, plus stock options. Oracle, the world’s No. 3 software maker, named Hurd co-president on Monday, a month after he stepped down from HP following a…
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Oracle Hires HP’s Former CEO Mark Hurd
NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Silicon Valley technology giant Oracle Corp (NASDAQ:ORCL) has hired Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) who resigned amid a scandal, as president. Hurd, a close friend of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will replace Charles Phillips, who has resigned, Oracle said in a statement on Monday.…
