http://unfortune.com Poor celebs...when will they learn? Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:30:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://unfortune.com/2007/12/benioff-sounds-off/ http://unfortune.com/2007/12/benioff-sounds-off/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2007/12/04/benioff-sounds-off/ In an interview, the outspoken CEO of Salesforce.com discusses customers, cash, and competitors—including his former boss at Oracle, Larry Ellison

]]> http://unfortune.com/2007/12/benioff-sounds-off/feed/ 0 http://unfortune.com/2007/11/ibm-cognos-and-the-end-of-best-of-breed/ http://unfortune.com/2007/11/ibm-cognos-and-the-end-of-best-of-breed/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2007/11/12/ibm-cognos-and-the-end-of-best-of-breed/ The software giant's $5 billion acquisition of Cognos shows how difficult it is becoming for mid-size software companies to survive on their own

]]> http://unfortune.com/2007/11/ibm-cognos-and-the-end-of-best-of-breed/feed/ 0 http://unfortune.com/2007/11/ibm-cognos-and-the-end-of-best-of-breed-2/ http://unfortune.com/2007/11/ibm-cognos-and-the-end-of-best-of-breed-2/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2007/11/12/ibm-cognos-and-the-end-of-best-of-breed-2/ The software giant's $5 billion acquisition of Cognos shows how difficult it is becoming for midsize software companies to survive on their own

]]> http://unfortune.com/2007/11/ibm-cognos-and-the-end-of-best-of-breed-2/feed/ 0 http://unfortune.com/2007/11/oracle-fusion-gets-a-new-boss/ http://unfortune.com/2007/11/oracle-fusion-gets-a-new-boss/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:01:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2007/11/04/oracle-fusion-gets-a-new-boss/ Thomas Kurian is taking over the pivotal effort to make sense of the bevy of business software products acquired during CEO Ellison's three-year spree

]]> http://unfortune.com/2007/11/oracle-fusion-gets-a-new-boss/feed/ 0 http://unfortune.com/2007/10/bea-or-ellison-who-will-prevail/ http://unfortune.com/2007/10/bea-or-ellison-who-will-prevail/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2007/10/29/bea-or-ellison-who-will-prevail/ The middleware provider is holding out for a sweeter deal, but Oracle hasn't made another offer and shareholder Carl Icahn is pushing hard for a sale

]]> http://unfortune.com/2007/10/bea-or-ellison-who-will-prevail/feed/ 0 http://unfortune.com/2007/10/investors-cool-on-saps-upbeat-quarter/ http://unfortune.com/2007/10/investors-cool-on-saps-upbeat-quarter/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2007/10/18/investors-cool-on-saps-upbeat-quarter/ The software titan says its '07 sales growth will be the strongest in four years, but despite the good news its stock falls

]]> http://unfortune.com/2007/10/investors-cool-on-saps-upbeat-quarter/feed/ 0 http://unfortune.com/2007/10/2008-it-outlook-less-than-comforting/ http://unfortune.com/2007/10/2008-it-outlook-less-than-comforting/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2007/10/14/2008-it-outlook-less-than-comforting/ As the tech industry girds for third-quarter earnings, analysts are turning their attention to next year. Many don't like what they see

]]> http://unfortune.com/2007/10/2008-it-outlook-less-than-comforting/feed/ 0 http://unfortune.com/2007/10/bagging-bea-systems-wont-be-easy/ http://unfortune.com/2007/10/bagging-bea-systems-wont-be-easy/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2007/10/12/bagging-bea-systems-wont-be-easy/ Oracle says it's willing to pay $17 a share, but Wall Street is betting that the bidding will go higher

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]]> http://unfortune.com/2007/10/the-next-software-acquisitions/feed/ 422 http://unfortune.com/2006/12/oracles-strength-fails-to-stir-street/ http://unfortune.com/2006/12/oracles-strength-fails-to-stir-street/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:02:00 +0000 http://www.unfortune.com/2006/12/18/oracles-strength-fails-to-stir-street/ The stock dipped after Monday's close after the software outfit reported a 21% jump in net income and said it's gaining market share

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