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Thursday, September 9, 2010

• Hurd's job: Sell Oracle's Exadata vision
  The former HP executive faces a 'huge, untapped' market to sell systems integrated with Oracle's software By Chris Kanaracus Tools sponsored by BOSTON, 7 SEPTEMBER 2010 - The ascendancy of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd to a co-president slot at
  
• Oracle spends big on new president
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• Oracle bats away pesky shareholder resolution on sustainability
  John Harrington, card carrying sustainability awkward squad member,? has been stirring again with the filing nuisance shareholder resolutions at Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco. Through his vessel, Harrington? Investments Inc. (HII),? he is?
  
• HP Sues To Stop Ex-CEO Hurd Joining Oracle
  Hewlett-Packard Co sued former Chief Executive Mark Hurd and asked a court to block him from joining Oracle Corp, saying his hiring by the rival technology firm puts HP's trade secrets 'in peril.'Oracle, the world's third-largest software maker, named
  
• Oracle Hires Former HP's Hurd, Phillips Leaves
  Silicon Valley technology giant Oracle Corp has hired Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co who resigned amid a scandal, as president. Hurd, a close friend of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will replace Charles Phillips, who has resigned,
  
• HP sues former CEO Hurd in new Oracle job
  Hewlett-Packard's tumultuous breakup with its former chief executive Mark V. Hurd may soon warrant its own reality TV show. In the latest installment, HP filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara against Hurd. The suit accused
  
• Oracle bolsters former Sun Unix platform
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• HP sues to stop Ex-CEO Hurd joining Oracle
  Hewlett-Packard Cos lawsuit seeking to block former CEO Mark Hurd from working at Oracle Corp may be hard to win because Californias courts favour letting employees move freely, legal experts said. HP said that serving as an Oracle president would make
  
• HP: Oracle Partnership Is Under Strain
  YORK (TheStreet) -- Hewlett-Packard's(HPQ) partnership with Oracle(ORCL) is under pressure following the computer maker's decision to sue Mark Hurd, according to HP interim CEO Cathie Lesjak. Speaking at the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York,
  
• Mark Hurd stands to make millions at Oracle
  Oracle Corp., the world's second-biggest software maker, said it will pay former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd $950,000 a year in salary as president, with a bonus of as much as $10 million. Hurd's target bonus for fiscal 2011 is
  
• HP Faces Fight to Keep Sex-Scandal CEO From Taking Oracle Job
  SAN FRANCISCO � Hewlett-Packard's legal team will have a hard time persuading a state court judge to stop former CEO Mark Hurd from becoming co-president of Oracle Corp., employment law experts said. HP sued Hurd in Santa Clara County Superior Court on
  
• Oracle bolsters former Sun Unix platform
  Oracle detailed on Wednesday upgrades to the Solaris Unix OS it inherited from Sun Microsystems, offering improvements in such areas as virtualization. The company announced Oracle Solaris 10 9/10, Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3, and Oracle Solaris Studio
  
• HP Faces Uphill Fight to Stop Hurd From Taking Oracle Position
  Hewlett-Packard's legal team will have a hard time persuading a state court judge to stop former CEO Mark Hurd from becoming co-president of Oracle Corp., employment law experts say.
  
• Large salary for Hurd at Oracle
  Oracle has promised its newly appointed President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 a year. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO, who was ousted by HP last month, will also be eligible for a bonus of as much as $10 million. In fact, the largest parcel of
  
• Oracle spends big on new president
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• Hurd's Oracle hire package worth millions
  SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp has offered its new co-president, former Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd, a hiring package with a bonus of up to $10 million and options potentially worth tens of millions more. Oracle, the world's No. 3
  
• HP sues former CEO after Oracle move
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• Oracle investors cheer ex-HP boss Hurd's arrival
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp investors cheered the surprise hiring of former Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Mark Hurd on Tuesday, sending the business software company's stock up sharply after the latest twist in a juicy drama that has
  
• Oracle Delivers Oracle Solaris Enhancements
  Profil Actualit�s Cotations Graphiques Agenda Publications Latest Update of the #1 Enterprise Operating System Provides Mission-Critical Security, Reliability and Performance on SPARC and x86 Systems Redwood Shores, Calif. September 8, 2010 News Facts
  
• Hurd�s Oracle hire package worth millions
  Oracle�s Larry Ellison has labelled HP�s suit against Hurd as �vindictive�. � Reuters pic SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 9 � Oracle Corp has offered its new co-president, former Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd, a hiring package with a bonus of up to
  
• Oracle bolsters former Sun Unix platform
  Oracle detailed on Wednesday upgrades to the Solaris Unix OS it inherited from Sun Microsystems, offering improvements in such areas as virtualization. The company announced Oracle Solaris 10 9/10, Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3, and Oracle Solaris Studio
  
• Hurd's Oracle hire package worth millions
  SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - Oracle Corp has offered its new co-president, former Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd, a hiring package with a bonus of up to $US10 million and options potentially worth tens of millions more. Oracle, the world's third largest
  
• Sybase IQ 15.2
  Unlike standard row-based databases that were originally designed for online transaction processing, Sybase IQ has been engineered specifically for query processing and ad hoc analysis. As a result, Sybase IQ can offer significant performance and total
  
• Oracle bolsters former Sun Unix platform
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• SailPoint Signs International Reseller Agreement with BMC Software
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• HP: Ex-CEO's move to Oracle violates noncompete
  Mark Hurd, the ousted Hewlett-Packard CEO who recently joined Oracle as a senior executive, is being sued by his former employer. HP contends the move violates Hurd's noncompete agreement.
  
• HP's interim chief says Oracle alliance 'strained'
  photo, (then) Hewlett Packard Company CEO Mark Hurd speaks at HP headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, the ousted
  
• UPDATE 5-Hurd's Oracle hire package worth millions
  This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to colleagues, clients or customers, use the Reprints tool at the top of any article or visit: www.reutersreprints.com. * Could be worth tens of
  
• Oracle spends big on new president
  Oracle has promised its newly appointed President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 a year. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO, who was ousted by HP last month, will also be eligible for a bonus of as much as $10 million. In fact, the largest parcel of
  
• HP sues Hurd to block his Oracle ambitions
  Oracle, the worlds third-largest software maker, named Hurd co-president and director on Monday, a month after he resigned from HP over expense account irregularities related to a female contractor. Hurds separation agreement from HP did not include a
  

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