John Pallatto

SAN FRANCISCO—BEA Systems Inc. took advantage of the proximity of Oracle Corp.s OpenWorld conference here this week to introduce BEA WebLogic Server 9.0, which is designed to allow developers to rapidly build, test and deploy service-oriented architecture applications. BEA executives briefed the media at the Palomar Hotel less than a block away from the OpenWorld […]

SAN FRANCISCO—These days, Oracle is looking at PeopleSoft like a live steer walking about with neatly painted lines and labels listing all of the prime cuts of meat. Its just waiting for the green light to hit it in the head with a sledge hammer so it can turn PeopleSoft into so much sliced and […]

The Oracle OpenWorld conference starting Monday in San Francisco will likely be more closely watched than some of the other recent renditions of this annual show. Thats because this years OpenWorld may give some hints about how the company might integrate PeopleSoft applications into its product lineup now that it appears to be closer than […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The first products that support a fully unified 802.11n Wi-Fi standard will start reaching the market in the second quarter of 2006, according to some of the wireless industry executives who are working to define the standard. The executives, speaking here at a Wi-Fi Planet panel on “N Wars—the Struggle to Define the […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—IBMs goal in the burgeoning Wi-Fi industry is to help customers deal with the chaos arising from the explosive growth in demand for Wi-Fi access, said James Keegan, IBMs vice president for Global Pervasive/Wireless e-business solutions. Speaking at Jupitermedia Corp.s Wi-Fi Planet conference here, Keegan said that to help make pervasive wireless computing […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Hewlett-Packard Co. Tuesday introduced a suite of security services spanning the enterprise, SMB and consumer PC markets. The company said the new, integrated solutions are designed to provide comprehensive protection against malware such as viruses, worms, spam and spyware. Called the HP Security Incident Management Program, the offering is a suite of threat detection […]

Despite its suitors announcement that shareholders had tendered more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of PeopleSoft Inc., the beleaguered companys board of directors recently unanimously voted to reject Oracle Corp.s latest $24-per-share buyout bid on the grounds that it is “inadequate.” After convening on the morning of Nov. 20, following Oracles late-night announcement, the […]

The past year has been remarkable for the number of issues in the enterprise applications software story that still remain unresolved from a year ago. Few would have predicted that Oracle and PeopleSoft would still be locked in the bruising takeover battle that has persisted for nearly 18 months, making it one of the most […]

Oracle Corp. early Saturday morning sent a letter to the PeopleSoft Inc. board of directors disclosing that it received tender offers for more than 60 percent of PeopleSofts outstanding shares by Fridays midnight deadline. The letter called on PeopleSoft to remove the poison pill provisions blocking its hostile takeover and to schedule a meeting at […]

Despite its suitors announcement that shareholders had tendered more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of PeopleSoft Inc., the beleaguered companys board of directors on Saturday unanimously voted to reject Oracle Corp.s latest $24 per share buyout bid on the grounds that it is “inadequate.” After meeting Saturday morning, the PeopleSoft board “unanimously reaffirmed its […]