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Jury selection for a major copyright case involving Oracle and its smaller competitor SAP started in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, marking the beginning of a trial between the two software rivals that’s been more than two years in the making

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Oracle, SAP Trial Begins in California Without Word From New HP Chief originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:28:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, SAP

Enterprise software giant SAP acknowledged Thursday it should have known that its third-party outsourcing maintenance company TomorrowNow was infringing on rival Oracle’s copyrights.

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SAP Admits It Should Have Known It Was Infringing on Oracle Copyright originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:00:00.

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Shares of SAP fell Wedneday after the German software company’s third-quarter profit grew less than analysts had expected. Sales beat Wall Street expectations, growing 20% year over year, but net income rose only 12% on lower margins.

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SAP Misses Third-Quarter Earnings Expectations as Margins Fall originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:30:00.

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In a trial that starts Monday, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says he intends to prove that incoming Hewlett-Packard chief executive Leo Apotheker stole ideas from Oracle in his previous position as head of European competitor SAP.

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Oracle’s Larry Ellison Blasts Incoming HP Chief originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:00:00.

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Days after Oracle CEO Larry Ellison urged the entire board of Hewlett-Packard to “resign en masse right away,” former General Electric CEO Jack Welch has jumped on the diss-HP’s board bandwagon. The criticism comes in the wake of HP’s hiring of Leo Apotheker as CEO. “Who are these board members?” Welch asked.

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Jack Welch Disses Hewlett-Packard: ‘Who Are These Board Members?’ originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:30:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Hewlett-Packard, General Electric , Oracle, SAP