Software and computing services company Novell will sell itself to Attachmate for about $2.2 billion. The $6.10 per share price represents a premium of 28% to Novell’s closing price on March 2, a day prior to the public disclo…
A few months ago, Oracle rocked the Internet world by suing Google for patent infringement based on the Android mobile operating system’s use of Java. Now, Google has laid out its defenses, and its countersuit might well inval…
German software company SAP has agreed to pay its larger competitor, Oracle, $120 million to partially settle allegations of intellectual-property theft. But it’s only the first part of the settlement; you can expect more to co…
When you’re a new Web company, it’s not easy to land customers. That’s why many startups use a strategy called “enterprise freemium” that gives potential clients the opportunity to try before they buy. Here’s how it’s done.
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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 i…