Just woke up. Checked my Twitter and boom! two hot news:

Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire BEA Systems, Inc. Sun Microsystems announced that it has agreed to acquire MySQL for $1 billion in cash

What a lovely database themed morning. Expect more coverage from the blogosphere today.

Update: But wait, here is a […]

Since January 2005, Oracle has made 20 acquisitions. That’s about 1.11 acquisition per month on average, totalling $19.7 billion. Wow!

Here is the list in chronological order:

2005 - January: PeopleSoft - enterprise management software. $11.1 billion. 2005 - March: Oblix - identity management solutions. Undisclosed price. 2005 - April: Retek - retailing software solutions. $701 million. 2005 - June: […]

You probably know by now that Oracle has just announced that it will expand its supply chain planning applications with the acquisition of Demantra, a leading provider of demand-driven planning solutions. Oracle has set up a special web page containing more information about this acquisition. Based on this RedHerring article, Oracle will pay $41 […]

Oracle is a good investment. This is not my advice to you, but rather the gist of an article by Tim Beyers from the Motley Fool.

To explain why Oracle is a good investment, Tim debunks the three so-called threats to Oracle that have pervaded the market’s consciousness. To summarize:

Threat 1: Acquisition risk is too great

The […]

If you are interested in the Oracle Identity Management roadmap and would like to know how Oracle plans to integrate the products of its recent acquisitions, Oblix, Thor Technologies and OctetString, into the Oracle Identity Management product family, you should plan to attend a live webcast to hear Hasan Rizvi, Vice President of Oracle Identity […]

Oracle announced two “security” acquisitions today: Thor Technologies and OctetString. Here is part of the e-mail which I received a few minutes ago from Thomas Kurian, Senior Vice President, Oracle Server Technologies and Hasan Rizvi, Vice President, Oracle Security & Identity Management: