Oracle Opens Registration for Oracle OpenWorld(r) San Francisco 2006
4/24/2006

Oracle today opened registration for Oracle OpenWorld(r) San Francisco 2006, to be held October 22-26 at Moscone Center.
Additionally, attendees will also be able to register for a new program launching this year for developers, Oracle Develop. Oracle Develop will help attendees advance their development skills and expand their knowledge at expert-led, in-depth technical sessions, hands-on labs, advanced how-tos, and detailed tutorials.

SCUG Quarterly Meeting at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, August 9, 2006
7/18/2006

The Southern California Users group announces the quarterly meeting to be held August 9, 2006 at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm. You may register on the website anytime between now and August 4.

Register here.

Oracle remains underleveraged despite a planned $1 billion stock buyback over the next four quarters, according to a Wednesday report by UBS Global Equity Research.

"Old habits die hard," said Heather Bellini, an analyst for the research firm. "It will not be easy for any underleveraged software company to add debt when it has grown accustomed to underleveraged capital structures for decades."

Analyst:  Oracle-IBM Partnership Could Challenge SAP
7/20/2006

Longtime rivals Oracle and IBM are close to forming a mutually beneficial partnership, a move Credit Suisse said would improve the former's competitive position against German rival SAP.

"We are hearing feedback from a number of our industry sources that … the two companies may be close to forming an alignment between IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people )'s Global Services and software divisions with Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people )'s applications group," said Jason Maynard, an analyst for the research firm and the author of the report.