Plenty of people have been cautiously optimistic about Oracle’s acquisition of Sun. Many, like myself, have resigned ourselves to the idea — and have been hoping against hope that the fallout wouldn’t ...

Business softwaremaker Oracle Corp. said Thursday that it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said regulators need to consider if customers would face fewer choices and higher prices "when the world's biggest proprietary database ...

The $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle was approved by Sun stockholders on Thursday morning, Sun said. Oracle will acquire Sun stock for $9.50 per share. Approximately 62 percent ...

Oracle's $7.4 billion bid for Sun Microsystems is not going over well with European regulators. In an SEC filing Monday, Sun said the European Commission objected to the "combination of Sun's open ...

Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun's Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of the platform and reverse a pattern of declining sales. John Fowler, the ...