Oracle has signed a definitive deal to acquire Retek, defeating rival SAP in the bidding war for the Minneapolis-based retail software maker, the database giant said late Monday. In a statement, ...

The war between Oracle and SAP is about to move beyond enterprise applications to the courtroom. Oracle said Wednesday that it has sued SAP "about corporate theft on a grand scale" seeking undisclosed ...

Although Oracle has completed its integration of PeopleSoft, rivals continue to poach software partners and customers of the database giant's former prey, according to industry observers and ...

While SAP has historically been the market leader, Oracle has recently surpassed it in revenue, and Microsoft holds the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal jury on Tuesday ordered SAP AG to pay $1.3 billion to its archenemy, Oracle Corp., for stealing customer-support documents and software in a scheme to siphon off ...

Oracle has lost an appeal to get SAP to fork over $1.3 billion. Oracle was trying to make its arch rival pay a huge fine after a now-defunct SAP subsidiary called TomorrowNow was found liable for ...

SAP’s lawyer said Oracle’s way of calculating damages is “a fantasy.” SAP should have to pay only for the software sales Oracle lost as a result of the illegal behavior, and for the money SAP gained ...

Before the trial, SAP admitted that its 2005 acquisition TomorrowNow pirated Oracle’s intellectual property and used it in order to pilfer customers from Oracle. Evidence presented during the trial ...

In an enterprise technology world featuring too much hot air and not enough world-class technology, SAP has done an excellent job spreading the idea that its 5-year-old HANA database delivers ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Oracle has signed a definitive deal to acquire Retek, ...