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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle Denies Report About Offering Compromise on MySQL to Quell EC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Company denies New York Post story claiming that CEO Larry Ellison is now willing to create a separate entity within a combined Oracle-Sun that houses Sun's MySQL open database software business in order to get the deal completed before a possible hearing Dec. 10 by the European Commission.Oracle denied a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:10:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: MySQL use to drop under Oracle ownership]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IDG News Service - Usage of the open-source MySQL database is set to decline if Oracle succeeds in buying the software's owner, Sun Microsystems, according to new data released by analyst firm The 451 Group on Friday. The firm polled 347 open-source software users. While 82.1 percent of respondents use...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:33:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle: No Truth to MySQL Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech Confidential submits:   We were all ready to launch a bit of self-righteous skepticism at a report in Friday's New York Post that said Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) was ready to kowtow to European regulators over its pending $7.2 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA). Specifically, the Post,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:58:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle/Sun behemoth makes customer negotiations tricky]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle's acquisition of Sun has hit some European roadblocks, but if it goes through customers will have to prepare to negotiate with a new IT behemoth. With Sun on board, Oracle will have the software and hardware it needs to compete against more well-rounded companies such as IBM, and could...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:07:44 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[All Things On Demand]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional customer relationship management CRM systems fall short when it comes to usability, deployment and payment speed. Software-as-a-Service SaaS 1.0  offers such features, but it is limited in other respects.  Adam May, director of product management at Oracle, explains how  Oracle On Demand provides all of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:21:54 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delivering a "Wow" Customer Experience]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's environment, companies can't just compete on price and product. They must also deliver a great customer experience. Rich Caballero, vice president of product management at Oracle, explains the difference between a miserable customer experience and a "wow" one. ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Increasing Sales Productivity]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In sales, lost time equals lost money. Steve Diamond, senior director of product marketing at Oracle, describes how an easy-to-use on-demand CRM solution can improve productivity at every stage of the sales cycle.  ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Improve Customer Service]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your customers and managers have different needs, putting enormous pressure on your service department. Rich Caballero, vice president of product management at Oracle, explains how a good customer relationship management tool can please customers, while saving the company time and money.     ]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional customer relationship management CRM systems fall short when it comes to usability, deployment and payment speed. Software-as-a-Service SaaS 1.0 offers such features, but it is limited in other respects. Adam May, director of product management at Oracle, explains how Oracle On Demand provides all of the business features users...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU Hearing Timing on Oracle-Sun May Show Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report of EU hearing date for Oracle to make its case for buying Sun in December may be a sign of a deal in the works. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:58:50 -0800</pubDate>
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