Salesforce buys Buddy Media for 'marketing cloud'

Salesforce.com, a major customer relations management software firm, said Monday it was buying the social media marketing firm Buddy Media for $689 million in cash and stock.

Oracle's fiscal 3Q to provide gauge on technology

Oracle's latest quarterly earnings should provide a peak at just how confident companies have become in the economy by their willingness to spend money on new technology.

Ellison vs. Benioff, the billionaire battle

(AP) -- It was billionaire versus billionaire Wednesday as technology's top provocateur and his one-time protege traded barbs in a public clash that was likely fueled by equal parts legitimate animosity and cheeky self-promotion.

Oracle reaches for the business computing 'cloud'

Oracle on Sunday reached for the business computing "cloud," taking an unabashed shot at Salesforce.com's winning way of selling applications as services on the Internet.

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