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Oracle to Buy Hyperion for $3.3 Billion

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the big-ticket-items dept.

Oolala submitted an article that opens: "Business software maker Oracle Corp. will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, renewing a shopping spree aimed at toppling rival SAP AG. The deal announced Thursday will give Oracle an arsenal of Hyperion products that are widely used by SAP's customers. Hyperion's tools, known as "business intelligence" software, help chief financial officers and other top corporate executives track their company's performance."

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  1. Tales from beyond the taxi ride. by Hucko · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm a taxi driver in lil Rockhampton,Qld,Aus. I had a salesman from Oracle in my cab today telling about this! He was selling software to our local uni. Funnily enough, he seemed sad that there are company with more dosh to through around than some countries GDP.

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    Semi-automatic amateur armchair Australian philosopher; conjecture ready at any moment...