Oracle Corporation, the large software database company, said Monday it will acquire the server company Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share, or about $7.4 billion. It brings together two iconic Silicon ...

The big news this week this is undoubtedly the $7.4 billion purchase of the troubled server company Sun Microsystems by database specialist Oracle. But, given the very different nature of the two ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Software giant Oracle Corp has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy computer maker Sun Microsystems, clearing a key hurdle in the companies' plan to close the $7.4 billion deal ...

Still waiting approval from the European Commission for Oracle's acquisition of Sun, the companies unveiled their first joint product since announcing their merger Oracle has launched a high-end ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp. snapped up computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. for $7.4 billion Monday, trumping rival IBM Corp.'s attempt to buy one of Silicon Valley's best-known — ...

The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle, if it is closed as expected, would give Oracle a company whose business model has been rocky but would bring it some of the industry's top hardware and ...

Oracle’s planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems appeared to be gaining favor in Europe, after the company said it would to continue investing in Sun’s competing database software, to ...

Oracle has launched a high-end database and storage system that it co-developed with Sun Microsystems, the companies’ first joint product since announcing their plans to merge almost five months ago.