But thanks to its June 2006 acquisition of JBoss, Red Hat has become a major player in the market for open-source middleware products. SAP is best known for its ERP and CRM software. But it also ...

Oracle initially bid $17 per share or $6.6 billion when it first offered to buy BEA back on Oct. 12. As recently as mid-December Oracle executives said BEA's directors were still resisting Oracle ...