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The article reports that customer relationship management technology firm Salesforce has planned to end its collaboration with database company Oracle, as of May 2016. It states that Salesforce has been reportedly working on an initiative called "Project Sayonara," and mentions that the move is supposed to save costs associated with Oracle's software, which are said to be costly. It notes that the project would enable Sales to use multiple data centers, and cites concerns over privacy rules.

The article reports on the potential of the Perpetual User License Agreement (PULA) of technology firm Oracle Corp. to offer flat-rate pricing for unlimited use of its namesake database in perpetuity. Craig Guarente, co-founder of license management provider Palisade Compliance, stated that the development is not a rumor and the company intends to offer it to customers. The ability that PULA could give to customers to transform expenditures on Oracle enterprise software is mentioned.

The article discusses the financial performance of American computer technology company Oracle Corp. as of the second quarter of 2013. The company has outlined the increase of its annual maintenance revenue by 6 percent to $9.3 billion due to software license and cloud subscription revenue. The company details its profits from its hardware products, software products and its cloud computing services.

The article reports on the drop in the net worth of U.S. billionaire Larry Ellison after shares of Oracle dropped by 2.9 percent in September 2012. According to the company, new software sales increased by 6 percent, while hardware sales dropped by 24 percent. Oracle said that Ellison increased the number of shares he pledged for collateral from 40 million a year ago to 139 million.

The article reports on the ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding the legality of the resale of software licenses. According to the ECJ, the exclusive right of distribution of a copy of a computer program covered by a license is terminated on its first sale, wherein it applies to software that are downloaded and bought on compact disc (CD) or digital video disc (DVD). It cites the case between Oracle and UsedSoft.

The article discusses the performance of the enterprise software business of the computer and software company Oracle Corp. as of February 2013, focusing on a report from the analysis and information technology firm Forrester Research Inc. Topics include potential price increases, the Oracle Fusion enterprise application, and Oracle software licensing rules.

The article reports on the increase in cloud software sales of technology firm Oracle in the first quarter of 2016 but its licensing and hardware sales were down. As a result, Oracle reported lower revenue for the period as cloud business failed to compensate for the slowdown in the hardware and data center software businesses. Sales from its cloud software and platform rose by 77%. But sales of its new on-premise software licenses fell by 11% while hardware sales in the U.S. plummeted by 19%.

The editor discusses the information technology business strategy of the software company Oracle as of February 2013, arguing that customers are increasingly displeased with its sales techniques and potential attempts to increase licensing prices.

The article offers information on upsurge in the net income of Oracle in its second quarter report (Q2) in 2012. It mentions that according to chief executive officer (CEO) of the company Larry Ellison, there has been rapid increase in the sales of hardware-software appliances of the company in second quarter. It also mentions that revenues from the hardware systems products have depicted downfall of 14 percent in the report.