2005

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January 2005

• Oracle acquires PeopleSoft - Enterprise applications (competitor to E-Business Suite).
• Oracle announces that it will reduce its combined workforce to 50,000, a reduction of approximately 5,000 following the PeopleSoft take over and that 90% of PeopleSoft product development and product support staff will be retained.

February 2005

• 15-17 February 2005 ODTUG Desktop 2005 (virtual conference)

March 2005

• 6-10 March 2005 Hotsos Symposium on Oracle System Performance (Dallas, Texas, USA)
• Oracle acquires Oblix - Identity management solutions. Also see Web Services Manager.
• Oracle extends its Middle East operations by opening a regional office in Amman, Jordan

April 2005

• Oracle acquires Retek - retail solution, including back-office functionality for finance and human resources and extends to planning, merchandising, supply chain, and retail channels

May 2005

• 1-5 May 2005 IOUG LIVE 2005 (Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA)

June 2005

• 13-16 June 2005 OAUG Connection Point 2005 (Grapevine, Texas, USA)
• 18-22 June 2008 ODTUG NOW Conference (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, LA, USA)
• Oracle acquires TripleHop - context-sensitive enterprise search products and technology.
• Oracle acquires TimesTen - real-time in-memory database. See TimesTen.

July 2005

• Oracle 10g Release 2 released
• Oracle acquires ProfitLogic - retail industry's most comprehensive software solution, helping create tightly integrated, customer- insight-driven retail enterprises
• Oracle acquires Context Media - enterprise content integration (ECI) software

August 2005

• Oracle acquires i-flex - banking industry

September 2005

• 18-22 September 2005 Oracle OpenWorld Conference (Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA)
• Oracle acquires G-Log - Logistics Hub solution for global supply chain and logistics management

October 2005

• 10-12 October 2005 South African Oracle User Group's "Mind The Gap" Conference (Emperors Palace Convention Centre, South Africa)
• Oracle acquires Innobase - transactional open source database management system called InnoDB

November 2005

• Oracle acquires Thor Technologies - enterprise-wide user provisioning solution
• Oracle acquires OctetString - virtual directory, identity and access management offerings

December 2005

• Oracle acquires TempoSoft - managing time and labour, absences, and scheduling to meet a forecasted workload demand

Also see

• Oracle FAQ:Year end report 2005