Last week we saw several several new announcements for technology names that we cover. Below we recap a few for Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
Oracle
Oracle had a lot of announcements to make this week. It kick started its Open World conference and launched a number of new products. It finally embraced the cloud with the launch of the Oracle Public Cloud. It will be offering its database, middleware and other Fusion applications as a subscription based cloud offering.
It also launched its new Oracle NoSQL database and a Big Data appliance, trying to make Oracle the only database you need for any type of need. It also launched Exalytics, a new business intelligence offering, as well as Java FX 2.0. It also outlined a roadmap for the launch of Java 8.
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Adobe
Adobe also had a lot to announce this week at its Max 2011 conference. It made 2 significant acquisitions. It acquired Typekit, which provides licensed fonts and typography for use on websites and Nitobi Software, the creator of PhoneGap, an app development platform which allows you to build cross platform mobile apps easily using web technologies like HTML 5 and JavaScript. It will be integrating both of them with its existing offerings.
It also announced its new social cloud network – Creative Cloud – as well as 6 new tablet apps, including Photoshop Touch, for the iPad and Android tablets.
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Microsoft
Microsoft also had a minor victory this week. Its $8.5 billion Skype acquisition was approved by the EU Competition Commission. It was already approved by the US Federal Trade Commission some time ago. Microsoft plans to integrate Skype’s VOIP and chat capabilities with Microsoft Office, Windows, Xbox, Windows Phone 7 as well as other Microsoft Enterprise offerings to offer comprehensive video conferencing solutions.
