Global vendor strategies - 04/03/07

Oracle continues its buying spree. Now it is the turn of Hyperion for $3.3bn, after PeopleSoft or Siebel System and more than $20bn already invested in acquisistions during the past three years.

Avanex will sell a 90% interest in its French subsidiary (mainly ex Alcatel Optronics).

Microsoft wins second round against Alcatel-Lucent on Speech coding ptent infrengment.