Life used to be so simple for Oracle. Back in the good ol' days, the company could build a great database, charge a king's ransom for it, and milk the maintenance stream forever. Rinse. Repeat.

In looking at database options for a client I'm struck by the age gap Oracle seems to face. Is it just my imagination and small sample, or does Oracle have a demographics problem? Oracle likes to hire ...

Oracle has defied expectations and delivered a 125% total return in a period of roughly 3 years. The sentiment towards the company has shifted dramatically in recent months and this could be a problem ...