March, 2007

Oracle on Linux: Is Linux’s big year always next year?

Around this time last year we ran a story called “IOUG: Linux to be top platform for Oracle by next year.” Mark Brunelli had spoken with IOUG president Ari Kaplan about a survey of the...

Information is useless

I recently came across a survey done by Accenture a few months ago that drew some sobering conclusions about the data-rich yet insight-poor corporate environment of...

Oracle sues SAP: The real deal, or frivolous and hypocritical?

Last week we reported that a number of analysts think Oracle’s lawsuit against SAP is a serious and substantial thing.

Oracle sues SAP: Analysts say charges are serious

Big software companies like Oracle, SAP, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and others like to file lawsuits. It's just a fact of the IT world. And oftentimes the lawsuits quickly fade away from the...

SAP changing its tune on SaaS?

An article published in Enterprise Systems at the end of 2006 predicted five major trends for enterprise IT in 2007, and the first one was Software as a Service (Saas). The article notes: “Joining pioneers Salesforce.com,...

This is why to test your backups!

Attention DBAs: listen carefully to this tale of woe...

At the Alaska Dept. of Revenue recently, a "technician" committed not one, but two, serious errors: first, he mistakenly deleted over 600,000...

What do you know from storage management?

Getting the most out of database storage management means keeping up with the myriad data storage tools, techniques and concepts that continually pop up in the IT marketplace.   It's especially...

Oracle experts to the rescue, or how to ask for help and get it

Shay Shmeltzer, who works with JDeveloper, devotes significant time every day to answering questions on the OTN discussion forums. He recently wrote a blog post called “

Database administration one of the fastest-growing jobs

Forbes reported a few days ago that database administration is one of the fastest-growing jobs in the United States. DBAs came in at #12, and are...

Your Oracle wish list

At one time or another, most of you have probably checked out the Ask Tom Web site. Like our own Ask the Expert feature, Tom Kyte’s Ask Tom site is a go-to when...