Eye on Oracle:

July, 2012

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July 25, 2012  12:37 PM

Oracle pulls misleading Exadata ad, but vows to appeal



Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Oracle Exadata

A division of the Better Business Bureau has

July 21, 2012  10:33 AM

Oracle Support to retire Flash version in August



Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
My Oracle Support

Oracle will retire the My Oracle Support Flash interface on Aug. 10. The company made the announcement to Support customers on Friday afternoon in a note from Dennis Reno, VP, Customer Portal Experience. Oracle has been


July 19, 2012  3:34 PM

A rare feel good week in the world of Oracle



Posted by: Lena Weiner
Oracle, Oracle applications, Oracle hardware, Oracle security

Oracle's having a busy week. Instead of their usual legal fracases, they seem to actually be getting some work done. First, they announced their first scalable, entry level...


July 11, 2012  8:06 PM

Oracle’s social media shopping spree



Posted by: Lena Weiner
Oracle, Oracle acquisitions

Ever go on a shopping binge? One day, you’re totally cool just owning a PC and a boring, regular old flip phone. The next day, you simply must have the latest MacBook Pro (the one with


July 5, 2012  4:53 PM

Oracle just can’t catch an IP break



Posted by: Lena Weiner
European Union, Oracle

Another day, another court ruling not in Oracle’s favor when it comes to intellectual property laws. This time, Europe’s...


July 2, 2012  1:04 PM

Dell to announce intent to buy Quest Software today



Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Dell, Quest Software

Dell sent out an advisory this morning saying that it intends to buy Quest Software, the maker of the popular third-party Oracle database development tool called Toad. As it turns out, the


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