Oracle development

Determining the ‘don’t-miss’ sessions at Oracle OpenWorld

Oracle OpenWorld is less than five weeks away. You've already registered, made your travel plans and prepared your presentations. But what else can you do between now and the start of the world's largest annual Oracle conference?  It...

PeopleSoft CRM, Oracle E-Business Suite lose their magic

Have PeopleSoft and E-Business Suite lost their magic? If you take a look at Gartner's Magic Quadrant, then the answer is yes. This year, PeopleSoft CRM and E-Business Suite were nowhere to be seen on the...

The WebLogic vulnerability vs. your worst Oracle security experiences

Oracle scored a 10 for security last week.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t one of those “best-you-can-get” 10s. It was a 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scale, a system for rating and assessing the impact of system vulnerabilities...

Did SAP ignore Oracle’s legal warnings?

Conspiracy; espionage; "Project Blue;" massive illegal downloading; corporate theft on a grand scale. These are just a few of the many words Oracle has used to describe SAP's alleged illegal activity with its third-party support subsidiary, TomorrowNow. What are Oracle's latest accusations, and...

Will Oracle keep BEA customers satisfied?

Ever since the Oracle-BEA deal was given the green light by the federal government in February, we've all been asking the same questions: How will Oracle combine the two company's middleware offerings?...

To blog or not to blog: OpenWorld prompts the question

The Sept. 21 kickoff of Oracle OpenWorld 2008 is rapidly approaching, and many bloggers are asking the same question: To go or not to go? Some people are not too happy, claiming Oracle is suggesting- -or at...

What is Oracle’s SaaS strategy?

It’s no secret that Larry Ellison is in his business for the money. Therefore, his reason for laying low in the on-demand software industry -- he says software-as-a service (SaaS) isn’t...

Who will challenge Oracle in the insurance market?

Earlier this month, after Oracle announced its acquisition of insurance software maker Admin Server, I asked this question: Is this Oracle's big break into the insurance...

My top five Oracle 11g features

Oracle's 11g database has received some less-than-stellar press recently -- The Pythian Group accused Oracle of releasing misleading adoption rates, and

Does Oracle take Wiki censorship too far?

What would you think if you said "something not unambiguously positive about Oracle WebCenter" on the official Oracle Wiki, only to have all the negativity in your comment edited out? This is exactly what happened to Stan...