Oracle

Larry’s a hardware man now

After weeks of speculation about whether Oracle would keep or sell off Sun's hardware business, we have the answer. Well, the answer for now. In an e-mail interview with Reuters, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made it clear he intends to keep not just Sun's chip and server products but its disk...

The top 10 security risks in Oracle E-Business Suite

Users may be worried about the obvious security risks associated with putting data in a cloud, but what about those Oracle security risks which aren't as obvious? Collaborate '09 speaker

‘MySQL is not going to die,’ Collaborate speaker claims

One question has been on everyone's minds since Oracle announced its acquisition of Sun Microsystems: What is the future of MySQL now that it's in the hands of...

Is your data secure in the cloud?

As Oracle's Bill Hodak looked out at the approximately 30 attendees at the Oracle in the Cloud session Monday at Collaborate, he noted it was probably the largest group he's spoken to about cloud computing over the past two years. Despite the growing interest, however, session attendees were not...

Oracle users can attend Collaborate 09 virtually

Coming to the rescue of cash-strapped IT professionals unable to attend Collaborate 09 in Orlando (May 3-7) the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) announced it will be hosting virtual sessions. IOUG officials said that companies registering at least one employee for the conference are then...

Will Oracle be the good shepherd for open source?

With its acquisition of Sun, Oracle, like it or not sports fans, is now the steward of the open source community. It is now Oracle's opportunity to take open source technologies up to the next level of acceptance in corporate America -- or not. My guess is they will pursue that opportunity. Not...

How will the Oracle-Sun deal affect you?

October 29, 2008  8:31 AM

Web 2.0 could take a big hit from down economy

Posted by: Shayna Garlick
Oracle

Oracle has certainly been doing its part in keeping up with the Web 2.0 craze. Last year the company released WebCenter...

July 11, 2008  9:21 AM

Are you ready to support Oracle on the iPhone?

Posted by: Barney Beal
Oracle

That screaming you heard today? That was the sound of hundreds of IT professionals reacting to the Apple App Store created today for the new iPhone. A 3G version of the phone is being released this week and enterprise software vendors are beginning to take notice, giving credibility to the iPhone...

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February 6, 2008  11:12 AM

No more big acquisitions for Oracle?

Posted by: Derek Kuhr
Oracle

A new report from Forrester Research Inc. predicts that Oracle, IBM and other large vendors are done making major acquisitions and will instead set their sites on smaller fish.Well, I don't know about you,...

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