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July 21, 2009  6:06 PM

Can Oracle stay on a roll?



Posted by: Ed Scannell
cloud computing, Exadata Database Machine, Fusion Middleware 11g, Sun

Oracle has weathered this 18-month long recession (and counting) better than many of its enterprise competitors. Well, at least so far. The company's quarterly financial reports over the past year have pleased Wall St. analysts, thanks largely to its perpetually steady maintenance revenues....

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June 17, 2009  5:13 PM

How will Oracle do when the chips are down?



Posted by: Ed Scannell
Exadata Database Machine, IBM, multi-core servers, Oracle, Sun

The good thing about Sun canceling development of its 16-core Rock processor means Oracle now has one less set of multi-core servers to fret over with its

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May 27, 2009  3:45 PM

License management could be the key to your next Oracle review



Posted by: Ed Scannell
Acresso Software, Oracle, software licenses, Sun

In a news story that appeared on SearchOracle.com last week about Oracle's acquisition of Sun triggering reviews of software licenses and audits, it hammered home the point to us that IT shops more than...

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May 11, 2009  5:33 PM

Larry’s a hardware man now



Posted by: Ed Scannell
Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, iPhone, Larry Ellison, Oracle, Sun

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...

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