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Article | 4/11/2010 Scott McNealy talks Java, Oracle and Larry Ellison
Scott McNealy has kept a low profile since Oracle bought his company earlier this year, but on Wednesday the former chairman and CEO of Sun Microsyste...
Article | 4/11/2010 Oracle raises cost of low-end MySQL support
Oracle has apparently raised the price of an entry-level MySQL subscription significantly.
Article | 19/10/2010 SAP's in-memory analytics boxes set for November release
SAP plans to release its High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) in November, roughly six months after announcing the product.
Article | 8/10/2010 Oracle, Microsoft ready major security updates
Microsoft isn't the only company planning a boatload of security patches for next week. Oracle plans to fix 81 vulnerabilities in its database, middle...
Article | 24/09/2010 Facebook outage caused by database glitch
Facebook went offline for the second time in two days yesterday. The Thursday outage -- which lasted more than two hours for some users -- is a tale o...
Article | 21/09/2010 Oracle MySQL rival PostgreSQL updated
While Oracle trumpets its open source MySQL database management system this week at the company's OpenWorld conference, the creators behind MySQL's ri...
Article | 13/09/2010 How Microsoft PowerPivot will disrupt BI
Could the age of self-service BI (business intelligence) finally be near? And, if so, are organizations ready?
Article | 10/09/2010 Hurd's Oracle hiring could prove a problem for Teradata
If Mark Hurd can keep his new post as co-president of Oracle Corp. , analysts say his role at the database vendor is likely to be watched closely by e...
Article | 6/09/2010 Mark Hurd may take job at Oracle, report says
When Mark Hurd resigned unexpectedly from Hewlett-Packard last month he found an outspoken supporter in the form of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. It appea...
Article | 2/09/2010 ActiveState prepares Python for databases
ActiveState has updated its distributions of the Python programming language so that they provide developers easier access to databases, as well as ne...
Article | 20/08/2010 SAP execs outline plans for Sybase
SAP executives today outlined the company's strategy for the recently acquired Sybase, which includes the creation of a mobile platform that can run o...
Article | 20/08/2010 SAP, Sybase lay out tech road maps
SAP and Sybase officials gathered in Boston on Thursday to reveal how they plan to bring together their respective technologies in the areas of mobili...
Article | 18/08/2010 Amazon allows companies to reserve databases in its cloud
Amazon Web Services has introduced Reserved Database Instances, a new way to pay for its cloud-based Relational Database Service (RDS), the company sa...
Article | 11/08/2010 Teradata quietly scoops up Kickfire
Data warehousing vendor Teradata has quietly scooped up Kickfire, a startup analytic appliance vendor known for its use of the open-source MySQL datab...
Article | 7/08/2010 SAP admission of liability highlights Oracle third-party support issues
SAP AG's admission of some liability in a lawsuit brought against it by Oracle Corp. over third-party support services will likely speed resolution of...