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Article | 3/03/2010 Oracle hikes certification testing fees
Oracle made significant increases this week in the cost of technical certification exams for Sun and Oracle technologies.
Article | 19/02/2010 Oracle set to merge Java virtual machines
Oracle's plan to merge the Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine with the JRockit JVM is still evolving, but a single JVM based on both technologies is exp...
Article | 18/02/2010 Oracle making new push into social services software
Oracle has its heart set on dominating the social services software market, in which its rival SAP has historically had a strong hand.
Article | 12/02/2010 Oracle calls for JavaOne papers
Oracle has issued a call for papers for a rescheduled JavaOne conference, to be held this year alongside Oracle OpenWorld, Sept. 19-23, in San Francis...
Article | 3/02/2010 Oracle unplugs Sun's virtual world
Oracle is dropping support for Sun Microsystems' Project Wonderland, a Java-based platform for developing 3-D virtual worlds, according to a Jan. 30 p...
Article | 1/02/2010 Oracle-Sun Merger Could Benefit Small Business
Small business has reason the cheer Oracle's acquisition of Sun, now that it appears OpenOffice.org and MySQL look to do well--perhaps better--under n...
Article | 28/01/2010 Oracle brings Solaris, Sparc into virtualization portfolio
Oracle plans to broaden its range of virtualization offerings, thanks to a number of applications obtained in the Sun Microsystems acquisition, said O...
Article | 28/01/2010 Oracle hails Java but kills Sun Cloud
Oracle's plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform became clearer Wednesday, with Oracle executives giving another big thumb...
Article | 28/01/2010 Oracle to scale back Sun server line, make other changes
Oracle will pare back Sun Microsystems' server lines and move to a build-to-order model to cut costs and get the hardware company back to profitabilit...
Article | 26/01/2010 With emotion, Sun's long goodbye nears the finish
James Gosling, the father of the Java programming language, posted the image of a tombstone on his blog last week, an R.I.P., for Sun Microsystems. Be...
Article | 21/01/2010 European Union clears Oracle's purchase of Sun
The European Commission granted Oracle an unconditional approval to take over Sun Microsystems on Thursday, following a controversial and drawn out ex...
Article | 21/01/2010 Oracle to provide Sun road map next week
Oracle will provide more details about its plans for Sun Microsystems at an event next Wednesday, the same day European regulators are expected to sig...
Article | 19/01/2010 Oracle-Sun merger foes head East
With the European Commission seen as virtually certain to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in just a week, those campaigning to preven...
Article | 9/01/2010 Oracle critical patch update includes 24 fixes
Oracle on Tuesday will release a patch update that includes 24 security fixes for its database, application server and other products.
Article | 6/01/2010 Oracle buys data quality vendor
Acquisition-happy Oracle has made its first purchase of the year, announcing late Monday that it has scooped up Westminster, Colorado, data-quality ve...