SAP’s announcement earlier this year that it is making its widely used Business Suite applications available on its in-memory database …
SAP, Oracle still out in front as software growth slows, says IDC
A growing interest in big data, analytics, and cloud computing helped propel a weak software enterprise market last year, according …
Oracle releases 128 patches
Oracle released 128 patches on Tuesday, covering security weaknesses that affect “hundreds” of its products. Four of the patches concern components of …
HP, Oracle see Itanium court battle delayed
Oracle and Hewlett-Packard’s ongoing legal battle over software for Itanium has run into another delay, and this time there’s no …
Oracle beefs up business intelligence software with more data sources
Oracle has revised two of its business intelligence products, giving users the ability to wrest intelligence from a wider range …
Oracle to acquire mobile data network firm Tekelec
Oracle is filling out its product stack for communications with the acquisition of Tekelec, which provides network signalling, policy control …
Oracle suffers in storage market slowdown
According to Gartner, Oracle suffered the most as growth in the storage market continued to slow during the end of …
Oracle, SAP customers save cash through third-party support
Customers of Oracle and SAP are benefiting from the presence of third-party support providers in the enterprise software market, with research indicating that some …
HP seeks $4bn from Oracle in Itanium lawsuit
Hewlett-Packard may seek damages of US$4 billion to $4.2 billion from Oracle in its lawsuit over support for Itanium server …
Oracle acquires private cloud firm Nimbula
Oracle this week announced that it is acquiring Nimbula, a provider of private cloud infrastructure management software with the intent …
Rimini Street growth spooks Oracle, SAP
Rimini Street, a third-party maintenance and support provider for enterprise software, posted impressive growth results in the EMEA region during …
Oracle releases emergency fix for Java vulnerabilities
Oracle released emergency patches for Java on Monday to address two critical vulnerabilities, one of which is actively being exploited …
Oracle ports DTrace to Oracle Linux
Oracle has ported one of its most coveted Solaris tools to the Linux platform, a real-time debugging tool called DTrace, …
Oracle finds support over Android court appeal
Microsoft, EMC and NetApp have joined Oracle in an appeal against a court decision in a copyright and patent infringement …
Oracle hits back at Fusion Applications report
Oracle is hitting back hard at a recently released Forrester Research report that suggested most customers aren’t interested in moving …
Oracle contests Google ‘fair use’ ruling over Java
Oracle has said that an appeals court should rule, as a matter of law, that Google’s commercial use of Java …
Oracle to release more Java patches
According to a company blog post, Oracle is due to release another batch of patches for Java SE on February …
Oracle to buy Acme Packet
Oracle announced on Monday that it has agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Acme Packet, a network equipment vendor that …
Oracle 12c database to launch ‘within weeks’
Oracle’s long-awaited, next-generation 12c database will likely be released within weeks or possibly even days, the IDG News Service has …
Oracle releases Java SE update ahead of schedule
Oracle on Friday released a critical patch update for Java SE, coming through ahead of schedule to stave off an …