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News The European Commission has formally objected to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from Sun, the EC has filed a statement of objections, which says the... [10 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News The UK will never create a software giant to rival the likes of Microsoft, Google or Oracle. Similarly Nicholas Bellenberg, IT director at publisher Hachette Filipacchi, said: "Oracle and Microsoft are... [03 Nov 2009]
Oracle-Sun steaming ahead with joint plans despite EU probe
News Oracle isn't letting the EU investigation stand in the way of its plans for the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Larry Ellison, the software giant's chief executive, is joining Sun's server chief, John Fowler, to show... [15 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal to go under the EU's microscope
News On Thursday, the European Commission said it will take a closer look at Oracle's planned $7.4bn purchase of Sun Microsystems. ZDNet UK has more on the EC's planned probe into the Oracle-Sun deal here. [04 Sep 2009]
Oracle celebrates 11g's second birthday with database overhaul
News Oracle said on Tuesday that the second release of its 11g database is generally available. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is heavily focused on consolidating hardware and virtualisation, according to Mark... [02 Sep 2009]
Datacentres get a bridge to the Amazon Web Services cloud
News The launch builds on AWS's enterprise-friendly cloud efforts over the past two years, which have seen it introduce reserved EC2 instances, longer-term deals and volume pricing, service-level agreements and partnerships with big... [27 Aug 2009]
Oracle's Ellison to take $1 salary this year
News Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will receive a base salary of $1 for fiscal 2010, according to a regulatory document filed on Friday. And according to Oracle's filing with the Securities and Exchange... [24 Aug 2009]
Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo! join fight against Google Books
News In 2003, PeopleSoft hired Reback in its failed effort to fend off Oracle's hostile $6.3bn takeover bid. The Internet Archive is enlisting some heavy hitters in its challenge of Google's proposed settlement with book... [21 Aug 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal gets official US stamp of approval
News Oracle said on Thursday that the US Department of Justice has approved its plan to buy Sun Microsystems. Oracle declined to comment beyond a statement confirming the Justice Department's move.... [21 Aug 2009]
Cisco CEO: Green shoots of recovery spotted at last
News Chambers, himself, is viewed as somewhat of a technology oracle. Even though Cisco's sales and profits were down drastically from a year ago for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2009, Chambers said on Wednesday during the... [06 Aug 2009]
'Hack your own Oracle database' tool unveiled next week
News During their presentation at the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences next week in Las Vegas, security experts will release a tool that can be used to break into Oracle databases. Chris Gates and Mario Ceballos will... [24 Jul 2009]
Oracle goes shopping yet again with GoldenGate acquisition
News Oracle announced Thursday that it's buying GoldenGate Software, a provider of real-time integration software, for an undisclosed amount. The enterprise software giant said GoldenGate's technology will help boost... [24 Jul 2009]
Labyrinthine IT systems lose MoD almost £300m
News The NAO said that more checks need to be built into the system to reduce the number of errors and said that plans to introduce a new enhanced information management tool, Oracle OBIEE+, could help. Failings in computer... [21 Jul 2009]
Oracle plugs 33 holes that affect hundreds of products
News Oracle has released fixes for 33 security flaws that affect hundreds of products across its range. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products," Oracle... [16 Jul 2009]
Google to launch netbook operating system next year
News Google Chrome OS provides a new option that hearkens back to the Network Computer era of the 1990s espoused by Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy and Oracle's Larry Ellison. Google has announced it is developing an... [08 Jul 2009]
