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RSS the sunOracle-Sun deal draws official objections from EC
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... [10 Nov 2009]
The Pursuit of a Standardized Solution for Secure Enterprise RBAC
White Paper This paper will discuss how integrating BeyondTrust's PowerBroker with the basic RBAC implementations of Sun, HP and the Linux community, provides an all-encompassing solution to... [15 Oct 2009]
Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server and Database Machine
White Paper This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver... [15 Oct 2009]
Using PostgreSQL and Solaris 10 to Improve Data Warehouse Performance
White Paper The challenge was to migrate from proprietary to open-source database to control costs and establish a stable operating system platform for open-source database application. OmniTI is an Internet technologies consulting... [09 Oct 2009]
FOAF+SSL: RESTful Authentication for the Social Web
White Paper The paper describes a simple protocol for RESTful authentication, using widely deployed technologies such as HTTP, SSL/TLS and Semantic Web vocabularies. This protocol can be used for one-click sign-on to web sites using... [04 Oct 2009]
Former MySQL boss joins Benchmark Capital
News Marten Mickos, the one-time chief executive of MySQL who left about a year after Sun Microsystems acquired the open source database company, has joined Benchmark Capital as an... [01 Oct 2009]
Marten Mickos
AS Profile Marten Mickos left MySQL, the open source database company founded in 1995, at the beginning of the year, less than 12 months after it was acquired by Sun Microsystems.... [29 Sep 2009]
Larry Ellison
AS Profile And 2009 was no exception as Oracle secured its biggest acquisition in the shape of a $7.4bn megadeal for server and software maker Sun Microsystems. As CEO of Oracle, Ellison hasn't made it onto... [29 Sep 2009]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Google CEO Eric Schmidt makes the Agenda Setters top 10 for the sixth consecutive year in 2009 and rises two places from his 2008 ranking as Google continues to expand its product portfolio and influence... [29 Sep 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... [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... [04 Sep 2009]
Deploying SAS Intelligence Storage on the Sun Fire X4600 Server and the Sun StroageTek 6540 Storage: A Solution for True Scalability Tested in the Sun Solution Center
White Paper The Sun Fire X4600 is an 8-socket dual core AMD processor server that offers excellent performance for SAS applications. Sun and SAS have published performance results of SAS... [02 Sep 2009]
Migrating Oracle e-Business Suite 11i From Sun Solaris to an HP-UX and Linux Split Configuration
White Paper This white paper describes the procedures for migrating an Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 11i application and database tiers from a Sun Microsystems SPARC-based server running Solaris to a split... [02 Sep 2009]
Getting PCI DSS Compliance Right: How Identity Management Can Help Secure Information Access
White Paper Complying with the requirements of PCI DSS is a top IT priority for many companies today. When companies shift the focus instead to building a secure infrastructure, with all the right... [02 Sep 2009]
Greenplum Success Story: Reliance Communications
White Paper Reliance turned to Greenplum and the Sun Data Warehouse Appliance to solve its largescale data challenges. The company selected the S1004 model of the... [01 Sep 2009]
