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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has remade the company via acquisitions. Oracle has acquired a bevy of companies such as Siebel Systems, PeopleSoft, BEA Systems and others to become a significant applications player. Meanwhile, Oracle remains the database leader and displays strength in middleware. Oracle's next frontier: Hardware. The acquisition of Sun Microsystems could position Oracle as "T.J. Watson's IBM" or be a big headache.
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Oracle revs cloud push with Eloqua marketing tech buy
Oracle is buying Eloqua, a provider of cloud-based marketing and revenue management technology, for $871m, as the database giant grows its range of cloudy software aimed at specific industries.
Oracle releases preview of Raspberry Pi-compatible Java SE8 for ARM
Oracle has launched the first developer preview of Java Standard Edition 8 for ARM, which includes tools for building JavaFX apps for ARM-based Linux systems such as the Raspberry Pi.
Oracle's budget flush comments cheer software sector
Oracle's comments about a budget flush may be a good indicator that IT spending is showing some strength in what looked to be a challenging fourth quarter.
Oracle Q2 mixed; Ellison defends Sun acquisition
Oracle's second quarter earnings were strong, revenue was light and the hardware business continues to struggle overall. CEO Larry Ellison calls Sun purchase "most strategic" deal the company has made.
Oracle updates NoSQL, big data appliance and connectors
The updates will make it easier to manage fast-moving and voluminous data, Oracle claims.
Wikipedia moving from MySQL to MariaDB
If you still think MySQL is too entrenched to be moved from its spot as the number one, open-source DBMS, you might to look at what Wikipedia is doing.
The top 12 amusing technology quotes of 2012
From the cringeworthy to downright funny, tech industry leaders and firms have come out with some interesting quotes this year.
Oracle's second quarter: Cloud offerings, engineered systems at odds
Oracle's second quarter is likely to be in line with expectations, but analysts are starting to wonder if the company's efforts to sell cloud software conflict with its engineered systems.
Oracle acquires DataRaker, eyes utilities, big data
Oracle said that the acquisition will help it provide analytics for utilities investing in smart meter infrastructure and other devices.
Oracle merges products for new enterprise traffic monitoring platform
Oracle is combining two of its security products into a single software appliance-based platform intended to audit both Oracle-made and third-party databases.
SAP HANA: A real-time challenge to the Oracle empire
With SAP's claims that HANA enables companies to run arbitrary, complex queries on billions of records in a matter of seconds as opposed to hours, the vendors of old legacy traditional databases are facing a major challenge, most notably the king of them all, Oracle.
Open-source MariaDB, a MySQL fork, challenges Oracle
MariaDB, the MySQL fork database management system, is throwing down the gauntlet to Oracle by forming a foundation to promote its alternative DBMS software.
Vulnerabilities threaten to crash MySQL databases
Vulnerabilities that could bring down online databases all over the internet have been discovered over the weekend, prompting developers to scramble to respond.
Oracle pushing cloud agenda with CloudWorld global event series
Oracle is breaking out beyond OpenWorld with a new international tour dedicated to the cloud, kicking off in Dubai in January.
China data security 'non-existent' in eyes of US firms
While Chinese IT vendors such as Huawei and ZTE face barrriers expanding their presence in the U.S., vendors from the world's largest economy such as Cisco Systems have succeeded in establishing theirs across China.