Oracle serves up bite-size Exadata system for SMEs
Oracle, buffeted by major changes in how the IT industry treats hardware, has designed a new engineered system that can be shrunk into a bite-size version for small-to-medium-sized enterprises.
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Google reveals Spanner, the database tech that can span the planet
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Intel draws battle lines against AMD and ARM in fight to control the cloud's brain
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Microsoft, VMware and Amazon jockey for pole position in race to manage the cloud
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VMware prepares for the all-software future
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AWS Glacier's dazzling price benefits melt next to the cost of tape
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Cisco's legacy hurts its virtual networking strategy
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Rackspace courts OpenStack newbies with Alamo release
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