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Toll Group ditches SAP for Oracle in AU$400m IT overhaul
The logistics firm spoke with ZDNet about how having the board and senior executives backing IT enabled a digital transformation, starting with ERP.
Oracle bolsters Eloqua with new platform integrations
The new integrations with 6sense, Demandbase, LookBookHQ, and Mintigo are aimed at helping sales teams find the best buyers and close deals faster.
Oracle Access Manager security bug so serious it let anyone access protected data
The moral? Don't roll your own crypto, security researcher tells Oracle.
Accenture boosts Oracle Cloud capabilities with acquisition of Certus Solutions
Accenture says that the buyout will help clients become "intelligent enterprises."
SAP targets Salesforce on CRM: What's aspiration vs. reality?
"We want CRM," says SAP CEO Bill McDermott. SAP's chief has some valid points and perhaps CRM needs reinvention. The question is whether SAP has the next-gen CRM approach or is it a robotics process automation player.
Comparison chart: Enterprise collaboration tools
Online collaboration has become a critical driver in business success—but which tool is the best fit for your organization’s needs? This side-by-side comparison chart will give you a snapshot view of what...
Oracle buys marketing tech company Grapeshot
Grapeshot is the company behind a "brand safety" platform used by marketers.
Oracle critical update fixes 254 flaws - so get patching now
Fixes for vulnerabilities spread across 20 products and a Solaris patch that addresses the Spectre processor flaw.
Oracle's cloud business in the time of Trump
Oracle's co-CEO tried to persuade President Trump to not award a massive Department of Defense cloud contract to rival Amazon Web Services.
Oracle Solaris patch theft lands IT-support CEO in jail for two years
Oracle is happy that Terix's CEO is being jailed and fined $100,000.
Enterprises learning to love cloud lock-in too: Is it different this time?
Don't look now but more enterprises are going "all-in" with select cloud providers. Will enterprises repeat the same lock-in mistakes made in the big enterprise software era?
Oracle vs Google: Android P is for Poisoned Platform
Suddenly, Windows Phone and .Net became very attractive for mobile application development. And we have Oracle to thank for it.
Billions at stake as Oracle beats Google in latest Android Java API legal dustup
The jury ruled that Google didn't owe Oracle any money for its use of Java's APIs in Android, but the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit disagreed and overruled the jury. Software development as a whole and billions of dollars are now at stake.
Oracle beats Q3 earnings estimates
The enterprise software giant touted the expected growth of its SaaS business.
After Oracle WebLogic miner attack, critical Apache Solr bug is now targeted
Money-hungry hackers have used over 1,400 unpatched Apache Solr servers to install a cryptocurrency miner.
Mobile World Congress in pictures
The stands, the smartphones, the smartwatches, and the smartcars.
How to install Oracle VirtualBox and Windows XP on Linux Mint (Gallery)
Here's a step-by-step guide to get Windows XP running on an Oracle VirtualBox-based virtual machine on Linux Mint
How to disable Java in your browser on Windows, Mac
Amid a serious security flaw in the latest version of Java 7, where even the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned users to disable the plug-in, here's how you do it.
Oracle OpenWorld 2012: A photographic experience
A compendium of photos from Oracle OpenWorld 2012. Unseasonably warm weather, meetings with Oracle executives and customers, and a variety of activities made this year's OpenWorld fun and interesting. Although there was some controversy among analysts and bloggers, the photos show a rich and diverse event.
Oracle reveals Java copyright case against Google (gallery)
In court, Oracle outlined its Java copyright and patent infringement case against Google with a series of 91 convincing slides
Oracle OpenWorld 2010 swings into action (photos)
Oracle uses it OpenWorld 2010 to showcase new products and its new president, Mark Hurd.
Oracle OpenWorld 2010 kicks off: photos
ZDNet Australia recently attended Oracle OpenWorld 2010. Here are a few highlights from the opening day, which included Iron Man suits, Polka Bands and BMX bikes.
Oracle OpenWorld 2009: Photo gallery
There are large conferences, and then there is Oracle OpenWorld. A mega-conference that sees over 40,000 attendees descend on San Francisco.
Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0
Sun Microsystems' latest Open Source desktop virtualization software.
AusCERT 2009: Photo gallery
Australia's largest annual security conference, AusCERT, is underway for another year, and continues the tradition of bringing security gurus, vendors and members of government under one roof.
Photos: Open Office 3 new features
When the third major release of the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite made its appearance on Monday, the OpenOffice.org servers promptly crashed. Check out this gallery to see what's new.
Oracle launches iPhone business app
Business apps are coming to the iPhone and Oracle and Salesforce are out in front. See Larry Dignan's blog for more.
Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 and VMWare 2.0 Server
The two latest and greatest free commercial host-based virtualization products from Sun and VMWare
Photos: Linux.conf.au 2008
This year's linux.conf.au conference, held at Melbourne University, was an all out Linux free-for-all. Highlights include images of the new XO Linux laptop and an interview with Linus Torvalds.
Photos: Inside Project Blackbox
Project Blackbox is the first virtualised datacentre to be stored in a shipping container, and according to its manufacturer, Sun Microsystems, it's fully portable -- providing you have the means to tow it.
Oracle urges customers to install latest patch: It fixes 254 vulnerabilities
Fixes for vulnerabilities spread across 20 products and a Solaris patch that addresses the Spectre processor flaw.
The cloud is getting smarter: Oracle's all in for AI
After introducing "adaptive intelligence" to its Customer Experience Cloud earlier this year, Oracle is demonstrating at OpenWorld how it's expanding its AI reach across applications.
Oracle changes tech landscape with Sun acquisition
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Oracle scrutinized by financial and industry analysts
A recent investor downgrade is shining the spot light on Oracle this week but is it really justified? How can the company overcome the concerns of both investors and customers? Watch ZDNet Irregular Enterprise editor Dennis Howlett as he explains what's happening, what it means, and what's next for the world's second largest software company.
As Sun acquisition closes, Oracle outlines new vision
Oracle President Charles Phillips unveils the company's new systems strategy in front of analysts at its headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif. Phillips says the company is looking to model itself after the 1960s IBM by working on building complete, integrated platforms, but developed with open system components.
Interview: Oracle ANZ MD, Ian White
We get the goss from Oracle Australia and New Zealand chieftain Ian White on the sidelines of the technology giant's gargantuan OpenWorld confab in the United States last week.
Oracle announces Exadata 2
As Oracle gets bigger and bigger, one question remains unanswered: what type of company is Oracle?
Oracle changes tech landscape with Sun acquisition
Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his thoughts on Oracle's recent $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems. He says Oracle is positioning itself to come in as a one-stop player, complete with business hardware and business software. The deal could also help spur other tech mergers to keep pace with the likes of Oracle.
Software licensing agreement strategies revealed
ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz talks to Eliot Arlo Colon, president of Miro Consulting, discussing the ins and out of software licensing agreements with companies like Oracle. Colon shares his views on new Web 2.0 software and how businesses can get an edge in the negotiating process.
JavaOne '08: Inside enterprise 2.0
Oracle demos a new enterprise 2.0 application at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. Oracle executives Thomas Kurian and Peter Moskowitz show how Java changes an order entry application into a collaborative Web 2.0 environment.
JavaOne '08: Sun brings back Java applets
Sun Microsystems demos new JavaFX powered applets at its annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Danny Coward and Ken Russell of Sun's Java SE team show how the new applets can be deployed within a Web browser or dragged over to the desktop.
Sun unveils JavaFX apps, Photo Flocker, Movie Cloud
Sun Microsystems demos two new JavaFX-powered applications, Photo Flocker and Movie Cloud, at its annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Rich Green, the company's executive vice president of software, shows attendees Photo Flocker, an app that allows users to search for photos by tags and display the photos in a montage. He also previews Movie Cloud, a 3D organization tool displaying dozens of HD videos at one time.
JavaOne '08: Neil Young chronicles music career
Legendary musician Neil Young shows off a new multimedia project spanning his music career. Joining Young onstage at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco to demo the project--which uses Java and Blu-ray technology--is Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green, Sun executive vice president of software.
Oracle CEO reassures customers over Siebel
At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison delivered his first keynote since Oracle's move to buy Siebel. He tried to allay concerns that the planned takeover could eliminate Siebel on Demand and delay the release of Project Fusion, which will combine acquired products with Oracle's own applications.
Sun's latest approach to the grid
At the unveiling of the Sun Grid in Silicon Valley, Sun Microsystems COOJonathan Schwartz and CEO Scott McNealy present the idea of utilitycomputing as a commodity and respond to questions about dealing with thecompetition.
Sun Fire X4275
Sun Microsystem's Sun Fire X4275 is an excellent all-rounder, although we'd love it if the noise could be cut down a little more.
Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4450 server
For raw power Sun Microsystem's Sun Fire X4450 is the gutsiest server we've seen, and at 2RU it's compact considering its specs. However, priced at over AU$27,000, this machine will make a dent in your budget.
OpenOffice.org 2.4.0
OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 is a free, open source alternative to Microsoft's Office application suite. It is fantastic if you need basic office applications — such as a word processor or spreadsheet — at no cost. However, large organisations and power users may be disappointed by its lack of features and support.
IBM DB2 9
IBM's DB2 database adds several powerful new tools in version 9 including native XML support and DB2 Developer Workbench, and offers serious competition to Oracle and Microsoft.
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