Oracle Launches Oracle Global Trade Management
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Oracle Global Trade Management enables companies to efficiently manage and control trade compliance activities related to imports, exports and other types of regulatory, legal and company-mandated policies.
SQL Developer 2.1 Increases DB Developer Productivity
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To further enhance developer productivity and simplify Oracle Database development, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle SQL Developer Release 2.1, the latest release of the free database development and migration tool.
Oracle Buys Silver Creek Systems
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Oracle has acquired Silver Creek Systems, Inc. (“Silver Creek”), a leading provider of product data quality solutions.
Database Sync - Oracle and SQL Compact via Sync Framework 2.0
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Microsoft is providing Sync Framework 2.0 to customers that need a synchronization platform which covers a wide range of scenarios and comes with support for a variety of data types, data stores, transfer protocols and network topologies.
The Top 9 Oracle stories for 2009
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Read these top 9 Oracle stories of 2009 to learn about Oracle’s tumultuous year, which included the usual major product deliveries and delays, controversial comments by Larry Ellison, and oh yes, the acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
15 Key Plot Points in Oracle's Struggle to Buy Sun
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It's been a long, strange and expensive trip for Oracle in its quest to add Sun Microsystems to its long list of company acquisitions. And the final chapter isn't yet written.
Oracle Pledges MySQL Support, EU Warms Up
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The company may be winning over some critics as it seeks to get the OK on its purchase of Sun, but it also made some sizable commitments in return.
New Release of Oracle Remote Data Capture
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Advanced electronic data capture application helps life sciences organizations bring new products to market faster, more cost effectively.
Creating Prebundled Machine Images for the Cloud
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Learn how to create a custom virtual machine image prebundled with Oracle WebLogic Server 11g and Oracle Database XE, as well as the basics of creating init scripts and configuring services to run at user-defined runlevels.
Latest Release of Oracle Audit Vault
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Oracle introduces new reporting and alerting capabilities to help reduce costs of addressing regulatory mandates and insider threats.
Oracle support portal woes could erode users' trust
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Oracle's seemingly botched migration to a new My Oracle Support portal this week has users worldwide hopping mad over what they are calling severe performance and access issues.
Oracle Updates Berkeley Database
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Oracle has brought out a fourth version of the Berkeley DB Java Edition database system with enhanced performance and replication.
EC To Object To Oracle's Sun Acquisition, Say Reports
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The EC is likely to make a formal objection to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, because of the inclusion of the open source MySQL database, say newspaper reports.
EC May Block Oracle/Sun Merger
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Neither side seems willing to blink while Sun customers and employees are rubbing their eyes in pain.
Oracle Outlines Sun Software Plans
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With the deal's approval still pending, Oracle offers more details on what it plans to do if it can close on its purchase of Sun Microsystems.
EC Warned Of Oracle MySQL Dangers
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Former MySQL business adviser Florian Mueller and members of the EC believe that Oracle owning MySQL through its acquisition of Sun is a colossal conflict of interest.
Open source developers oppose Oracle's MySQL acquisition
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Prominent open source software developers have joined forces with those opposed to Oracle assuming control of MySQL if Oracle's proposed $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems goes ahead.
Oracle Announces Oracle Application Integration Architecture Release 2.5
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Oracle today announced Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Release 2.5, the most extensive Oracle AIA release to date with 10 new cross-industry Process Integration Packs (PIPs) and six new industry-specific PIPs, together with a growing library of more than 1,000 enterprise services and 100 enterprise objects.
Oracle Critical Patch Update
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This Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement provides advance information about the Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2009, which will be released on Tuesday, October 20, 2009.
Oracle CEO Previews Upcoming Major Release of Oracle Enterprise Manage
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Larry Ellison demonstrated planned capabilities of a future release of Oracle Enterprise Manager, including support for managing Oracle’s next-generation Fusion Applications and new integration with Oracle’s support services, at his Oracle OpenWorld keynote on October 14, 2009.
Oracle's Integration Play: Beyond Databases
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When Oracle acquires companies -- a frequent occurrence -- it takes products and increases investment in them, it does not decrease them, executives claim.
IBM DB2 Upgrade Targets Oracle
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IBM has announced a new software solution that brings mainframe-level scalability to its rack-mount DB2 database servers. The news comes on the eve of Oracle Openworld and is aimed at returning a little fire at Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) for its claims against IBM database servers.
Oracle Announces Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Anywhere
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Oracle ESSO Anywhere extends the Oracle Enterprise Sign-On Suite that lets enterprises host single tenant ESSO in a private cloud to provide users with secure access to heterogeneous enterprise resources from anywhere, anytime.
Oracle Gobbles Up HyperRoll
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Software giant continues its ravenous acquisition strategy with purchase of leading provider of financial reporting acceleration software.
Global CIO: An Open Letter To Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
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Oracle customers hear a lot from you about your competitors, but rarely do they hear how you feel about them and what your vision and strategy for them is. You're missing a huge opportunity.
Oracle announces its OLTP Database Machine
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Oracle has just announced the Exadata Version 2, the first version of the Sun Oracle Database Machine, which the company states is the first Database Machine for OLTP.
Oracle's Larry Ellison unplugged, part deux
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In response to some witty, if occasionally snide comments and direct questions, Ellison got a few things off his chest. Want to get him agitated? Just mention cloud computing.
Oracle unveiling Sun technology powered database
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Oracle is taking the wraps off the first product designed with Sun tomorrow in a move that will indicate just where the merged operation could be heading once the deal gets the go-ahead.
Oracle CRM On Demand data integration raises big issues
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Integrating data from hosted Oracle CRM On Demand applications with on-premise IT systems can improve overall effectiveness and productivity everywhere from the call center to the sales department to executive offices, but companies had better take a hard look in the mirror before getting starting, according to industry experts and IT professionals.
Oracle 11g R2 Makes Its Debut
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Oracle on Tuesday is launching version 11g Release 2 of its database, about two years after the initial version hit the market.
New ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider for Oracle
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Progress DataDirect has announced the general availability of version 3.3 of its Progress? DataDirect Connect? for ADO.NET data providers featuring Entity Framework support for Oracle.
Watch out, Oracle: Google tests cloud-based database
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Google has released an early version of a new type of database whose approach to data management will be revolutionary, according to an analyst who has studied the technology behind it.
Oracle upgrades JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
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Oracle today announced that it has integrated its value chain planning (VCP) apps into its JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software through a Process Integration Pack (PIP).
OAUG Announces OAUG & ITC Oracle Applications Workshops
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The Oracle Applications Users Group announced it is partnering with San Francisco-based IT Convergence to offer the OAUG and ITC Oracle Applications Workshops, a series of intensive four-day training programs that enable users to obtain the necessary skills to master Oracle R12, Oracle 11g, OBIEE and other Oracle solutions.
Oracle Database Vault Protects Oracle’s JD Edwards Application Data
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Oracle Database Vault enables JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers to restrict access to application data by highly privileged users, enforce separation-of-duty within the Oracle database, prevent application by-pass and enforce enterprise security policies with multi-factor authorization.
Black Hat: Security expert's verdict on Oracle hacking tools
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Controversy greeted news that Metasploit would release a raft of modules to speed up hacks of Oracle's database management system, but some security experts believe Metasploit is offering nothing new.
'Hack your own Oracle database' tool unveiled next week
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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.
Oracle Buys GoldenGate Software
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Adds leading real-time data integration solution to create comprehensive heterogeneous data integration platform.
Oracle Coherence 3.5 now supports terabytes
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Oracle today announced Oracle Coherence 3.5, the latest version of its grid computing software, designed to enable critical Web applications to access large data streams and handle heavy user loads.
Oracle Hikes Prices on Database Options
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Oracle has apparently raised the cost of some management options for its flagship database by 40 percent, according to an official price list dated July 1.
New database security flaws facilitate data leaks according to Imperva
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The hacker attacks on Web sites in South Korea - which spilled over to selected US government sites last week - were almost certainly orchestrated by hackers sympathetic to North Korea, but the attacks could have been organised by anyone with a modest budget, says Imperva, the data security specialist.
Oracle Fixes Highly Exploitable Flaws
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A security expert praised Oracle's patching process and notes the danger of flaws that can be exploited with out credentials.
Why Oracle won't kill openSolaris
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Lots of chatter today about Oracle planning on killing off openSolaris, once it completes its acquisition of Sun.
Oracle Unveils Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g
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Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle WebCenter Suite 11g, a modern enterprise portal platform which will help increase productivity for business users and IT...
Oracle Advanced Security Encrypts Oracle Applications Data
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Oracle today announced that Oracle Advanced Security, an option to Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition, transparently encrypts all application data stored in an Oracle Database tablespace.
System.Data.OracleClient Update
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After carefully considering all the options and talking to our customers, partners, and MVPs it was decided to deprecate OracleClient as a part of our ADO.NET roadmap.
Set Up Enterprise Job Scheduling with Oracle 11g
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By combining the resource manager and Scheduler, this book explains how to automate business processes, and helps manage and monitor those jobs efficiently and effectively thus boosting database performance.
DreamCoder for Oracle ver 4.1 released
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Mentat Technologies announces the new version of DreamCoder for Oracle version 4.1, an Oracle database tool for administration and development.
Oracle launches Java Store
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In the wake of Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, analysts and industry commentators have been predicting the emergence of a more commercially aware version of the Java programming language and platform.
Oracle Releases Oracle Warehouse Management
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Oracle releases Oracle Warehouse Management, a modular application that can now be operated by businesses and the enterprise without upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite.
Oracle and SYSTIME to Co-Develop Business Process Integration
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SYSTIME, a leading global consulting and IT services provider, and Oracle today announced a co-development agreement to build Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Process Integration Packs for Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
Analyst: Oracle would do well to pump up MySQL
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The ruminations continue over Oracle Corp.'s plans for MySQL, the open-source database management software business that is nestled inside of Sun Microsystems Inc.
Oracle Buys Virtual Iron
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Oracle has agreed to acquire Virtual Iron Software, Inc., a provider of server virtualization management software that enables dynamic resource and capacity management in virtualized data centers.
Converting Forms
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Modernize Oracle Forms applications with Oracle Application Express.
Oracle Introduces Oracle Project Analytics
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Oracle today introduced Oracle Project Analytics, a new component of the Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications, which monitors key project performance metrics and enables...
Reports: Oracle planning more online software
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The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources and a document it reviewed, reports that Oracle is developing a set of online software offerings...
Improving PL/SQL
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Improve performance in Oracle Database 11g with new PL/SQL features.
IBM DB2 upgrade renews Oracle migration efforts
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IBM has released Version 9.7 of its flagship DB2 database with several notable new features, including the ability to run applications written for other databases, especially Oracle's.
Oracle buys Sun. Is MySQL doomed? Java? Solaris?
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With Sun it tow, Oracle will now finally have its own operating system with Solaris, instead of just its Oracle Enterprise Linux on Red Hat). Perhaps more importantly with one swift stroke Oracle has effectively cornered even more of the database market than it already owned.
Shuttleworth: Oracle a Litmus test for Linux, Ubuntu
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Ubuntu Linux 9.04 is set for release on April 23rd for both the server and the desktop, and though it will include many new features it will be lacking at least one key item -- Oracle certification.
Oracle Announces Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.9.0
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Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.9.0, an integrated suite of real-time operations applications that provide a foundation to support smart grid initiatives.
Oracle-Google deal ties CRM to Google Apps
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Oracle and Google lent each other a helping hand against their common competitor, Microsoft, announcing a collaboration that makes it easier to shuttle data between Oracle and Google's desktop applications.
Oracle backup and recovery best practices
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Backing up Oracle is one of the most important tasks a backup/storage administrator can do today. Learn about backup best practices with RMAN and Automatic Storage Manager.
How to get more from Oracle tech support
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Expert consultant Don Burleson offers tips for getting more from Oracle tech support and argues that using a third party support provider lowers costs and increases service.
Oracle offers scaled-down version of Database Machine
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Citing customer demand, Oracle Corp. has unveiled a half-size version of the HP Oracle Database Machine, its competitor to high-end data warehousing products such as that sold by Teradata Inc.
Oracle 11g R2, Middleware 11g coming soon
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Oracle 11g R2 will feature enhancements to the RAC technology, making it easier to use and bringing 'grid computing for the masses.'
Oracle Urges Red Hat To Give Away Its Product
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There would be more migrations from Unix database servers to Linux if Red Hat made its product available for free, Oracle's chief Linux technologist said.
Can Oracle be a contender in the virtualization wars?
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Oracle has always been known as a fierce competitor, but when it comes to one area — virtualization — the software giant has stayed somewhat out of the limelight. Is that about to change?
Oracle close to acquiring Virtual Iron
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With little to no success in pushing its own virtualization product, Oracle is in talks to acquire Virtual Iron, according to insiders at the startup.
Quest Software Announces Oracle Database Schema Provider for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2010
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Quest Software, Inc. announced today at VSLive! San Francisco that it will offer an Oracle Database Schema Provider for the upcoming release of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010. Quest’s new tool provides Oracle support for VSTS, enabling Oracle developers to fully participate with other VSTS team members throughout the entire application lifecycle.
GridApp Systems Brings Databases to the Cloud with Clarity 5.1
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GridApp Systems, Inc. introduces GridApp Clarity 5.1, the next-generation version of its database automation software. At the heart of Clarity 5.1 is support for databases deployed on Cloud infrastructures...
Can Oracle's CRM Moves Make Waves?
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The tough economy and the lure of big bucks may be behind push into on-demand CRM. Is Salesforce.com feeling the pressure?
DreamCoder for Oracle 2009 released
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Mentat Technologies announcea the new version of DreamCoder for Oracle 2009 version 4.0, a solution for Oracle administration development.
Oracle Buys mValent
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Oracle has agreed to acquire mValent, a leading provider of application configuration management solutions.
Quest Software Releases Newest Version of Spotlight on Oracle
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Quest Software, Inc. today announced the newest edition of Spotlight on Oracle, a desktop-based monitoring and diagnostics tool that provides unique visibility into database processes and performance.
DreamCoder for Oracle 4.0 RC1 available
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Mentat Technologies announces the release candidate 1 of the upcoming version 4.0 of DreamCoder for Oracle is now available for download.
Oracle Announces Oracle Utilities Quotations Management 1.5
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Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Utilities Quotations Management 1.5 – a highly configurable application used to calculate, analyze and manage price quotes and offers for current and prospective customers in retail or wholesale utilities or service markets.
OCILIB 3.1.0 Available
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OCILIB is an open source library, written in C, that accesses Oracle Databases.
Universal SQL Editor 1.1.4 Released
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Universal SQL Editor is a query tool that allows you connect ODBC compliant databases, such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, etc., and edit SQL queries...
Oracle New Year's resolutions, part 2: GRC tips and customer resolutions revealed
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In part 1, analysts offered their tips for improving Oracle database security and upgrading to new versions of Oracle applications. In part 2, learn what's in store for Oracle GRC, and read about three real-world Oracle shops and their resolutions for 2009.
Videos and Oracle Forms 10g
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Learn how you take advantage of unstructured data in the database -- video, in this case -- and access this data from Forms.
Oracle tripped up by 'leap second'
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Database giant Oracle has issued fixes after its Cluster Ready Services (CRS) software failed to cope with the so-called “leap second” added by scientists at the end of 2008.
Keeping Active
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Use Oracle Active Data Guard to set up a physical standby database for reporting and recovery.