Tag Archives: Oracle Database

Larry Ellison Steps Down as CEO of Oracle

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Larry Ellison steps down as CEO of Oracle. What sounds like initially as huge bomb turns out to be just some management changes. Larry Ellison stays at Oracle and is still not retiring. The man is 70...

Oracle Shares Slump On Slightly Weaker Than Anticipated Revenue

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Weaker than anticipated third quarter earnings and revenue sent shares of Oracle down around 5% to below $36 in after hours trading. Tuesday Oracle reported $9.3 billion in third quarter revenue, up...

The Trend To "Open Source" Software And What It Means For Businesses And Consumers

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Wikipedia defines “open-source” software as computer software with its source code made available and licensed with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change...

The Buzz about Big Data And What It Means For IT And You

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Every so often there are key words and phrases that get big play around the media, and before you know it, they are in use almost everywhere. These terms include irrational exuberance, outside the...

Revealing Data Science’s Job Potential

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Data Science is gaining traction in the industry, as analytics, data collection, sensors, and Big Data become a more regular part of our online existence. O’Reilly Media, Inc. recently released a...
    






Enterprise Social Networks, Fabric Overlays Or Connected Services?

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I spend a lot of time talking to investment houses and the like and advising them on what I perceive to be the big opportunities going forwards. I keep coming back to a central thesis of mine which...
    






With $1.5B Responsys Buy, Oracle Aims Right At Adobe, Salesforce In War For Cloud

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On Thursday, Oracle announced positive quarterly earnings results that beat Wall Street estimates. The next day, it declared war. Oracle’s announcement Friday that it’s acquiring cross-channel...
    






Oracle fiscal 2Q net income falls slightly

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Oracle fiscal 2nd-qtr net income falls slightly, but beats Wall Street predictions NEW YORK (AP) — Oracle's fiscal second-quarter net income edged down slightly, hurt by flat revenue...
    






Larry Ellison Offers New Server and Faster Databases at Oracle OpenWorld

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What is life like in the fast lane? Oracle’s latest in-memory databases do the job of relaying data from disk drives to microchips. The CEO, Larry Ellison spoke of how operations and online e-...

Microsoft and Oracle are Partners in the Enterprise Cloud

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Microsoft and Oracle has confirmed their agreement for joint collaboration in cloud computing. Now Oracle Java, Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server are supported on Windows Hyper-V server and in...