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Oracle To Plead Sun Acquisition Case Before EC

    December 7, 2009
The company will make its case with support from the likes of Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center, the Justice Department, and an Oracle users group.

Oracle Denies Change In Stance On MySQL

    December 4, 2009
The database giant denies that it offered to create a separate entity for MySQL once the Sun acquisition is completed.

SAP Delays Support Price Increase

    December 1, 2009
The company is waiting until early 2010 to incorporate customers' feedback as it looks to raise its annual maintenance fees.

Senators Urge EU To Finish Oracle Sun Probe

    November 24, 2009
With Sun jobs at stake, U.S. lawmakers want the European Commission to speed up its antitrust investigation.

Programmers Charged In Madoff Scheme

    November 13, 2009
Two men were arrested for developing and maintaining computer programs that helped convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff cover up his operation.

Oracle Updates Berkeley Database

    November 12, 2009
Oracle has brought out a fourth version of the Berkeley DB Java Edition database system with enhanced performance and replication.

Justice Dept. Supports Oracle In EU Dispute

    November 10, 2009
The U.S. agency's antitrust division said Oracle's purchase of Sun wouldn't harm competition in the database market.

EC Objects To Oracle's Sun Acquisition

    November 10, 2009
The European Commission fears that combining Oracle's proprietary database with the open source MySQL would hurt competition.

Hadoop Crunches Web-Sized Data

    November 9, 2009
To parse large volumes of data from Web servers, Yahoo and others turn to Hadoop's open source cloud-based analysis system.

IBM Opens Business Analytics Center

    November 6, 2009
Bangalore facility will employ experts skilled in applying database and statistical tools to customers' information challenges.

 

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