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Senators Urge EU To Finish Oracle Sun Probe
With Sun jobs at stake, U.S. lawmakers want the European Commission to speed up its antitrust investigation.
Programmers Charged In Madoff Scheme
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
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
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
The European Commission fears that combining Oracle's proprietary database with the open source MySQL would hurt competition.
Hadoop Crunches Web-Sized Data
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
Bangalore facility will employ experts skilled in applying database and statistical tools to customers' information challenges.
EnterpriseDB, Postgres Maker, Raises $19 Million
IBM, Red Hat, and NTT are backing the open source database maker.
SAP, Nokia Partner On Mobile Security
With the joint venture's technology, prescription drugs, software, and other goods could be tagged with smart barcodes to protect them from counterfeiting.
IBM Spins Off PLM Unit To Dassault
$600 million deal sees Big Blue transfer Product Lifecycle Management assets to industry partner.
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