VMware blogger challenges Oracle claim about VM
Benchmark wars are back in the virtualisation world, with VMware rebutting Oracle's claim that its newly-released virtualisation hypervisor is three times faster than VMware's.
Benchmark wars are back in the virtualisation world, with VMware rebutting Oracle's claim that its newly-released virtualisation hypervisor is three times faster than VMware's.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison didn't display much of his traditional flamboyance at Oracle's recent OpenWorld conference, but he did preview the company's next-generation Fusion Applications and said its Unbreakable Linux offering has met with initial success.
Some users fear that IBM's proposed US$5 billion (NZ$6.56 billion) acquisition of Cognos, announced last week, could force sites running non-IBM database systems to significantly change long-term technology spending plans.
SAP says the CEO and other top executives of its TomorrowNow subsidiary have resigned and that it may sell the business.
At its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, Oracle announced an upcoming version of its Siebel CRM On Demand service that will include social networking features reminiscent of consumer portals such as Facebook or MySpace.
BEA Systems's board of directors has named an acquisition price to competitor and suitor Oracle: US$21 (NZ$27.60) a share, US$4 more than Oracle's initial offer.
Oracle's offer to purchase BEA Systems for US$6.7 billion (NZ$9 billion would be the company's 10th acquisition in 2007. Here's a look at each purchase and what it means for Oracle, one of the industry's dominant applications vendor.
When a company the size of Oracle buys a company the size of BEA, it's natural to wonder what will happen to the product line of the company being acquired. In this case, however, there's less reason for speculation, because Oracle's recent history tells us everything an IT manager needs to know about how — assuming its US$6.7 billion bid goes through — this will all playout.
It’s all on again with Oracle bidding for BEA while SAP is buying Business Objects. The international IT marketplace continues to consolidate around the core group of ICT giants.
Wal-Mart’s adoption of HP’s Neoview data warehouse and Oracle’s price optimisation application signals just how seriously large enterprise software vendors are taking the retail management market.
John Wookey, who had been heading Oracle’s Project Fusion integration project, has left the company.
The main impact of SAP’s planned acquisition of Business Objects in New Zealand and Australia will be in the area of distribution channels, says Ian Bertram, managing vice president for business intelligence at analyst firm Gartner.
BEA has responded to Oracle's offer this week to buy the company for US$17 (NZ$21.80) per share in cash, calling the offer too low.
Oracle plans to expand its governance and compliance offering with the acquisition of LogicalApps, whose software helps companies manage compliance with complex regulations. Its technology enables real-time detection, prevention, monitoring and reporting of financial and operational risk. The software is embedded in enterprise applications and can prevent the misuse of customer data or financial fraud by, for example, preventing employees from processing unsigned requisitions or ensuring they don't inappropriately change financial information.
Oracle has announced an enhanced version of its business process analysis software that improves collaboration between process modellers and implementers.