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  • Unisys and Oracle target Linux shifts

    Unisys has announced an expansion of its relationship with Oracle to move mainframe and Unix deployments to Linux and SOA (service-oriented architecture).

  • Hype-free show for Oracle apps launch

    Oracle’s launch of new releases of its five application families was a surprisingly sober affair, designed to restate the company’s pledge last year to continue to enhance its PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel and Oracle E-Business Suite products.

  • Flying high with Farecast’s bright predictions

    At first glance, Farecast.com’s claim that its website can predict with 75% accuracy whether a particular airfare is going to rise or fall in the next seven days doesn’t sound that impressive. Isn’t flipping a coin accurate 50% of the time?

  • Oracle: managing move into Linux space

    Oracle is making further in-roads into the Linux space by providing management tools for the open-source operating system. This comes after its surprise announcement in October that it will provide full global support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution.

  • Grid or cluster: What's the difference?

    A good deal of debate still surrounds the difference between grid computing and clustering. Both aim to closely couple the power of several computers to achieve a large task or continuous and reliable service (high availability). Grid computing is generally considered more flexible and harder to implement than clustering.

  • NZ Sun chief to move to Oracle

    Sun Microsystems New Zealand country manager Peter Idoine has resigned to take up the position of managing director of Oracle New Zealand. He leaves Sun at the end of January and will start in his new role in mid-March.

  • Oracle and bug hunters clash over flaw reports

    The long-standing tension between software vendors and independent researchers who try to find security holes in products came into public view late last month, when Oracle criticised bug hunters after it came under fire for its security practices.

  • PeopleSoft co-founder’s new hosted ERP venture

    Dave Duffield has returned to the ERP fold after keeping a low profile following Oracle’s 18-month hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, which ended in December 2004 with Oracle successfully buying PeopleSoft.

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