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- Oracle's FusionFest: BEA underneath, dogfood, Sun on the horizon
- BEA headlines Oracle FusionFest; Next year, Sun? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Oracle Fusion 11g Middleware: Executed according to plan
- Oracle largely stuck to the previously announced roadmap for convergence of BEA products, with the only major surprises being in the details. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Oracle Corp., VOIP, Middleware, Telecommunications, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?
- Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?Ready to sell them short?Dennis: Sure, Oracle's past performance as a company is no prologue to the future. Seeing as you see the future as distinctly different for Oracle than its history from here on in, I assume you'll be devoting half your...
- Tags: Strategy, ORCL, Oracle Corp., Dennis
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Oracle's Fusion middleware master plan starts coming together
- Oracle's Fusion middleware master plan starts coming togetherMary Ann Davidson for Liv TylerI would have been more impressed with this graphic if he'd have substituted in Mary Ann Davidson for Liv Tyler.http://boole.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_security/security/podcasts/mdavidson.jpg
- Tags: Liv Tyler, plan start, Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Fusion, middleware, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?
- The love fest around Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g is truly extraordinary. The geek crowd certainly seem to like it and Oracle does a great job of singing to the DBA crowd. Dana Gardner is positively effusive: Oracle has sewn up its field brilliantly via its organic and aquisitions-fueled growth...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Oracle's Fusion middleware master plan starts coming together
- Oracle on Wednesday launched its Fusion 11g middleware family and the effort is aimed at linking the technological underpinnings of all of the company's acquired applications, owning the market, creating one fundamental software stack for the enterprise, laying the foundation for a cloud strategy as well as a few other...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Chances, Miko Matsumura, Middleware, Programming Languages, Java, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Oracle closes in on 'any'-ware with debut of middleware behemoth 11g suites family
- Oracle closes in on 'any'-ware with debut of middleware behemoth 11g suites familyOne ring to rule them allI talk about 11g herehttp://www.soacenter.com/?p=188My analysis of the Oracle 11g launch is1) The Chuck Phillips "One Technology Stack to simplify IT" is a completely faulty premise2) The hardest part of integrating BEA is...
- Tags: Web services, suites family, Oracle Corp., middleware
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Oracle closes in on 'any'-ware with debut of middleware behemoth 11g suites family
- With the spoils of the BEA acquisition now fully baked into the mix -- and with anticipation for what the pending Sun Microsystems buy brings -- Oracle is well on its way to obviating the middleware moniker. Perhaps we should call it "anyware." by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Oracle adds zest to SQL Developer with standalone data modeling tool, stirs the SQL market pot
- The whole SQL databases and associated tools and modeling ecosystem is ripe for tumult. My best guess is that Oracle's pending Sun Microsystems purchase will provide offense via MySQL, and the associated community, to target the Microsoft SQL Server franchise. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Developer, Oracle Corp., SQL, Tool, Modeling, Research & Development, Programming Languages, Databases, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Oracle: DOJ dialogue 'very good'; Sun deal on track
- The Justice Department has extended its look at Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems but the software giant says it is confident the deal will close on time. The DOJ is looking at how Java is licensed. In a statement Friday, Dan Wall, Latham & Watkins counsel to...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Navicat Lite for Oracle 8.2.4 lite (Windows)
- Navicat Oracle GUI is an Oracle database management tool, which can convert XML, CSV, MS Excel, MS Access, and popular data formats to MySQL databases, eliminating time-consuming data entry and the errors that accompany it. Other useful major features include Import and Export wizard, Unicode support, SSH Tunnel, Batch Job...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Microsoft Windows, PremiumSoft CyberTech, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-06-26
- Oracle spinning its numbers a tad too much?
- Oracle spinning its numbers a tad too much?Bull...Talk about stretching the truth... I have never seen so poor a representation of numbers than this...A very poor shot, if can't do an accurate comparisson, just spin things out and lie.I'm an ex SAP and ex Oracle customer and there is a...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise software, SAP AG, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Get ready for Oracle's 100 days of press releases aka innovation
- It's a while since I read Bruce Richardson, chief research officer at AMR but a couple of his most recent posts rang bells with me. The first: Who Drives Software Innovation? The “Best-of-Breed vs. Giants†Debate raises a donkey's year old discussion where he concludes: Call me cynical, but...
- Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Bruce, Simon Wardley, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Oracle spinning its numbers a tad too much?
- Michael Hickins at BNet accuses Oracle of 'lying' about its competitive position vis-a-vis SAP. Such statements are always fraught with difficulty for several reasons: The year ends are five months apart The economy has been changing over time Currency rates are...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Financial Management, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Navicat (Oracle GUI) 8.2.6 (Windows)
- Navicat Oracle GUI is an Oracle database management tool, which can convert XML, CSV, MS Excel, MS Access, and popular data formats to MySQL databases, eliminating time-consuming data entry and the errors that accompany it. Other useful major features include Import and Export wizard, Unicode support, SSH Tunnel, Batch Job...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Microsoft Windows, PremiumSoft CyberTech, GUI, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-06-25
- Oracle bucks economic trends; beats Q4 estimates
- Oracle bucks economic trends; beats Q4 estimatesOracle's financialsOracle did beat market expectations.
- Tags: Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- News to know: Intel-Nokia; Netbooks; Security Essentials; Oracle; Win7
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dana Blankenhorn: Intel-Nokia deal boosts open source Jason Hiner: A Nokia, Intel partnership makes sense, but they...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Oracle bucks economic trends; beats Q4 estimates
- Oracle, bucking Wall Street trends by continuing to beat quarterly estimates, said today that it earned $2.3 billion, or 46 cents per share, on sales of $6.9 billion, a 5 percent revenue dip but still enough to beat Wall Street's estimates of 44 cents on $6.47 billion in sales. Earnings...
- Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Earnings Per Share, Quarter, Software License Revenue, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- New version of Oracle PLM tool helps IT streamline product development
- In this economy, IT and engineering departments are not only lean, but many of them naturally become more risk-averse. That's bad for business because successful companies and IT groups use technology as an innovative and competitive advantage and in order to do that you have to take some healthy risks....
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Supplier, Agile Software, Tool, Product Development, Product Marketing, Channel Management, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- How badly are your business applications performing?
- How badly are your business applications performing?Compare ERPCompare Tech Providers is a really great site where you can Compare ERP solutionsOur experience...Was with a vendor that was installing an Oracle ERP system for us. It never worked right and after 1600 patches it was time to scrap it and...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, ERP, Oracle Corp., business application
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16

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