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  • Oracle's Beehive buzzes at OracleWorld

    Oracle unveiled a new open enterprise software application on Monday in the US, designed to improve the way users collaborate and communicate on projects.

  • Oracle destroyed Ellison's emails

    Software maker Oracle deliberately destroyed or withheld CEO Larry Ellison's emails and failed to preserve audio recordings sought as evidence in a class-action lawsuit filed against the software maker, a US federal judge has ruled.

  • Oracle president: "Protect, extend and evolve."

    At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Oracle President Charles Phillips explains how the company plans to innovate and extend applications while protecting customers' existing investments.

  • Oracle CEO reassures customers over Siebel

    Larry Ellison tries to allay concerns that the planned takeover could eliminate Siebel on Demand and delay the release of Project Fusion.

  • HP strives to become 'simpler, more nimble' company

    At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd discusses the steps the company is taking to streamline its business and reduce bureaucracy for the benefit of its customers and partners.

Blogs (2)

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    Oracle invades San Francisco

    Welcome to San Francisco, California, for Oracle's takeover of a different sort of entity; a city.

  • Taking datacentres on the road

    Is it a truck? Is it a giant portable wind tunnel? Well, yes -- but it's also a mobile datacentre with a maximum capacity of 4.1 petabytes of storage, which would easily hold an awful lot of high-res Superman footage.

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  • Oracle OpenWorld 2009: Photo gallery

    There are large conferences, and then there is Oracle OpenWorld. A mega-conference that sees over 40,000 attendees descend on San Francisco.

  • PeopleSoft today, 49ers tomorrow?

    video Oracle CEO Larry Ellison promises a better PeopleSoft.

  • Oracle launches integration tool

    video Oracle's Larry Ellison promotes a new product, the Customer Data Hub, which uses Web services to gather customer information from incompatible business systems.

  • Oracle to swallow Siebel for US$5.8 billion

    Software maker Oracle said on Monday it will acquire rival Siebel Systems in a deal worth US$5.8 billion, marking the second major competitor the company has targeted since mid-2004.

  • Hey Larry, is it worth it?

    When all is said and done, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks whether the hostile bid to acquire PeopleSoft is smart or just silly.

Videos (7)

  • Oracle announces Exadata 2

    At Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, CEO Larry Ellison previews the company's Exadata Version 2 computer. He says the new database computer is designed for online transaction processing and data warehousing. He adds that Exadata 2 can do faster processing at a much lower cost than its biggest competitor, IBM.

  • Oracle unveils Beehive

    At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Oracle President Charles Phillips and Chuck Rozwat, the company's executive vice president of product development, announced the release of Beehive. Beehive is an open, integrated communications system that includes instant messaging, video conferencing, and e-mail.

  • Oracle President talks virtualisation

    At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco Monday, Oracle President Charles Phillips unveils the company's plans for virtualization and discusses the partnerships and software to make it happen.

  • Ellison reflects on Oracle history

    At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, CEO Larry Ellison shares his insights into the company's 30-year history, including its contract with the CIA to build the first commercial relational database.

  • Dell and Sun partner on Solaris

    At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Dell CEO Michael Dell share the stage to announce that Sun's open-source operating system, Solaris, will be shipping on Dell servers.

Reviews (15)

  • Oracle Collaboration Suite: All in the database

    Oracle is betting on the lure of cost savings and the strength of its database to help sell its new product, Oracle Collaboration Suite. Get an advance look at this competitor to Microsoft Exchange.

  • Six SAN shoot-out

    Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).

  • What's the best blade server?

    Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it.

  • Symantec Backup Exec 12

    Symantec Backup Exec 12 allows complete system recovery and concentrates on continuous file/data protection. Though AU$1,795 may seem a lot of money for an application, Backup Exec might be worth the investment if you're using it for irreplaceable and highly valuable data.

  • Archival survival guide

    In this special report, we review six archival options in the market.

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