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  • New Oracle software takes on Microsoft

    The new "collaboration" software is less expensive than rival applications, says Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, but can the database giant stave off competition from the likes of Microsoft?

  • Oracle software open to attack: NGS

    NGS Software, a UK based information security company, have identified several high-risk vulnerabilities in Oracle database server software.

  • Sun to subsidise Oracle database software

    In a bid to compete better against IBM and Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems said Tuesday it will bundle Oracle's database with higher-end Unix servers and partially subsidise the fees customers would otherwise have to pay to use the software.

  • Software should defend itself: Oracle CSO

    Applications will have to defend themselves from attack in the future, according to Oracle's chief security officer Mary Ann Davidson.

  • Oracle polishes portal software

    Oracle is preparing to release software designed to make it easier for business users to access data through a Web browser.

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    Bug Hunt

    Question: When is a bug not a bug? Answer: Before it's a "known bug".

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Oracle invades San Francisco

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

  • Read the blog post - Iain Ferguson

    The penguin awakes

    With Melbourne resuming its rightful place as Sydney's slightly embarrassing provincial neighbour after the Commonwealth Games, the scene is now set for an event of real significance.

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    Steve Jobs' backflip on a key aspect of the iPhone stood out from a normal day -- broadband furore, antagonistic marketing, personal attacks and government inaction -- in the world of Australia's telecoms market.

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    Itanium's growing pains

    Last week I had the chance to hear HP give their world view on why you should join them and Intel on Itanium for your next generation of servers.

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  • Microsoft's next move as Yahoo rejects dowry

    As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.

  • Oracle expands e-business software

    Oracle will release a new version of its set of business applications next month, repositioning some programs to take advantage of a trend and adding features that move the company into a market it's not yet tapped.

  • At SAP, putting software in drive

    Shai Agassi has a technical mind, as one would expect of the president of product and technology for the world's largest enterprise software applications vendor, SAP.

  • ATO plays it cool on Siebel

    The Australian Taxation Office has ruled out any short-term changes to its deployment of a Siebel platform following news this week Oracle was moving to acquire the customer relationship management vendor in a deal worth AU$7.6 billion.

  • Oracle considered other acquisition targets

    As early as spring last year, Oracle considered Lawson Software and J.D. Edwards as acquisition targets, according to a videotaped deposition of Oracle's chief financial officer.

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  • 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.

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