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?
NGS Software, a UK based information security company, have identified several high-risk vulnerabilities in Oracle database server 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.
Applications will have to defend themselves from attack in the future, according to Oracle's chief security officer Mary Ann Davidson.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0 will go on sale May 21 with a price of US$75.95 in a more concerted effort by the server specialist to take on Microsoft's overwhelmingly dominant Office.
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