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  • Ellison: Oracle not reaching for Sun

    CEO Larry Ellison and other executives sounded off at Oracle's annual shareholder meeting on Monday, delving into topics such as shareholder dividends, political campaign contributions and--with the PeopleSoft bid a recurring topic--the company's acquisition strategy.

  • 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.

  • Sun, Oracle to push budget Blades

    Sun Microsystems is expected to unveil Monday in the U.S. a partnership with software maker Oracle to promote the use of stripped-down blade servers as a way to lower computing costs.

  • Sun, Oracle meet on Web services

    Sun Microsystems and Oracle plan to attend the first meeting to discuss a proposed Web services standard, despite their support of a rival specification.

  • Are HP, Sun, and Oracle destined to flame out?

    In a recent interview with CNET Asia's Winston Chai, Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen said that several venerable computer companies are on a downward slope.

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  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    OpenWorld closed

    Whenever the industry's top execs come together to speak to the masses, expectations are high. This year's Oracle OpenWorld conference provided an insight into which vendors have intriguing grand plans, and which ones prefer to rely on marketing bluff.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    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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  • Linux: Making the change

    The idea of getting a robust, scalable operating system for free hasn't clicked with many enterprises -- until now.

  • Oracle's prickly partners

    The database giant launched its grid computing offering with much fanfare but when its partners are sending mixed messages, will this help Oracle's cause?

  • Java camp takes cue from Microsoft

    If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival.

  • Lighting the murky depths of multicore pricing

    Multicore processors have been around since 2005, when Intel shipped its first dual-core processor and the advantages of many cores have been widely touted, but a working model for costing software to work with them is still on its way.

  • Sun rises on xVM stategy

    Sun Microsystems' xVM virtualisation efforts are getting louder and louder.

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    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.

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  • Sun strategy: A Java giveaway

    Sun plans to bundle its application server software into Solaris, a move that could shake the industry.

  • Sun adds polish to portal software

    In the run up to a June 19 online launch of a whole new product line, Sun has just released its Sun One Portal Server 6, to replace the iPlanet Portal Server.

  • Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

    Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives said Tuesday.

  • Sun sets US$76 price tag on Office rival

    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.

  • Beyond the Database

    Boldly going where no database has gone before, Oracle's Oracle8i Release 3 is a lot more than a database. Oracle8i is now also a file, mail, Web and Java2 Enterprise Edition application server.

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