The creator of popular open-source database MySQL, Michael "Monty" Widenius, wants to see the now-Oracle-owned product disappear from the earth within the next five years" - displaced by his own alternative, MariaDB. Speaking to Computing ...
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Oracle and managed services provider ServiceKey have come to a proposed settlement of an intellectual-property lawsuit Oracle filed against the company last year. Oracle sued ServiceKey in February 2012, alleging that it and another ...
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Google is likely to have to agree to more concessions before the European Union's antitrust probe into the web giant is settled, says Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia (pictured). The world's number one web firm has been under ...
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Server sales fell by five per cent in the first quarter of 2013, with IBM, HP, Fujitsu and, especially, Oracle hard hit. Only Dell among the top five server makers increased sales and market share. Market leader IBM claimed a 25.5 per ...
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Software giant SAP has held talks in the last few weeks to acquire Jive Software - but decided not to buy the company, according to sources. Jive makes social applications for businesses including SAP, and has a market value of more than ...
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Perception of ERP needs to change if more organisations are going to adopt the technology. That's according to Steve Tattum, product manager for Sage ERP X3, and Matt Muldoon, ERP expert and director of consultancy Clear Business Outcome, ...
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As overall server market revenue and shipments declined in the first quarter, both Dell and Cisco Systems managed growth while enterprise stalwarts Hewlett-Packard and IBM struggled in the headwinds. Worldwide server shipments declined ...
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NHS Wales expects to save £1m per year once it has gone live with document management solutions from software provider V1, as well as a range of e-trading solutions across the health service. Further reading Caldicott review: ...
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Despite economic challenges, the worldwide supply chain management (SCM) software market grew 7.1 per cent to US$8.3 billion in 2012. The Australian supply chain management software market grew 17.9% to reach A$176.8 million in 2012, up ...
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SAP’s announcement earlier this year that it is making its widely used Business Suite applications available on its in-memory database technology, HANA, has led to new customers signing up to the solution – but it is yet to draw ...
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Oracle has changed the numbering of its Java security updates, prompting one expert to say, "As if Java updates weren't confusing already." The changes were posted in an Oracle support document last week. "Limited Update releases will ...
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Can the old guard in business continuity and disaster-recovery services thrive in an era when the companies are looking at new ways to process business data? SunGard Data Systems, with decades of experience in availability services, is ...
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Google CEO Larry Page made a surprise appearance Wednesday at the Google I/O conference, where he overcame problems with his throat to take questions from developers in the audience for almost an hour. Page hadn't been expected to speak ...
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Dr. Hasso Plattner, Chairman of Supervisory Board, SAP, blasted Internet myths surrounding the capabilities and availability of its HANA technology during the final day of Sapphire Now. Plattner, co-founder of the company, addressed the ...
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Google's proposals to address the European Commission's antitrust concerns will make matters worse, competitor Foundem said Tuesday in a complaint it filed in the case. The Commission on April 25 opened a month-long period to allow rivals ...
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