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Oracle buys FatWire Software for enterprise content management

Oracle wants to bolster its own Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software offerings with its purchase of FatWire Software.News | 21 Jun 2011

Oracle Exalogic is the company's "cloud in a box"

Larry Ellison opened OpenWorld 2010 offering his definition of cloud, taking shots at Salesforce.com and releasing a complement to Exadata, the Oracle Exalogic "cloud in a box."News | 20 Sep 2010

Updated PeopleSoft supply chain apps suite focuses on user productivity

Oracle relied heavily on users to help shape its PeopleSoft Enterprise Financials and Supply Chain Management 9.1 applications suite, which employs a number of Web 2.0 functions.Article | 03 Dec 2009

Oracle's Top 5 stories in 2009 (so far)

It's been an interesting year for Oracle already. Here is a look at the year's highlights at the halfway mark.Article | 24 Jul 2009

Oracle president touts Sun buy, new releases of Beehive, AIA

Charles Phillips told attendees at Collaborate '09 that the acquisition of Sun will help Oracle provide a full range of technology.Article | 04 May 2009

Oracle builds out Beehive collaboration suite

Oracle has updated its collaboration platform, bringing social networking and collaboration features to compete with IBM and Microsoft.Article | 04 May 2009

Oracle and Java: Some think advisory board would comfort users

With Oracle now in full control of Java, jittery users want an independent advisory board to ensure the code's neutrality. Scott McNealy, are you interested?Article | 23 Apr 2009

Oracle-Google deal ties CRM to Google Apps

A new Oracle-Google collaboration deal allows CRM applications to interact with Google clouds using Siebel CRM for Google Apps.Article | 09 Apr 2009

Social networking forces change in customer service

At OpenWorld, Oracle executives and Gartner analysts discussed the impact social networking and new media are having on the service industry and how contact centers must adapt.Article | 30 Oct 2006

Collaborate 2013 Oracle user groups show guide

Collaborate 2013 is one of the biggest Oracle user group conferences of the year, and SearchOracle.com editors are on hand to cover it from start to finish.Collaborate 2013

Oracle revenue up 3%, but hardware continues slide

Oracle revenue was up in the most recent fiscal quarter, but Oracle hardware revenue continued a trend of double-digit declines compared to the same fiscal quarter last year.News | 18 Dec 2012

Oracle Day: A mix of Oracle career day, field trip and pep rally

Is going to Oracle Day worth the trip? If you're going for Oracle career networking, yes. But is the information useful?News | 13 Nov 2012

Oracle Unlimited License Agreement (ULA)

An Oracle Unlimited License Agreement (ULA) is an arrangement in which an enterprise pays a single up-front fee to get as many licenses as they want for a specified set of Oracle products over a fixed time frame.Definition

Is the world ready for the Oracle Cloud?

The tech world is intrigued by the new Oracle Cloud, but should you trust Oracle with your data? Lena J. Weiner examines this hot topic.News | 16 Oct 2012

Scenes from Oracle OpenWorld 2012, Day 1

Oracle OpenWorld 2012 kicked off Sunday, with most of its 50,000 attendees arriving to register, jostle in crowds, and see the first keynote.Photo Story

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Oracle OpenWorld 2012 special report

The 30th annual Oracle OpenWorld conference has 50,000 registered attendees and is packed full of sessions and keynotes on Oracle databases, applications, middleware and hardware, among other topics. OpenWorld occurs the same time as JavaOne 2012, and together the two take over a large chunk of San Francisco for the entire week.

Editors from SearchOracle.com and SearchCloudApplications.com will be at OpenWorld the whole week, capturing all the news and focusing on user sessions on Oracle Database 12c, engineered systems and other hardware, Oracle application upgrades, cloud computing and other topics.guide

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Oracle OpenWorld 2012 preview: Three questions

We asked four well-known Oracle experts three important questions about Oracle OpenWorld 2012, which is coming up next week.News | 26 Sep 2012

Oracle competition is worth a look, Collaborate attendees say

There were plenty of messages to take away from Collaborate, but one of the main ones was that Oracle third-party options should not be ignored.Oracle Revelations | 17 Apr 2013

Oracle President Mark Hurd: We don't set out to be hard to work with

Oracle President Mark Hurd knows that some customers think Oracle is hard to work with. Some have even moved to third-party support as a result.News | 10 Apr 2013

Collaborate 2013 Oracle user groups show guide

Collaborate 2013 is one of the biggest Oracle user group conferences of the year, and SearchOracle.com editors are on hand to cover it from start to finish.Collaborate 2013

Oracle competition guide

Oracle competitors and third-party providers want a piece of the Oracle ecosphere action too. Read this guide to get the lowdown.guide

How to survive an Oracle audit

Surviving an Oracle audit comes down to understanding what's being asked for, good software license management and preparation.Tip

When to use Oracle unlimited license agreements

In this video, Miro Consulting CEO Scott Rosenberg explains Oracle unlimited license agreements and how to tell if it's a good time to sign one.Video

Oracle and CedarCrestone: The third-party support battle continues

Why is third-party support popular with Oracle users? Analysts and consumers tell us why. What to take away from the Oracle-CedarCrestone case.News | 27 Sep 2012

Oracle on Itanium customers breathe sigh of relief

IT pros running Oracle on Itanium are happy Oracle will now support software on Itanium, but a crucial decision still awaits them down the road.News | 18 Sep 2012

Oracle appeals $306 million settlement in SAP-TomorrowNow lawsuit

Oracle wanted more than $2 billion in its copyright infringement lawsuit against SAP and TomorrowNow, so $306 million apparently isn't cutting it.News | 04 Sep 2012

Nadia Bendjedou pumps positivity into E-Business Suite

Bendjedou's trade secret? A very positive attitude. Read about this director of product strategy for Oracle, in Part 3: Girl in an Oracle World.Feature

Oracle competition guide

Oracle competitors and third-party providers want a piece of the Oracle ecosphere action too. Read this guide to get the lowdown.guide

Top 10 SAP versus Oracle showdowns

SAP and Oracle's feuds are legendary -- and public. Here's a list of stories from SearchOracle and SearchSAP on the two companies' epic showdowns.Feature

Faceoff: SAP HANA, a full in-memory database unlike Oracle Exalytics

SAP HANA, a fully in-memory database, allows real-time analysis of billions of rows of data -- way better than Oracle Exalytics.Faceoff

Faceoff: Oracle Exalytics, a true appliance, surpasses SAP HANA

Oracle Exalytics has backwards compatibility, innovative in-memory database features and is a true appliance, making it better than SAP HANA.Faceoff

Oracle appeals $306 million settlement in SAP-TomorrowNow lawsuit

Oracle wanted more than $2 billion in its copyright infringement lawsuit against SAP and TomorrowNow, so $306 million apparently isn't cutting it.News | 04 Sep 2012

Can SAP databases compete with Oracle?

SAP claims it wants to be the No. 2 database vendor by 2015, and it’s pushing to do so. But is its goal realistic, and what is Oracle doing about it?News | 17 Apr 2012

Business application software licensing a labyrinthine puzzle

Managing business application licensing can be like trying to navigate a maze. It is complex and ever-changing and can have huge financial implications.Feature

SAP, Oracle follow in Microsoft, Salesforce.com's footsteps with PaaS

SAP has revealed its plans for a NetWeaver-based PaaS, now word has it Oracle is readying its own for OpenWorld. Is PaaS reaching maturity?Blog | 27 Sep 2011

Is Oracle Exadata vs. SAP HANA a valid comparison?

Experts Alex Gorbachev of Pythian and John Appleby of Bluefin Solutions debate the merits of Oracle Exadata and SAP HANA.Podcast

Should legal dept. play bigger role in IT?

Gag rules, lawsuits and countersuits, complicated licenses and audits – purchasing enterprise software is increasingly enmeshed in legalese.Blog | 20 Jul 2011

McDonald’s maps out business roles for Oracle E-Business Suite users

The fast-food giant wanted make sure there weren’t any glaring separation-of-duties conflicts with its E-Business Suite implementation it had to fix.News | 11 Oct 2011

Feds reportedly investigating Oracle for bribery

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. officials are investigating Oracle for bribing foreign government officials to win business there.News | 31 Aug 2011

Are Oracle unlimited license agreements really unlimited?

Oracle’s unlimited license agreements have grown in popularity, but end users should pay close attention to the details rather than assuming that “unlimited” means unlimited.News | 20 May 2010

Oracle lays out enterprise tape library roadmap for its largest customers

Oracle executives discuss their tape archiving plans with user group of enterprise customers, pledging advances in libraries, drives and virtual tape.News | 30 Apr 2010

Understanding Oracle/VMware licensing policies

Learn about the Oracle/VMware licensing policy and why Oracle is treating VMware as soft partitioning in this tip from Oracle licensing expert Scott Rosenberg.Answer

Why doesn’t Oracle documentation contain more detail on licensing?

Not finding Oracle documentation on licensing helpful? Expert Scott Rosenberg explains why Oracle licensing documentation may not give as much detail on licensing rules and guidance as you may like.Answer

Do I need to pay extra for licenses for an Oracle Partitioning Option?

Do you have an Oracle Partitioning Option installed in your database? Learn whether you need to pay extra for licensing and how to be compliant in this tip from an Oracle licensing expert.Answer

Software license audits more difficult thanks to virtualization, multi-plexing

Software license audits are up in the downturn, as vendors look for revenue lost through waning new license sales.News | 21 Jan 2010

New Oracle compliance suite integrates with business processes

A new Oracle compliance suite, Enterprise GRC Manager, looks to integrate core business processes with a range of governance, risk and compliance issues.Article | 10 Dec 2009

Guide to Oracle virtualization licensing and support

In this guide, learn about Oracle virtualization licensing and support policies and how Oracle licensing and support for virtualization stacks up against its competition.Guide

Oracle competition guide

Oracle competitors and third-party providers want a piece of the Oracle ecosphere action too. Read this guide to get the lowdown.guide

Oracle revenue up 3%, but hardware continues slide

Oracle revenue was up in the most recent fiscal quarter, but Oracle hardware revenue continued a trend of double-digit declines compared to the same fiscal quarter last year.News | 18 Dec 2012

Oracle and CedarCrestone: The third-party support battle continues

Why is third-party support popular with Oracle users? Analysts and consumers tell us why. What to take away from the Oracle-CedarCrestone case.News | 27 Sep 2012

Feds reportedly investigating Oracle for bribery

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. officials are investigating Oracle for bribing foreign government officials to win business there.News | 31 Aug 2011

Is Oracle Exadata vs. SAP HANA a valid comparison?

Experts Alex Gorbachev of Pythian and John Appleby of Bluefin Solutions debate the merits of Oracle Exadata and SAP HANA.Podcast

Duncan Jones on licensing and maintenance trends

Duncan Jones discusses software vendors' licensing flexibility, license audits and considerations in moving applications to the cloud and mobile devices.Blog | 31 May 2011

Independent Oracle survey says: Loyalty might be waning

A recent independent Oracle survey of IT professionals, 94% of them Oracle customers, found not only some disenchantment with Oracle, but also a strong possibility of disengagement.News | 13 May 2011

One shop describes its move off Oracle on Itanium

Given Oracle’s recent announcement that it would stop software development on Itanium, one environmental services company’s decision to move to x86 Linux is timely.News | 25 Mar 2011

Oracle MySQL 5.5 eyes Windows, SQL Server

Oracle MySQL 5.5 is now generally available after coming out in beta in April. The new version is focused on grabbing some of the Windows database market away from Microsoft SQL Server.News | 15 Dec 2010

Oracle Enterprise Manager improves, still far from Big Four

Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 11g now includes management tools for Sun products, but one analyst says Enterprise Manager is too Oracle-centric to be a big player in systems management.News | 09 Nov 2010

Why Oracle users should attend Collaborate with John Matelski of IOUG

Find out why IOUG President John Matelski is excited to attend Collaborate this year and learn how Oracle users can benefit from going.Podcast

Oracle Sun hardware is not for hobbyists, by a long shot

Old Sun enthusiasts lament the way it used to be, and the way it will never be again. Oracle Sun hardware is a whole other animal.Oracle Revelations | 02 Apr 2013

Former JD Edwards employee still loves Oracle products

Jennifer Barton has worked with Oracle apps for a long time, having spent her early career with JD Edwards. Here's part two of the "Girl in an Oracle World" series.Feature

Oracle-Taleo vs. SAP-SuccessFactors: a different feel

While Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo and SAP’s SucessFactors buy were both multi-billion human capital management deals, they’re very different, experts from Constellation Research said this week.News | 16 Feb 2012

Oracle purchase of Taleo indicates rising SaaS trend

Oracle has spent $3.4 billion on Taleo and RightNow in the past few months, showing that it is serious about hosting applications in the cloud for its customers.News | 09 Feb 2012

Is the ERP software market down to three vendors?

SAP, Oracle and Salesforce are consolidating the market for SaaS applications and software buyers should be concerned.Blog | 06 Dec 2011

Kate Leggett on what the Oracle RightNow acquisition means

Kate Leggett of Forrester Research discusses the effects of Oracle’s acquisition of RightNow.Podcast

Oracle-RightNow: Expert reactions and the Cloud Services Agreement

There's plenty of reaction about Oracle's $1.4 billion acquisition of RightNow, but its impact on licensing might be the most important.Blog | 26 Oct 2011

RightNow customers concerned, curious about future with Oracle

Oracle's planned acquisition of RightNow for $1.5 billion has attendees of the RightNow customer summit wondering what the future will hold.News | 25 Oct 2011

Oracle buys FatWire Software for enterprise content management

Oracle wants to bolster its own Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software offerings with its purchase of FatWire Software.News | 21 Jun 2011

BI, collaboration lead SaaS trends

Oracle outlines Taleo roadmap, calls acquisition 'additive'

Despite some product overlap, Oracle maintains its acquisition of Taleo is complementary and will not have an impact on its Fusion roadmap. One analyst is not convinced.News | 24 Feb 2012

Oracle-Taleo vs. SAP-SuccessFactors: a different feel

While Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo and SAP’s SucessFactors buy were both multi-billion human capital management deals, they’re very different, experts from Constellation Research said this week.News | 16 Feb 2012

Oracle purchase of Taleo indicates rising SaaS trend

Oracle has spent $3.4 billion on Taleo and RightNow in the past few months, showing that it is serious about hosting applications in the cloud for its customers.News | 09 Feb 2012

A brief history of SaaS trends in the enterprise

Despite all the talk about Software as a Service (SaaS) in recent years, the idea of it in IT isn’t new.Tip

BI, collaboration lead SaaS trends

Software as a Service (SaaS) and the cloud are new to many IT pros, but they’re poised to grow in BI and collaboration, according to experts.Feature

Kate Leggett on what the Oracle RightNow acquisition means

Kate Leggett of Forrester Research discusses the effects of Oracle’s acquisition of RightNow.Podcast

Oracle-RightNow: Expert reactions and the Cloud Services Agreement

There's plenty of reaction about Oracle's $1.4 billion acquisition of RightNow, but its impact on licensing might be the most important.Blog | 26 Oct 2011

RightNow customers concerned, curious about future with Oracle

Oracle's planned acquisition of RightNow for $1.5 billion has attendees of the RightNow customer summit wondering what the future will hold.News | 25 Oct 2011

SAP, Oracle follow in Microsoft, Salesforce.com's footsteps with PaaS

SAP has revealed its plans for a NetWeaver-based PaaS, now word has it Oracle is readying its own for OpenWorld. Is PaaS reaching maturity?Blog | 27 Sep 2011

Oracle rebrands Oracle Cloud, offers few details

Oracle Cloud, first announced last fall, will include more than 100 applications, the company said this week, but the availability date and cost are still up in the air.News | 07 Jun 2012

Oracle Exalogic is the company's "cloud in a box"

Larry Ellison opened OpenWorld 2010 offering his definition of cloud, taking shots at Salesforce.com and releasing a complement to Exadata, the Oracle Exalogic "cloud in a box."News | 20 Sep 2010

Oracle's Java database continues push into embedded database market

Oracle has rolled out an all-Java open source embedded database with high availability and fault-tolerant capabilities for mission-critical applications.Article | 10 Nov 2009

Ditching Siebel for Rimini Street CRM support the right move for Enable Holdings

Two years after dropping Siebel for Rimini Street CRM support, Enable Holdings is confident it made the right decision.Article | 09 Dec 2008

Oracle database in the cloud floated at Harvard lab

A lab at Harvard Medical School is one of the first customers to test Oracle cloud computing, an initiative Oracle announced last week.Article | 01 Oct 2008

Weighing remote database administration pros and cons takes care

Remote database administration makes sense for some organizations -- and some DBAs -- according to a speaker at Collaborate.Article | 28 Apr 2008

Oracle database trends: Three questions for Rich Niemiec

Rich Niemiec identifies three major trends in the Oracle database world: grid computing, Oracle on Linux and the mixed-resource model.Article | 24 Apr 2007

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Five ways to make your offshore relationship work

SearchCIO.com columnist James Champy says there are five things to consider when deciding whether to take the offshore outsourcing plunge.News | 27 Apr 2005

Oracle: We're a better fit for Retek

After announcing a counteroffer to SAP's bid for Retek, Oracle is prepared to play the waiting game as the battle for ownership of the retail apps vendor - and stronger control of the worldwide ERP market - heats up.Article | 10 Mar 2005

EA plays the standardization game: Benefits of an Oracle environment

EA was feeling the limits of its heterogeneous shop. Read on to learn the benefits they found in implementing a standardized Oracle environment.News | 09 Oct 2012

Tracy Kleinschmidt makes Oracle applications work for her

Zebra Technologies' Tracy Kleinschmidt makes her clients' lives easier with Oracle applications. Read how she became a Girl in an Oracle World.Feature

Business process management systems pushed as game changer

What is BPM and how can it help your organization? We asked the authors of the Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Handbook to weigh in on several hot topics. Their take? Business process management is changing the world today.Feature

BPM basics: The what, why and how

Business process management (BPM) is designed to help an organization do its job better. Read this excerpt from the Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Handbook to learn the basics of BPM and its benefits.Feature

Oracle cloud migration success starts with design

Where do you start when your organization decides to undertake a migration to the cloud? Learn what needs to be considered from an excerpt of the book Migrating to the Cloud.Feature

Managing batch jobs in Oracle application environments

In this e-book, readers can learn about the history of batch processing and the various batch technologies that exist today. Learn what batch jobs are available in Oracle environments such as E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft, and find out when batch is appropriate for managing business processes, and when a more manual approach might be best.E-Book

The basics of batch in Oracle environments

Learning how to perform batch processes in all different Oracle environments is a stepping stone toward automating business processes.Tip

Oracle updates imaging and process management tools

Improved versions of Oracle’s Imaging and Process Management and Forms Recognition software helps speed and integrate business processes and improve information access.News | 15 Mar 2010

Updated PeopleSoft supply chain apps suite focuses on user productivity

Oracle relied heavily on users to help shape its PeopleSoft Enterprise Financials and Supply Chain Management 9.1 applications suite, which employs a number of Web 2.0 functions.Article | 03 Dec 2009

Oracle's Primavera PPM software plans to be showcased at OpenWorld

Believing PPM software is the next big thing, Oracle will shine a spotlight on Primavera at OpenWorld 2009.Article | 20 Aug 2009

Oracle updates, reaffirms commitment to MySQL

Speaking to a gathering of open source database users, Oracle's chief architect said the company remains committed to MySQL.News | 14 Apr 2010

Oracle New Year's resolutions, part 2: GRC tips and customer resolutions revealed

Oracle customers reveal their New Year's resolutions, and one analyst says now is the time for customers to push Oracle on GRC.Article | 19 Jan 2009

Enterprise search a key component of Oracle portal project

Personalizing the corporate portal and intuitive search capabilities were key considerations for one property management firm.Article | 05 Jun 2008

Oracle database trends: Three questions for Rich Niemiec

Rich Niemiec identifies three major trends in the Oracle database world: grid computing, Oracle on Linux and the mixed-resource model.Article | 24 Apr 2007

BI, ERP top 2007's IT spending list

New survey results place BI, ERP and CRM software high atop the list of IT spending priorities for 2007. Meanwhile, interest in SaaS and industry-specific upgrades continues to grow.Article | 05 Dec 2006

Oracle Fusion Update Center

Everything you need to know about Oracle's high-profile acquisition spree and Fusion integration plans is here in one spot.Special News Coverage

SAP gaining favor among SMBs

Microsoft may have a stranglehold in the midmarket with Dynamics, but SAP is beginning to make inroads starting with small businesses.Article | 29 Jun 2006

Replacements boosts efficiency with Oracle 10g on Linux

Replacements Ltd. is helping customers locate antique tableware more quickly than before thanks to newly implemented Oracle apps running on Red Hat Linux.Article | 31 May 2006

Guide to Oracle freeware and shareware

This list of free and low-cost tools and utilities will help Oracle DBAs and developers do your job better.Tip

Simple pricing not so easy

There's a movement afoot in the computer industry to take the complexity out of pricing. But don't jump for joy just yet. While it may be easier to understand, there's more to all this pricing simplification than meets the eye.News | 10 Feb 2005

Why Oracle users should attend Collaborate with John Matelski of IOUG

Find out why IOUG President John Matelski is excited to attend Collaborate this year and learn how Oracle users can benefit from going.Podcast

Reading the conference tea leaves with Oracle apps expert Floyd Teter

Floyd Teter, Oracle applications expert, tells us what he expects out of the 20th anniversary Collaborate conference, including news and memories.Podcast

Why Ray Wang is excited about Collaborate 2013

Find out what analyst R 'Ray' Wang of Constellation Research is most excited about regarding the upcoming 2013 Oracle Collaborate conference.Podcast

Independent Oracle Users Group celebrates 20th anniversary

Independent Oracle Users Group President John Matelski argues for the value of an Oracle users group in today's day and age.Feature

Oracle Day: A mix of Oracle career day, field trip and pep rally

Is going to Oracle Day worth the trip? If you're going for Oracle career networking, yes. But is the information useful?News | 13 Nov 2012

OAUG President Mark Clark describes two major Oracle applications challenges

Oracle Applications Users Group President Mark Clark talks about two major Oracle applications challenges: upgrades and finding talent.Video

Book excerpt: Effective MySQL Backup and Recovery

As a DBA, you need to create an effective strategy. How? Read this excerpt from Ronald Bradford's 'Effective MySQL: Backup and Recovery' to find out.Excerpt

Where to look for Oracle DBA learning materials

Readers ask SearchOracle.com expert Brian Peasland where they can find learning materials for becoming a better Oracle database administrator.Answer

A Girl in an Oracle World

The Girl in an Oracle World series celebrates women in technology by examining the careers of three prominent female Oracle pros.series

Former JD Edwards employee still loves Oracle products

Jennifer Barton has worked with Oracle apps for a long time, having spent her early career with JD Edwards. Here's part two of the "Girl in an Oracle World" series.Feature