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Corporate Tango: HP Drops Lawsuit Against Hurd
Hurd will be working full time for Oracle and, since Oracle and HP are closely aligned, the two companies will be strategic partners, says Chris Preimesberger
Oracle Rolls Out MySQL 5.5 Release Candidate
MySQL Server and InnoDB have been enhanced to improve performance and scalability when running on the latest multi-CPU and multi-core systems
Oracle’s Exalogic Targets Amazon Web Services
Oracle's new offering for private clouds features Oracle's own virtual machine technology and two guest operating systems – Solaris and Linux
eWEEK Readers: Hurd Instinct Threatens HP
Our poll says Mark Hurd's job is to steal HP users, for his best buddy Larry. Next: tell us your favourite browser
EMC’s New Services For Private Cloud Deployments
EMC is offering improved efficiency and reduced costs when creating Oracle-based virtualised cloud environments to deploy business applications
Hurd To Get Nearly $1 Million Salary From Oracle
Former HP CEO Mark Hurd will get $950,000 salary, and up to a $10 million bonus, if Oracle beats HP's lawsuit
Oracle Is Making A Statement By Hiring Mark Hurd
Oracle is deadly serious about competing with both HP and IBM at the highest levels for enterprise IT systems business
Oracle Updates Solaris And Adds New Toolkit
Oracle has released a new version of Solaris, the core operating system it inherited when it bought Sun Microsystems
HP Sues Former CEO Hurd Over Oracle Job
HP is not happy that former CEO Mark Hurd has joined Oracle, and is now suing him in order to stop him taking the position
Oracle Hires Hurd As President
Hurd is to take on the role of co-president of Oracle, following the resignation of Charles Phillips
Oracle In Talks With Former HP CEO, Mark Hurd
Mark Hurd, the former CEO of HP who left amid claims of sexual harassment, is reportedly in talks with Oracle
Rich Internet Applications: The Next Corporate Frontier
Rich Internet Applications could be the next corporate development frontier, but developers must consider the security implications, says Larry Seltzer
Oracle Takes Aim At VMware
Oracle is taking on a more aggressive virtualisation stance against the better-established competition
Google Vows ‘Strong Defence’ Against Oracle Lawsuit
Google has pledged to "strongly defend" open-source standards and protect its Android operating system from Oracle's patent infringement lawsuit
Oracle Axes OpenSolaris Development
The company will no longer allow open source developers to participate in the development of Solaris, according to an internal email
Java Creator Admits ‘No Surprise’ Over Android Lawsuit
Java creator James Gosling has admitted he is not surprised at Oracle's lawsuit against Google over claims that Android OS breaks Java patents
Google Suit: Now We Know What Java Means To Oracle
Friday 13th could be a very unlucky day for Java, whatever the outcome of Oracle's lawsuit, says Peter Judge
Oracle Sues Google Over Android’s Java
Oracle claims that Google's Android OS breaks the Java patents it acquired from Sun
IBM Ends Legal Tussle With Oracle Over Employee
IBM has dropped its effort to stop a former Big Blue employee from joining rival Oracle
Oracle SPARC Server Road Map Holds Promise
Oracle executives are finally talking about plans for the high-end Sun SPARC servers. Now they need to execute on those plans, analysts say
Oracle Outlines SPARC And Solaris Road Maps
Oracle officials say Solaris 11 will arrive in 2011, and SPARC performance will at least double every other year until 2015
Oracle Boss Ellison Slams HP Over Hurd’s Exit
HP's firing of CEO Mark Hurd was the worst IT corporate decision since Apple fired Steve Jobs, said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
Report Points To Tough Times In Server Industry
According to a survey by TheInfoPro, spending on servers will continue to be slow in 2010
Larry Ellison Named Highest Paid Executive Of Public Company
Larry Ellison is named the highest-paid executive of the past decade of a public company
Oracle And the Cloud’s Lead Lining
The cloud could do a lot more for users who understand how to work with licensing schemes which can limit it, says Martin Mutch of Rocela
Surprise Survey Says MySQL And Java Will Prosper At Oracle
Despite widespread concern over Oracle's acquisition of Sun, a survey has actually found renewed interest in Java and faster growth of MySQL
Oracle Readies Huge Security Update
Oracle is readying a massive security update that will contain 59 security patches, including 13 for its database products.
Oracle Beefs Up Sun Storage
Powerful new cluster-type systems feature gateway deduplication, DTrace analytics, inline data compression and Fibre Channel protocol support
Oracle Updates x86 Data Centre Stack
Oracle's Sun Fire x86 systems data centre stack brings new hardware, including Intel-powered blade servers