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Oracle Appeals Pentagon JEDI Contract Exclusion
‘JEDI suffers from corruption of a high order’ thunders Oracle as it appeals lower court ruling over its exclusion from the cloud contract
Oracle To Hire 2,000 For Cloud Business Expansion
Aggressive rollout of cloud business to new global locations will entail the hiring of nearly 2,000 additional workers
Oracle, VMware Reach Agreement For Hybrid Cloud, Tech Support
Partnership expanded to cover VMware workloads on Oracle Cloud, and tech support for Oracle products on VMware
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd Takes Medical Leave Of Absence
Former CEO of HP is to take leave of absence for unexplained medical treatment, as Oracle financials miss expectations
Pentagon Puts JEDI Cloud Project On Hold After Trump Criticism
After Trump alleges ‘tremendous complaints’ about lucrative cloud contract, Pentagon put JEDI project on hold
Microsoft In The Lead As Cloud Software Market Hits $100bn
Annual sales of cloud software hit £79bn with long-established software vendors dominating the top five, but cloud-native firms showing the strongest growth
Microsoft, Oracle Partner For Cloud Push At AWS
One time bitter rivals Microsoft and Oracle agree to make their cloud services work together
Oracle Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs Amidst Cloud Confusion
Company reportedly sheds staff in the US and China as it struggles to compete with top cloud players
US Supreme Court Seeks Trump’s Input On Oracle’s Android Lawsuit
Trump administration views on Oracle’s Android lawsuit against Google sought by Supreme Court
Oracle Warns Users Of Critical Security Flaws
The firm fixed nearly 300 bugs across its products, saying many were at risk of being actively exploited
Oracle Results Miss Expectations As Cloud Growth Slows
Software giant blames currency fluctuations for weaker than expected financial results
Oracle Goes Live With Cloud Blockchain Platform
The Blockchain Cloud Service is already in use for tracking international shipments, keeping tamper-proof records and simplifying funds transfers
Oracle Promises Arrival Of More Blockchain Products
May will see arrival of more Oracle products utilising Blockchain digital-ledger tech
Serious Oracle Access Manager Vulnerability Patched
Oracle patches a serious vulnerability that could allow an attacker to impersonate arbitrary users (even admins)
Top Cloud Infrastructure Vendors Set To Take Lion’s Share Of Market
The growing dominance of a few cloud infrastructure players could put pressure on enterprises, argues Gartner
Oracle Buys Security Startup Zenedge To Boost Cloud Platform
Zenedge is to expand Oracle’s already strong cloud security range, following plans to build a dozen new data centres worldwide
Oracle CEO Urges Enterprises To Ditch Data Centers And Move To Cloud
Mark Hurd said too much choice has produced complex and costly data centers that should be replaced by cloud systems
Oracle Issues Patches For Spectre & Meltdown Flaws
More patching for system administrators as Oracle releases 237 fixes to counter Spectre, Meltdown flaws
Tales in Tech History: Oracle
The house that Larry built. Oracle is the creation of one of the IT industry’s most colourful characters, Larry Ellison
Tech Quiz Of The Week: What Do You Know About Oracle?
ORACLE OPENWORLD: What do you know about the software house Larry built?
Java 9 Debuts With Jigsaw Modular Approach At JavaOne
The long, slow process of building new Java releases is getting a major overhaul in Java 9 as project Jigsaw finally lands
Slack Teams With Oracle On Enterprise-Grade Chatbots
ORACLE OPENWORLD: Deal could help $1bn startup Slack compete with Microsoft and Facebook in the enterprise-grade messaging market
Oracle Unleashes Cloud Blockchain Service And New AI Apps & Tools
ORACLE OPENWORLD: Oracle CEO Mark Hurd doubles down on cloud with enterprise Blockchain platform, AI applications and AI developer too
Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud Can Patch And Adjust Itself
ORACLE OPENWORLD: Oracle CTO Larry Ellison details self-tuning, self-protecting cloud database and how customers can save money compared to AWS
Oracle Diary: Oracle ‘Simplifies’ Cloud Pricing With Licence Mobility & Universal Credits
ORACLE NEWS: Oracle promises its new pricing models will make it cheaper to move to the cloud without sacrificing features
Oracle Proposes Java SE Release Cycle Change
More speed vicar? Oracle proposes to dramatically increase the release cycle tempo of Java SE
Oracle Considers Handing Java EE Over To Open Source Foundation
Oracle says it will still participate in development, but thinks Java EE would be better off under open source leadership
Oracle Expands Cloud For Customer Data Centres With PaaS, SaaS
Oracle’s public cloud within a customer data centre gains SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services
Oracle Launches Government Cloud For UK Public Sector
Follows on from plans to build three new London data centres by the end of the year