Bank of England Oracle Cloud bill balloons – but when you print money, who's counting? Old Lady of Threadneedle Street to pay millions for 'amended implementation methodology' Databases17 Feb 2025 | 9
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 63
Oracle makes Fusion apps available on EU Sovereign Cloud GDPR-compliant service pitched for public sector orgs who can't pipe data offsite PaaS + IaaS11 Feb 2025 | 3
Already three years late, NHS finance system replacement delayed again Project to swap out Oracle E-Business Suite gets another red rating from projects watchdog Applications11 Feb 2025 | 22
Veterans Affairs reboots Oracle health records project for $330M Concerns around unfixed problems remain after system resulted in harm to some 150 patients Databases06 Feb 2025 | 12
Oracle starts laying mines in JavaScript trademark battle Big Red accused of stalling or derailing legal fight by challenging fraud claim Software05 Feb 2025 | 82
Mega city council's Oracle finance fix faces further delays Third-party software sticking plaster expected six months late Databases03 Feb 2025 | 39
Only 1 in 10 Oracle Java users want to stay with Big Red Fallout continues from per-employee licensing shift in 2023, survey finds Software29 Jan 2025 | 38
Oracle finance system at Europe's largest city council still falls short 2.5 years later Auditors find solution design 'was not fully resolved' when it went live in 2022 Databases29 Jan 2025 | 22
UK council selling the farm (and the fire station) to fund ballooning Oracle project West Sussex helplessly watches price tag go from £2.6M to 'oh my God' Databases27 Jan 2025 | 140
Oracle emits 603 patches, names one it wants you to worry about soon Old flaws that keep causing trouble haunt Big Red Patches23 Jan 2025 |
Oracle open source overlord calls it quits, leaves with big ol' pile of shares 38-year veteran Edward Screven led technology and architecture decisions since Sun merger Databases14 Jan 2025 | 5
Mitel 0-day, 5-year-old Oracle RCE bug under active exploit 3 CVEs added to CISA's catalog Security08 Jan 2025 | 4
It's been 20 years since Oracle bought two software rivals, changing the market forever Feature After lawsuits and poison pills, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards failed to resist the lure of Larry's ambition Databases02 Jan 2025 | 20
Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did Opinion 2024's Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor Bootnotes01 Jan 2025 | 116
London's Met Police seeks business services, ERP refresh in £370M deal Contract could be worth a cool £1 billion if associated organizations join Databases17 Dec 2024 | 9
Oracle gets Big Red reality check after financials fail to impress Strong year ends with a dip, but Ellison signs Meta deal to boost AI cred Databases10 Dec 2024 | 4
Europe's largest local authority settles on ERP budget 5x original estimate Schools taken out of scope, but £108M plan still dwarfs initial £20M Public Sector06 Dec 2024 | 46
Oracle's Java price hikes push CIOs to brew new licensing strategies Users could save 50% with open source alternatives, says expert Software02 Dec 2024 | 43
Swedish authorities probe Oracle Cerner health record rollout $190 million project under scrutiny after reported failures PaaS + IaaS27 Nov 2024 | 11
Kill Oracle's 'JavaScript' trademark, Deno asks USPTO Petition claims database titan maintained its mark by making a fraudulent claim Software26 Nov 2024 | 56
RHEL 9.5 debuts alongside AlmaLinux, Rocky, and Oracle updates Plus, soon you'll be able to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a supported option under WSL OSes25 Nov 2024 | 16
Europe's largest local authority slammed for 'poorest' ERP rollout ever Government-appointed commissioners say Birmingham severely lacked Oracle skills during disastrous implementation Databases08 Nov 2024 | 73
Users struggle with recipe when moving enterprise apps to the cloud From meatballs and spaghetti to lasagna – same ingredients, different structure, says analyst Databases05 Nov 2024 | 8
Workday beats Oracle and Microsoft in UK 'Matrix' ERP deal The SaaS-only provider and Cognizant snag £144.3M in gov software shake-up Databases08 Oct 2024 | 8
Fresh court filing accuses Oracle of creating 'maze' of options 'hidden' in 'contract' Big Red says claims are baseless and wants case thrown out SaaS02 Oct 2024 | 33
Oracle settles customer NetSuite dispute out of court Allegations of fraud and unfair business practices dismissed after private mediation Databases30 Sep 2024 | 3
IBM and Oracle to support 280,000 users after winning mega ERP govt tech contract Pair of industry giants set to take on £711M upgrade supporting four UK departments Public Sector27 Sep 2024 | 38
Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs Systems26 Sep 2024 | 5
Europe's largest city council: Oracle ERP allocated £2B in transactions to wrong year Workers forced to manually correct setup that struggles to produce auditable accounts after customizations Databases20 Sep 2024 | 51
Oracle brews Java 23 for just-in-time delivery Predictably paced programming language plods onward Software17 Sep 2024 | 4
Oracle urged again to give up JavaScript trademark If there's one thing we know about Big Red, it's being entirely reasonable Software17 Sep 2024 | 56
Desktop hypervisors are like buses: None for ages, then four at once VirtualBox, Parallels, and VMware have all upgraded Virtualization17 Sep 2024 | 24
Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line Cops to citizens will be 'on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting' AI + ML16 Sep 2024 | 52
As Oracle's AWS deal completes Big 3 triumvirate, questions remain over licensing Analysis Some users will see the appeal of Big Red stacking its hardware in Amazon's datacenters Databases13 Sep 2024 | 21
Oracle boasts zettascale 'AI supercomputer,' just don’t ask about precision Comment Cluster of 131,072 Blackwell GPUs up for grabs starting H1 2025 Systems11 Sep 2024 | 8
Oracle wants to power 1GW datacenter with trio of tiny nuclear reactors Isn't saying how much they'll cost or when they'll fire up Off-Prem11 Sep 2024 | 22
Oracle reports rising top line as it hooks up database service to AWS Plus: CTO Larry says Big Red uses hardware 'efficiently' but 'labor sparingly because labor is a security risk' Databases10 Sep 2024 | 4
SQL king Larry Ellison becomes sequel sultan with controlling interest in Paramount Global Oh, great: another tech billionaire owns a media company – although his son probably runs the show Offbeat06 Sep 2024 | 39
City council faces £216.5M loss over Oracle system debacle Europe's largest local authority canceled expected savings baked into financial plans Databases20 Aug 2024 | 107
Superclusters too big, but single servers too small? Oracle offers AI Goldilocks zone Adds L40 bare metal option to the O-Cloud, plus A100 and H100 VMs. And teases a GH200 beast PaaS + IaaS01 Aug 2024 | 1
Desktop hypervisors are not dead: Oracle preps major VirtualBox update Solaris support persists and support for Armed Macs improves VMware Explore30 Jul 2024 | 29
Oracle's Java pricing brews bitter taste, subscribers spill over to OpenJDK Following licensing changes, 86% of users head for the door. Coincidence? SaaS25 Jul 2024 | 113
Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away Big Red agrees not to capture personal details after two-year class action Security22 Jul 2024 | 6
Google, Oracle, Microsoft make their case for VMware migrations – HPE on the outer? New instance types and discounts galore, and Broadcom all smiles as its preferred licensing finds more friends VMware Explore22 Jul 2024 | 6
Europe's largest council could face £12M manual audit bill after Oracle project disaster Thank goodness for pen and paper. Re-implemented system might not arrive until March 2026, four years after initial roll-out Public Sector18 Jul 2024 | 39
Mega-city's Oracle system won't have effective cash management until 2025 Birmingham, Europe's largest local authority, plans to reimplement software years after it replaced SAP Databases17 Jul 2024 | 25
Latest MySQL release is underwhelming, say some DB experts Updated Oracle's priorities may lie elsewhere but it is unfair to say all innovation can go in community edition, reckons analyst Databases16 Jul 2024 | 13
Palantir, Oracle cosy up to offer Karp firm's tech across Big Red's cloud Foundry and AI plaform available in OCI Databases11 Jul 2024 | 2
Brit council gives Oracle another £10M for professional services amid ERP fallout Birmingham struggles to get current version of Fusion fit for purpose Public Sector08 Jul 2024 | 56
Oracle releases experimental next-gen kernel build UEK-next is bleeding edge – unlike most CentOS-alikes OSes05 Jul 2024 | 16
What do CTOs hate most about GenAI? Tool changes that break stuff With so many DB vendors to choose from, our vulture claws over the bewildering choices Databases01 Jul 2024 | 4
Oracle fears US TikTok ban will dent its cloud profits Dance! Dance for me! PaaS + IaaS25 Jun 2024 | 5
Oracle Java license teams set to begin targeting Oracle users who don't think they use Oracle IP address of downloads offers crumb trail to orgs who should be ready for Big Red, says licensing expert Software20 Jun 2024 | 62
Let's take a look at Oracle's love and hate relationship with open source software Opinion All businesses use FOSS now, but Big Red never been entirely comfortable with it Software14 Jun 2024 | 11
Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M Analysis In this slightly more private era, your data ain't as profitable as it once was Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 25
Microsoft extends Azure into Oracle cloud to satisfy OpenAI Big Red has also cuddled up to Google's cloud and made the transition to high-growth off-prem business Off-Prem12 Jun 2024 | 3
Oracle Java police start knocking on Fortune 200's doors for first time Expansion of compliance activity follows per-employee licensing change Software10 Jun 2024 | 80
7-year-old Oracle WebLogic bug under active exploitation Experts say Big Red will probably re-release patch in an upcoming cycle Malware Month06 Jun 2024 | 6
GNU Compiler Collection 15 ushers Xeon Phi and Solaris 11.3 to silicon heaven Remember Intel's 'Larrabee' many-core Pentium-based GPU? GCC doesn't OSes23 May 2024 | 5
Brit council fumbles Oracle Fusion launch, leaving SAP to die another day More than four years after procurement began, authority has no go-live date Databases23 May 2024 | 46
Lords of May-hem: Seven signs it is Oracle's year end Feature How to handle sales pressure and licensing 'negotiations' to make sure it plays to your advantage Databases17 May 2024 | 35