Oracle

European customers report Oracle Cloud identity outage, Big Red is silent

DownDetector reported problems for about 6 hours

PaaS + IaaS19 May 2025 | 17

Users advised to review Oracle Java use as Big Red's year end approaches

International Java sales operation and the prospects of audits per-employee license model make the move to open source irresistible

Software09 May 2025 | 27

Oracle hopes talk of cloud data theft dies off. CISA just resurrected it for Easter

Some in the infosec world definitely want to see Big Red crucified

CSO18 Apr 2025 | 6

The Reg translates the letter in which Oracle kinda-sorta tells customers it was pwned

TL;DR: Move along, still nothing to see here - an idea that leaves infosec pros aghast

Cyber-crime10 Apr 2025 | 28

Oracle says its cloud was in fact compromised

Reliability, honesty, accuracy. And then there's this lot

PaaS + IaaS08 Apr 2025 | 37

Oracle's masterclass in breach comms: Deny, deflect, repeat

Opinion Fallout shows how what you say must be central to disaster planning

Disaster Recovery Week02 Apr 2025 | 12

Oracle faces Texas-sized lawsuit over alleged cloud snafu and radio silence

Victims expect to spend considerable time and money over privacy incident, lawyers argue

PaaS + IaaS02 Apr 2025 | 9

Specsavers takes off the Oracle glasses, sees better ERP options

£5M in savings? Should've gone to third-party support

PaaS + IaaS02 Apr 2025 | 34

Oracle Cloud security SNAFU latest: IT giant accused of pedantry as evidence scrubbed

1990s incident response in 2025

PaaS + IaaS31 Mar 2025 | 8

There are 10,000 reasons to doubt Oracle Cloud's security breach denial

Customers come forward claiming info was swiped from prod

Cyber-crime25 Mar 2025 | 43

Oracle Cloud says it's not true someone broke into its login servers and stole data

Despite evidence to the contrary as alleged pilfered info goes on sale

Cyber-crime23 Mar 2025 | 29

Big Red, Microsoft roll out Azure database services for more mainstream Oracle users

Enterprise Edition to be offered on OCI inside Redmond's cloud

Databases20 Mar 2025 | 1

SoftBank buys server-grade Arm silicon designer Ampere Computing

Japanese tech investor expects its own hyperscalers and e-com giants to collaborate, which could take a bite out of x86 market

On-Prem20 Mar 2025 | 6

Oracle JDK 24 appears in rare alignment of version and feature count

The 24 JDK Enhancement Proposals in Java 24 represent a stochastic sign

Applications18 Mar 2025 | 8

City council rejects inquiry into £130M Oracle IT disaster

Opposition faults leadership as officers accused of misleading councillors

Databases13 Mar 2025 | 62

Europe's largest council kept auditors in the dark on Oracle rollout fiasco for 10 months

It took a whistleblower to expose disastrous ERP go-live

Databases11 Mar 2025 | 61

Oracle yet to sign a Stargate contract or predict revenue from AI mega-build

Guessed tax obligations wrong which helped to disappoint Wall Street even as sales boomed

Off-Prem11 Mar 2025 | 4

Oracle outage hits US Federal health records systems

Big Red pushes restart button after users locked out of apps across Veterans Affairs hospitals, other govt departments

Databases07 Mar 2025 | 16

How mega city council's failure to act on Oracle rollout crashed its financial controls

Missing assessments, hidden caveats, and overoptimism all contributed to fateful decision, auditors find

PaaS + IaaS27 Feb 2025 | 37

Mega council officers had no idea what they were buying ahead of Oracle fiasco

Lack of skills left Birmingham officials unable to challenge suppliers and with a system incapable of managing finances

Databases25 Feb 2025 | 114

DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project

Updated Systems integrator secured 'variation' just before mega SAP migration put on hold

Databases20 Feb 2025 | 43

Oracle extends 19c database support to 2032, making it 'longest strategic release'

Meanwhile, on-prem version of 23ai remains uncertain

Databases18 Feb 2025 | 3

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 | 26

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 | 69

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 | 24

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 | 78

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 | 39

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 | 23

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