Oracle staff share news of sizable layoffs CX and marketing teams seem to have borne the brunt of it On-Prem02 Aug 2022 | 13
Computer glitches harmed 'nearly 150' patients after Oracle Cerner system go-live Problems with the October 2020 veterans’ hospital software launch being fixed quickly, promises Oracle Software27 Jul 2022 | 40
Oracle to hike support fees in line with inflation US looks forward to 8% increase while consumer prices spike around the globe Applications25 Jul 2022 | 15
Oracle, Microsoft agree to shared custody of your workloads in the cloud Larry gets your database, while Satya will take your apps PaaS + IaaS20 Jul 2022 | 15
Java SE 6 and 7 devs weigh their options as support ends Decade-old SDKs also among targets for license audits Software20 Jul 2022 | 12
Google, Oracle clouds still affected by UK heatwave Some hard disks appear to have cooked, along with bit barn designers' best laid plans Off-Prem20 Jul 2022 | 22
Google, Oracle cloud servers wilt in UK heatwave, take down websites Clouds burst as nation hits 40C Off-Prem19 Jul 2022 | 66
TikTok's chief security officer steps aside, thanks to Oracle move Takes up advisory role that might leave time to play with parent company's homebrew cloudy SmartNICs CSO18 Jul 2022 |
Oracle agrees to settle class action over cloud sales tactics for $17.5m Big Red denies any malpractice in relation to alleged 'coercive' product boosts Legal13 Jul 2022 | 3
Oracle planning sovereign cloud regions for the EU Specialized infrastructure for the political bloc will help users deal with GDPR data laws PaaS + IaaS13 Jul 2022 | 5
'Unbreakable' Oracle Linux 9 is a RHEL rebuild with built-in Btrfs support Red Hat dropped the file system in 7.4 but Big Red's own kernel has kept hold OSes12 Jul 2022 | 17
Oracle seeks $1b savings, staff prepare for layoffs Operating profit crashed 28% in Big Red's fiscal 2022 Software11 Jul 2022 | 10
Florida man accused of selling fake, broken Cisco devices from China to hospitals, schools, military Plus, Oracle reportedly mulling laying off staff to cut costs by up to $1b Networks08 Jul 2022 | 26
Oracle 12.1 users warned as mainstream support ends in July 12.1 friends without benefits as database pros question LTR with Oracle 12.2 Databases08 Jul 2022 | 3
FedEx signals 'zero mainframe, zero datacenter' operations by 2024 Going completely cloud-native will save it $400m a year, CIO estimates On-Prem05 Jul 2022 | 35
Welsh council extends contract for Oracle EBS 12.1 as it waits for Fusion Delays risk accounting and government compliance, documents reveal PaaS + IaaS29 Jun 2022 | 1
Oracle lands London council deal for £12m ERP project Evosys bags £2m in bid to replace SAP at Borough of Waltham Forest PaaS + IaaS27 Jun 2022 | 4
Oracle shrinks on-prem cloud offering in both size and cost Now we can squeeze required boxes into a smaller datacenter footprint, says Big Red Systems23 Jun 2022 | 2
Oracle sued by one of its own gold-level Partners of the Year over government IT contract We want $56 million, systems integrator tells court On-Prem16 Jun 2022 | 6
HPE ordered to pay Oracle $30m for Solaris IP infringement Years long case closes after three-week jury trial, HPE considering next step Legal15 Jun 2022 | 5
Oracle cloud growth up 19% but it's still a market minnow Acquisition of health data specialist Cerner adds $15.8b to Big Red's debt SaaS14 Jun 2022 | 1
Oracle plans US database for electronic health records Based in the Big Red cloud, the system will suck up records from hospitals and physicians, says CTO Larry Ellison Databases10 Jun 2022 | 18
Oracle closes $28.3b Cerner buy amid warnings of commercial challenges Database titan 'does not buy companies and then lowers costs' Software08 Jun 2022 | 5
UK Home Office awards Oracle a deal extension worth tens of millions Fellow travelers in the Whitehall shared services journey await their SaaS move SaaS07 Jun 2022 | 5
We have bigger targets than beating Oracle, say open source DB pioneers Advocates for MySQL and PostgreSQL see broader future for movement they helped create Databases25 May 2022 | 12
Oracle really does owe HPE $3b after Supreme Court snub Appeal petition as doomed as the Itanic chips at the heart of decade-long drama Databases17 May 2022 | 59
Judge agrees damages model in Oracle cloud class-action Link between compliance and sales appeared to boost cloud performance in case disputed by Big Red Legal11 May 2022 | 7
BT wins £26m extension on NI Oracle finance system project Updated UK IT service provider sees contract value more than double 20 years after first work on system Networks06 May 2022 | 4
Twitter buyout: Larry Ellison bursts into Elon's office, slaps $1b down on the desk With funding from database billionaire, will Oracle-style licensing follow? $50k per like? $1m for 420-character limit? Personal Tech05 May 2022 | 82
Oracle offers migration path for Solaris 10 apps To Solaris 11.4, rather than somewhere more cloudy and less Sunny OSes02 May 2022 | 14
Oracle to release on-prem software usage tools to prep cloud switch Experts advise caution in sharing data with Big Red – it could be used in license audits Databases25 Apr 2022 | 13
Oracle users fail to get that moving apps to cloud means business transformation – Gartner Analyst house warns of unrealistic expectations moving Big Red’s enterprise workhorses to SaaS SaaS22 Apr 2022 | 20
Oracle contracts and pricing a 'challenge', says Gartner While heaping praise on Big Red, analysts find room to criticize licensing, negotiations, and integration Databases21 Apr 2022 | 6
Oracle already wins 'crypto bug of the year' with Java digital signature bypass Whole new meaning for zero consequences Security20 Apr 2022 | 47
What will help enterprises meet sustainability goals? Algorithms, says Oracle If you want to retain customers, Big Red recommends putting AI in charge AI + ML20 Apr 2022 | 3
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys 11.4% stake in HP Even notoriously tech averse stock market gambler can't resist piece of pandemic-boosted PC extravaganza Systems07 Apr 2022 | 14
Oracle adds autoML to its MySQL HeatWave service As with analytics, so with ML – we're keeping everything in the box, says Big Red SaaS29 Mar 2022 | 1
Oracle releases Java JDK 18 with enhanced source code documentation Short-term release includes Simple Web Server, pattern matching for switch expressions, and more Software23 Mar 2022 | 13
Oracle's compliance cops now include Java in license audits Paid-for subs introduced three years ago now getting attention from Big Red's management services team Software22 Mar 2022 | 31
Verified asset management tools help speed Oracle audits Too bad they don't help customers achieve a position on compliance Databases21 Mar 2022 | 1
Openness of Oracle licensing and audit tools questioned Verified third-party tools do not guarantee compliance position Databases17 Mar 2022 | 34
Oracle sees automation opportunity in healthcare following pandemic Doctor Ellison says big wins in the sector influenced decision to buy health records outfit Cerner Databases11 Mar 2022 | 5
Azure pulls in front of AWS in public cloud adoption It's close as Microsoft finds favor with surveyed enterprise IT pros Off-Prem09 Mar 2022 | 13
Standardizing limits to license hikes for minor software tweaks Toward a globally recognized standard for understanding business technology assets Software09 Mar 2022 | 3
SAP continues to support Russian customers Oracle and Microsoft remain silent on involvement in existing installations Software07 Mar 2022 | 17
DBAs massively over-provision Oracle to protect themselves: Microsoft Cloud migrations can therefore be cost-effective, even with Big Red’s nasty licenses Databases07 Mar 2022 | 33
Oracle creates new form of free Solaris To keep FOSS developers and non-commercial users (almost) caught up with continuous release cadence OSes04 Mar 2022 | 40
Oracle, SAP suspend business in Russia amid invasion As Moscow tries to retain IT talent with military exemption, a three-year tax suspension for biz SaaS02 Mar 2022 | 16
EU cuts off key Russian banks from SWIFT system State-owned Sberbank's software contracts under scrutiny Software02 Mar 2022 | 64
Desperately seeking SaaS: English council to replace Oracle R12 Big Red product to become more unstable, unreliable, and less secure after 20 years' use Databases01 Mar 2022 | 9
Scottish universities launch £42m ERP tender Framework deal to cut across software, services and systems integration Databases23 Feb 2022 | 8
Expect sales reps' calls if IT wants to ditch Oracle Licensing and compliance issues advisor spills the beans Databases15 Feb 2022 | 23
US DoJ gets more time to consider Oracle-Cerner merger Big Red must wait to gets its teeth into health records giant Software14 Feb 2022 |
Teradata: Public cloud sales soar from low base, majority of business still on-prem Perpetual software and hardware licenses dive in Q4, consultancy withers on vine Databases08 Feb 2022 |
Oracle Linux appears somewhere unexpected: The Windows Store A familiar face in an unfamiliar place OSes02 Feb 2022 | 18
Former Oracle execs warn that Big Red's auditing process is also a 'sales enablement tool' 'Most of it – if not all of it – really amounts to fear, uncertainty and doubt' Databases25 Jan 2022 | 51
Support specialist Rimini Street found in contempt of court for continued Oracle copyright infringements It took two years for Big Red to find five breaches Legal14 Jan 2022 | 12
Another day, another ERP project behind schedule: This time it's Norfolk County Council and an Oracle system Cost of over-run was unknown, but won't be as bad as delays at other authorities, council document claims Databases11 Jan 2022 | 21
Nottingham University awards cloud finance and HR deal in £29.75m deal 2.5 years after Unit4 upgrade Updated Meanwhile, search for service partner stalls after early engagement over possible £80m contract PaaS + IaaS21 Dec 2021 | 14
Diagnosis confirmed: Oracle has a case of healthcare cravings, bought Cerner for $28.3bn as the cure Deal will see Cerner's systems shifted to the Big Red Cloud and medicos given hands-free voice interface Applications21 Dec 2021 | 11
Cerner, a company that scooped more than £100m in NHS deals in a year, is in Oracle's crosshairs Updated Big Red targets health records specialist Cerner in $30bn takeover bid Databases17 Dec 2021 | 8
US Government Accountability Office explains why it sustained Microsoft's protests over $10bn NSA contract Not so much JEDI lightsabers, more magic WANDS Off-Prem15 Dec 2021 | 6