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Oracle to offer free database

October 29, 2005 Database giant looks to muscle into low-end database market and compete better against open source. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Innobase InnoDB, Oracle Application Server 10g, database, MySQL, Oracle Database, open source, free version, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Oracle urges customers to apply critical update

January 18, 2005 Latest patch for the company's database and Web applications closes almost two dozen security holes. TAGS: Oracle Corp., flaw, Web application, patch management, software company, database, server, security

Oracle to push out 51 patches

October 15, 2007 Update includes fixes for 27 vulnerabilities in Oracle Database, five of which may be exploited remotely without authentication. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Oracle Database, flaw, authentication, vulnerability, patch management, fix, database

Oracle Database XE hits market

February 28, 2006 Company announces the general release of Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, a free version of its database software. TAGS: Oracle Database, Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Corp., database software, database

Oracle releases mobile database

January 10, 2005 Oracle releases update of its mobile database, which is used to connect to corporate information stored on Oracle database servers. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Oracle Database Server, Oracle Database, Sybase Inc., database server, database, server

Oracle, VMware to announce partnership

December 9, 2004 Oracle, VMware team up on deal linking database and software. TAGS: VMware, Oracle Corp., EMC Corp., database, server

Oracle to be more selective in patch development

April 18, 2007 Instead of offering fixes systematically, company will provide fixes for uncommon operating system and application combinations on request. TAGS: Oracle Corp., database software, fix, combination, database, security, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft: SQL Server licensing to win Oracle customers

November 15, 2007 Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp., server

Oracle plugs into Windows Server system

February 22, 2006 Oracle creates add-ons to manage mixed Microsoft and Oracle networks. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Server System, Oracle Corp., Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Server, database, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Oracle plugs 51 security flaws

January 17, 2007 As part of its quarterly patch cycle, company on Tuesday released fixes for vulnerabilities that affect many of its software products. TAGS: Oracle Corp., fix, software product, database, vulnerability, security

Attack code out for Oracle database

April 21, 2006 Computer code takes advantage of one of dozens of flaws Oracle provided fixes for this week. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Oracle Database, Symantec Corp., database

Database flaws more risky than thought

December 23, 2004 Newly released details of flaws found earlier in Oracle and IBM databases have some security firms worried. TAGS: flaw, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., database, security

Oracle debuts financial analytics package

June 1, 2005 Database giant releases a new set of financial analytics tools aimed at helping businesses sort data from multiple applications. TAGS: Oracle Corp., database

Oracle sweeps up Siebel

September 13, 2005 Siebel's 12 years of independence comes to an end in the form of a $5.8 billion buyout. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Salesforce.com Inc., buyout, acquisition, Marc Benioff, database company, Newsmaker, CRM, CEO, software company, merger, database

Oracle wants to rein in database admins

April 26, 2006 Security software aims to prevent database administrators from accessing sensitive stored data. TAGS: Oracle Corp., database, database company, database administrator, Oracle Database, IBM Corp., backup, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle, Zend deliver beta of scripting tool

August 30, 2005 Tool is designed to make it easier to write database applications with the PHP scripting language. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., Oracle Corp., scripting language, PHP, beta, IBM Corp., Web application, Java, database

Oracle readies second grid database

June 20, 2005 The database heavyweight builds in better security, management and support for XML for updated Oracle 10g database. TAGS: Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle Corp., database, Gartner Inc., management, IBM Corp., XML, server, Microsoft Corp., security

Oracle shifts multicore licensing model

July 14, 2005 Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. TAGS: multi-core processor, Oracle Corp., multi-core, policy, BEA Systems Inc., Forrester Research Inc., IBM Corp., middleware, application server, pricing, software company, dual-core processor, database, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Oracle uses Apple storage gear

December 6, 2004 Apple Computer's rack-mounted storage system receives vote of confidence from the database giant. TAGS: Apple Xserve RAID, Apple Xserve, Oracle Corp., storage system, database company, Apple Computer, EMC Corp., Apple Macintosh, database

Oracle buys open-source database firm

October 10, 2005 Database giant wades deeper into open source with purchase of Finnish company Innobase. TAGS: Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, Oracle Corp., MySQL, database company, Finnish company, open source, middleware, MySQL Database, database, open-source software, engine, IBM Corp.