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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

IBM's Oracle rebate counters HP, Sun

April 18, 2006 Big Blue announces rebates of as much as $300,000 for software from the database giant, striking back at others' deals. TAGS: Oracle Corp., database company, Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Itanium, CEO, HP, database, server, Dell

IBM sets DB2 database free

January 30, 2006 DB2 Express-C is a free version of IBM's flagship database aimed at winning software developers over to its products. TAGS: IBM DB2, IBM Corp., software developer, Oracle Corp., database, free version, open source, 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, Web application, IBM Corp., Java, database

IBM opens Shanghai IT center

March 28, 2006 Center offers IT services for software development and supports business application packages from Oracle, SAP. TAGS: IT services, software development, Shanghai, IBM Corp., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., business application, information technology, China

IBM's Venom data compression bites back costs

April 21, 2006 Big Blue DB2 Viper database will feature data-compression technology, code-named Venom, imported from mainframe. TAGS: storage hardware, EMC Corp., data compression, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., mainframe, Oracle Corp., database

Tech giants court mainframe customers

October 24, 2006 HP unveils a service that helps customers break away from mainframes, while IBM hopes they stay--both are backed by Oracle. TAGS: mainframe, Mark Hurd, Oracle Corp., Intel Itanium, back-office, IBM Corp., HP, Intel, server

IBM plays XML card in effort to beat Oracle

June 8, 2006 DB2 9, an update to Big Blue's database due next month, heaps on features aimed at stealing market share. TAGS: IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., XML, Gartner Inc., database, server

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 company, Oracle Database, database, database administrator, IBM Corp., backup, Microsoft Corp.

Software's 'stack wars'

April 19, 2006 Software companies used to sell on features. Now it's "stacks," or soup-to-nuts offerings. TAGS: SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, software company, stack, IBM Corp., profit, business application, database, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Oracle to counter Microsoft with Web initiative

December 8, 2000 The software maker on Monday will become the latest of its peers to hitch its future to Web-based software and services. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Web service, Oracle9i, e-business, representative, IBM Corp., XML, announcement, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., vision, Microsoft Corp., database, PC

Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL

February 15, 2006 Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment. TAGS: Stephen O'Grady, Oracle Corp., MySQL, PeopleSoft Inc., open source, IBM WebSphere, ERP, database company, acquisition, software-as-a-service, IBM Corp., SAP AG, database

Gadfly zeroes in on Oracle bugs

March 6, 2007 update The Oracle community, says David Litchfield, shouldn't be so smug when it comes to database security. TAGS: David Litchfield, Oracle Corp., database software, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SQL injection, database server, database, Microsoft SQL Server, organization, IBM Corp., SQL, bug, security, Microsoft Corp.

Ubuntu chief: Oracle Linux has 'tactical value'

October 21, 2006 Oracle could benefit from offering its own Linux, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Ubuntu, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, Red Hat Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, open source, value, server, IBM Corp., database

MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database

April 7, 2006 Open-source database company, with its own storage engine in the works, renews contract with Oracle around InnoDB. TAGS: Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Stephen O'Grady, database company, database, acquisition, open source, IBM Corp., CEO

Changing market for Oracle database debut

July 11, 2007 The company ships its first database update in more than four years. Was it worth the wait? TAGS: Oracle Corp., database software, Oracle Database, database, Governor, IBM Corp.

MySQL CEO offers mixed view of Oracle

April 26, 2006 Martin Mickos calls one of Oracle's products "crippleware" and then names the company as a partner of the year. TAGS: Innobase InnoDB, MySQL, Oracle Corp., open source, IBM Corp., engine, vice president, CEO, leader, conference, database, HP

IBM to release near-ready DB2 Viper database

April 6, 2006 Looking to unseat Oracle, Big Blue to provide a release candidate of DB2 Viper, generally available by midyear. TAGS: IBM DB2, IBM Corp., information management, Oracle Corp., XML, open source, database

Buyout could serve both BEA, Oracle

October 12, 2007 The proposed acquisition could resolve questions about BEA's future growth. Then there's the Carl Icahn factor. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., Carl Icahn, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, SAP AG, offer, shareholder, IBM Corp., California, letter

Industry shift to services fuels IBM spree

August 22, 2006 IBM uses its fat checkbook to cash in on services-oriented architecture--and run from downward price pressure. TAGS: SOA, custom application development, IBM Corp., FileNet Corp., custom application, software company, business software, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., consulting, acquisition
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