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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

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, MySQL, database, Oracle Database, open source, free version, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Oracle patches to fix 37 flaws

April 11, 2007 Quarterly "critical patch update" will include fixes for seven vulnerabilities that could be exploited remotely. TAGS: Oracle Corp., patch management, fix, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp.

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, database, dual-core processor, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Oracle works quietly with Mozilla

May 13, 2005 Joint venture is kept under wraps, leading to speculation that Oracle may be planning to release an open-source product. TAGS: Oracle Collaboration Suite, Oracle Corp., collaboration, open source, Mozilla Corp., Forrester Research Inc., collaboration tool, database company, Governor, Novell Inc., Microsoft Outlook, risk, success, work, database, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle seeks to ease PeopleSoft customer jitters

December 21, 2004 In memo to PeopleSoft user organizations, Oracle outlines plans for keeping them in the fold. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, memo, organization, database, IBM Corp., president, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle offering early warning on security fixes

January 11, 2007 Following Microsoft's lead, Oracle has started tipping customers off in advance of upcoming security patches. TAGS: Oracle Corp., security patch, patch management, fix, security, vulnerability, component, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle wades deeper into collaboration

August 22, 2005 The database giant takes aim at Microsoft's SharePoint with what it calls simplified content management. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Oracle Collaboration Suite, database company, collaboration, Microsoft SharePoint, content management, database, Mozilla Corp., open source, server, Microsoft Corp.

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 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, security, Microsoft Corp.

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., Oracle9i, Web service, e-business, representative, XML, announcement, software company, IBM Corp., vision, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., database, PC

Multicore move cuts Oracle database cost

March 2, 2007 Facing Microsoft pressure and new multicore chips, Oracle quietly cuts database prices for some lower-end servers, News.com has learned. TAGS: Oracle Corp., multi-core processor, multi-core, Oracle Database, quad-core, pricing, Microsoft SQL Server, database, server, Microsoft Corp., Intel

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, database server, Microsoft SQL Server, organization, SQL, bug, IBM Corp., security, Microsoft Corp.

Salesforce CEO: Deal is a thumbs-up for on-demand

September 12, 2005 Marc Benioff also takes a shot at the database giant. But an industry watcher sees the buyout as a challenge for Salesforce. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., on-demand, buyout, client-server, Larry Ellison, CRM, CEO, challenge, software company, Microsoft Corp.

New Oracle co-president is former Microsoft exec

June 24, 2005 update Gregory Maffei, Redmond's former CFO, will also serve as the database giant's chief financial officer. TAGS: Oracle Corp., 360Networks Corp., CFO, exec, database company, CEO, database, Microsoft Corp.

Report: Oracle pulls into tie with IBM in databases

May 24, 2005 With Linux pushing its fortunes, Oracle scales to the database peak, Gartner report says. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Gartner Inc., IBM DB2, database software, IBM Corp., segment, Unix, database, Linux, server, Microsoft Corp.

Unisys, Oracle team on business software

December 3, 2004 Firms are expanding a joint engineering program to boost the performance of Oracle's software running on Windows. TAGS: Unisys Corp., Unisys ES7000, Oracle Corp., business software, RISC, Intel Itanium, Intel Xeon, database, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, server, Microsoft Corp., Intel, Microsoft Windows

Oracle lowers price for some multicore chips

December 20, 2005 Database giant updates policy so customers pay lower premium for AMD, Intel and Sun UltraSparc T1 multicore chips. TAGS: multi-core processor, Oracle Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, T1, Sun Microsystems Inc., database, AMD, policy, pricing, IBM Corp., server, Intel, 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., stack, Larry Ellison, software company, profit, IBM Corp., business application, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
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