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Oracle stakes claim in R with Advanced Analytics launch

Oracle is hoping to carve out a prominent place in the world of R, the open-source statistical modeling language with roots in academia but an increasingly high profile in enterprise IT shops. It announced a new Advanced Analytics product on Wednesday that ties R to its database and family of software-hardware appliances.

By Chris Kanaracus | 09 February, 2012 00:03

Tags: software, servers, SAS Institute, oracle, open source, Kobielus, James, IBM, hardware systems, greenplum, EMC, data mining, business intelligence, applications
Flexing NoSQL: MongoDB in review

The NoSQL movement has spawned a slew of alternative data stores, all of which attempt to fill voids left by traditional relational database implementations. But while it's easy to fit the various relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, DB2, and so on) under a single categorical umbrella, the NoSQL world is much more diverse, and the NoSQL label is too general. NoSQL data stores such as MongoDB and Cassandra are so vastly different from each other that apples-to-apples comparisons are practically impossible. Thus, within the world of NoSQL, there are subcategories such as key-value stores, graph databases, and document-oriented stores.

By Andrew Glover | 08 February, 2012 22:15

Tags: web applications, software, oracle, open source software, NoSQL, mysql, Internet-based applications and services, internet, data management, Data Explosion, cloud computing, applications, application development
Greenpeace scorecard documents greener enterprise offerings

Technology companies are not just making their products less carbon-intensive; they are also increasingly designing products to improve energy efficiency in the industries that they serve, according to the latest in a series of Greenpeace ratings of the sector's energy practices.

By Cameron Scott | 08 February, 2012 16:01

Tags: Softbank, servers, oracle, IBM, hardware systems, Green data center, Google, Ericsson, environment, Cisco Systems, at&t
Oracle seeks new trial in IP theft suit against SAP

Oracle's plan to drag its legal fight against rival SAP's defunct TomorrowNow subsidiary through a second trial is not surprising, analysts said Tuesday.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 08 February, 2012 05:26

Tags: TomorrowNow, software, sap, oracle, Government/Industries, government, ERP, enterprise resource planning, databases, Computer Economics, applications
Oracle asks for retrial against SAP in TomorrowNow case

Oracle has chosen a new trial in its lawsuit against SAP for copyright infringement, rejecting the reduction of a jury verdict by about US$1 billion by a federal court in September last year.

By John Ribeiro | 07 February, 2012 16:26

Tags: sap, oracle, legal, intellectual property, copyright

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Top 10 Web hacking techniques of 2010 revealed

A Web hack that can endanger online banking transactions is ranked the No. 1 new Web hacking technique for 2010 in a top 10 list selected by a panel of experts and open voting.

By Tim Greene | 25 January, 2011 03:08

Tags: Veracode, security, Padding Oracle Crypto Attack, oracle, Microsoft
Wozniak: Voice recognition is computing's next frontier

Look for more robust voice recognition to take hold in the realm of personal computing, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said in a brief interview this week that also touched on topics ranging from tablet computing, Oracle's acquisition strategy, and enterprise memory technology.

By Paul Krill | 13 January, 2011 06:33

Tags: voice recognition, software, oracle, Mobilize, Microsoft, Google, applications, Apple
REMEMBER THIS? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems

Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. Our memorial slideshow gives this former titan its due.

By InfoWorld staff | 28 January, 2010 11:32

Tags: Sun Microsystems, Oracle-Sun merger, oracle, mysql, Jonathan Schwartz
Java's future uncertain under Oracle grip

Would the Java community thrive as well under Oracle's control as it did under Sun Microsystems'? Vendors of Java products seem split about the question.

By Joab Jackson | 22 January, 2010 11:29

Tags: Sun Mircosystems, oracle, Java
Rimini Street ups third-party maintenance ante

Rimini Street fired the latest salvo in the ongoing war over software maintenance this week, announcing that it has expanded the number of SAP applications it supports.

By Chris Kanaracus | 08 October, 2009 06:28

Tags: oracle, third-party maintenance, sap, maintenance, enterprise apps

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