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Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP
News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.
Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., CTO, Service level management, Databases
Oracle disputes database rankings
News The software maker is challenging a study by Gartner Dataquest that says Oracle has lost ground to IBM in the database market.
Microsoft's .Net cozies up to Oracle
News Hoping to broaden the appeal of its .Net software plan, the tech giant is improving links between its products and those of its rival.
Landmark Microsoft trial enters new phase
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Oracle's Q1: 'We grew faster than SAP'
News Oracle misses analysts' earnings and revenue estimates for the first quarter, but pointed to worldwide growth in its applications business that surpassed competitor SAP.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SAP AG, Sun Microsystems Inc., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Earnings, data warehouse, Wall Street, Oracle Corp., analyst, acquisition
IBM teams up with Amazon Web Services
News Big Blue announces plans to deliver its software in the cloud via Amazon's hosted Web services.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business applications, IBM Corp., Informix Dynamic Server, Web Service, Informix Software, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com Inc.
MySQL CEO offers mixed view of Oracle
Techguide MySQL Chief Executive Martin Mickos named Oracle as a partner of the year just minutes after effectively calling one of its products "crippleware".
Oracle to expand Itanium support
Techguide Oracle will make available a version of its E-Business Suite that supports HP's Integrity line of Itanium servers, by the end of the year.
Integrating Web services into other applications
Techguide In this four-part series, Tony Patton outlined how to develop and implement a Web service; expose product information via Web services; and test a Web service with a proxy class. Now, find out how you can integrate Web services into other applications.
Is it a bad idea for IBM to buy Sun?
News commentary Sun has some nice assets, but IBM already has many of them under its own roof. Here are some difficulties IBM could face digesting its rival.
Tags: Acquisitions, Business applications, Open source, Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Server, intellectual property
Top 2004 tools for the DBA
Insight This year, key changes and innovations in database technology and tools have made the DBA's life better. A look at some of these tools.
Tags: Databases
How to select a database
News The range of database platforms to choose from is enormous, and there's no one-size-fits-all solution. So what should you choose?
Taiwan museum chooses DB2
News The National Museum of Natural Science in Taiwan has selected IBM's database management application to keep track of its collection of specimens and artifacts.
IBM to pick up data analytics firm
News Alphablox will be the fifth company company Big Blue has bought to bolster its DB2 data management products.
IBM enhances support for open-source training
News Company announces extension of its academic programs aimed at generating skilled workers in open-source and IBM technologies.
Tags: Open source, Recruiting
