Middleware
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Analysts: Be cautious on Oracle-Sun merger
News Acquiring Sun elevates Oracle to "powerhouse" status, but CIOs should wait for its hardware and middleware roadmaps before deciding on license agreements.
Tags: Acquisitions, Vendor selection, Business, Hewlett-Packard Co., David Mitchell, Gartner Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., CIO, Hardware, Oracle Corp.
Why SOA is the 'perestroika of IT'
Insight newsmaker Independent middleware can help businesses escape the grip of 'monopolistic' software makers, and that will help the SOA provider grow, says Software AG CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich.
Tags: Innovation, Business applications, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Mainframe, SAP AG, SOA, Business, Software AG, BPM
HP must bundle software, services
News To succeed in the software market, HP must more closely tie its business technology optimization strategy with its services portfolio, says analyst.
Tags: Utility computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Services, Consulting, Hewlett-Packard Co., business technology, business technology optimization, software, Oracle Corp., industry
Red Hat takes JBoss further into the cloud
News Launch of JBoss' latest enterprise application platform advances both Red Hat's cloud strategy and its commitment to Java.
Tags: Cloud computing, Linux, Java, Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Sun Microsystems Inc., Consulting, Cloud computing, CEO, programming model
Oracle delivers Fusion 11g updates
News Oracle's updated middleware suite slots into its vision of an integrated software stack that pulls together not only a customer's operations but also the software company's many acquisitions.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Databases, Acquisitions, SOA, Database, Tool, Environment, social networking, Oracle Corp., Identity Management
VMware buys SpringSource for US$420M
News VMware will pay US$420 million for privately held SpringSource to become a bigger player in cloud computing application management and the open source community.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Open source, Virtualization, VMware Inc., Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), PaaS, monitoring, data center
International open source communities focus on China
Blogs The OW2 Consortium, an independent industry community dedicated to developing open source middleware announced the launc...
A look at the open source OW2 Consortium
Blogs During the OSCAMP event in Beijing, I had a chance to talk to Cedric Thomas, the CEO of OW2 open source organization. He...
Oracle delivers solid third quarter
News Fiscal third-quarter earnings were better than expected, while the strong dollar hits fourth-quarter outlook.
Tags: Business plans, profit, SAP AG, Larry Ellison, Dividend, Database, non-GAAP, Sales, Software Licence, profit
Oracle to buy Sun in US$7.4B deal
News After weeks of speculation about whether Sun was for sale, it turns out the buyer isn't IBM, but software heavyweight Oracle.
Tags: Acquisitions, Java, IBM Corp., Database, non-GAAP, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, software, Oracle Corp., middleware
Cisco takes the greener network path
News The company has launched a three-point strategy aimed at reducing energy waste in data centers.
Tags: Green IT, Data backup, disaster recovery, Data centers, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., IP, Cisco Catalyst, IP network, EnergyWise, network
Oracle/BEA: 12 months on
News Database maker Oracle finally captures BEA making it a key middleware player, but are results showing?
Tags: Database management, Database, Acquisitions, Servers, App servers, Portal, Sun Microsystems Inc., Database, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp.
SOA awareness up, but adoption slowing
News Growing understanding of service oriented architecture means the technology's place in enterprises is ensured despite slowing adoption, says analyst.
Tags: Services, Service level management, SOA, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Gartner Inc., data integration, information technology, analyst, best practice
Oracle's second quarter to be a mixed bag
News Analysts expect the company, which reports its Q2 results this week, to announce a mixed bag including healthy maintenance subscriptions, potential earnings miss and some belt tightening on deck.
Tags: Financial statements, Analyst reports, ORCL, Sales, Reback, Brendan Barnicle, business intelligence, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., Oracle Corp., license revenue
Asian enterprises want 'packaged clouds'
News Enterprises looking to go to cloud quickly are not keen on piecemeal components. Instead, they want cloud offerings that come packaged, says virtualization vendor.
Tags: Cloud computing, Standards, Citrix Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Cloud, Virtualization, Asia, Red Hat Inc., Asia-Pacific
