Birmingham set to miss deadline to make Oracle disaster 'safe and compliant' Bankrupt council is like 'ship adrift' – lacks financial info in midst of equal pay nightmare Databases16 Oct 2023 | 32
In rare bout of generosity, Oracle extends free support for Database 19c Big Red says it wants to give customers time to upgrade to 23c, which only exists in the cloud for now Databases06 Oct 2023 | 5
City council Oracle megaproject got a code red – and they went live anyway Poor security and segregation of duties also worry auditors Databases04 Oct 2023 | 59
Techies at Europe's biggest council have 8 weeks to pull finance reports from Oracle system Auditors issue new deadline following ill-fated migration Public Sector02 Oct 2023 | 72
Oracle's $130M-plus payday still looms on horizon for Larry and Safra And shareholders – presumably not Ellison who still owns 42% – are still not happy about it Databases26 Sep 2023 | 11
No customer left behind, SAP's Klein tells users angered by cloud-only decision Data quality, system complexity and SAP’s future rely on cloud adoption, CEO relays to German-speaking user group Databases25 Sep 2023 | 15
Oracle early leader in pointing vectors at business data, say analysts Big Red’s 'big announcement' strives to bring LLM technique to the business data arena CxO25 Sep 2023 |
Oracle at Europe's largest council didn't foresee bankruptcy Auditors unable to sign off accounts partly due to lack of IT controls amid challenging ERP deployment Databases18 Sep 2023 | 58
Oracle cloud hardware to reside in Azure datacenters – and Microsoft's good with that Larry Ellison and Satya Nadella find a common enemy: latency that alows data moving from DBs to AIs Off-Prem15 Sep 2023 | 7
Oracle disappoints market with revenue miss as Ellison hints at Azure database move Don't expect 'armies of programmers' to rewrite Cerner, says Larry, talking up low-code app dev platform APEX Databases12 Sep 2023 | 13
Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software? Opinion Oracle's repeated public sector failures prove a different approach is needed Databases11 Sep 2023 | 101
Largest local government body in Europe goes under amid Oracle disaster Authority effectively bankrupt as ERP car crash adds to equal pay liability Databases05 Sep 2023 | 236
Oracle Cloud, Netsuite, and Azure go down, hard, Down Under Updated Storm that passed through Sydney saw clouds sleep early and struggle to wake up PaaS + IaaS30 Aug 2023 | 12
Google wants to takes a byte out of Oracle workloads with PostgreSQL migration service Third-party and bespoke apps most likely candidates for the switch Databases30 Aug 2023 | 15
Oracle, SUSE and others caught up in RHEL drama hit back with OpenELA 'No subscriptions. No passwords. No barriers. Freeloaders welcome' OSes14 Aug 2023 | 50
Oracle shrinks its on-prem cloud into a single rack Big Red rigs start at 552 fourth-gen EPYC cores and 150TB storage, can scale to 6,624 cores and 3.4PB On-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 1
Larry Ellison a major contributor to Blair Institute vaccine database plan A relationship forged in UK government IT continues to blossom Databases10 Aug 2023 | 37
Oracle copyright battle: Rimini Street ordered to correct 'false' statements Both support biz and vendor claim victories in latest chapter in 13-year legal saga Databases28 Jul 2023 |
Oracle's revised Java licensing terms 2-5x more expensive for most orgs One in five users can expect an audit in the next three years Sysadmin Month24 Jul 2023 | 81
MySQL Heatwave dives into object storage data lakes Oracle joins the analytics anywhere bandwagon, promises future access to AWS S3 SaaS20 Jul 2023 | 2
Oracle pours fuel all over Red Hat source code drama Big Blue is just a gold digger, says avid auditor of software licenses Software10 Jul 2023 | 83
Let's have a chat about Java licensing, says unsolicited Oracle email Exclusive Don't tell Big Red too much, experts advise Sysadmin Month05 Jul 2023 | 73
Europe's largest city council runs parallel systems to cover Oracle rollout mess Decision to adapt software now subject of an independent management investigation Databases29 Jun 2023 | 48
Oracle certifies its database for Arm architecture on-prem and in cloud Only for Ampere – but with a licencing twist that means Intel and AMD can't relax Databases29 Jun 2023 | 5
Guess who's quietly bankrolling a legal fight against Montana's TikTok ban. Why yes, it's TikTok Psst, some American user data still stored in China, too Personal Tech28 Jun 2023 | 11
Rejecting Intel, Oracle pumps up Exadata beef cake with AMD protein Muscular system gets first update in two years with Epyc injection Systems23 Jun 2023 | 1
Suit alleges Oracle oversold and under-delivered on NetSuite software Binding service terms hidden in contractual documents, plaintiff claims SaaS21 Jun 2023 | 4
Oracle Cerner bleeds jobs as Veterans Affairs project stalls Health acquisition freezes recruitment after $10 billion contract put on hold Databases16 Jun 2023 | 13
Tech vendors have been hiking prices by up to 24% amid inflation Customers also warned to look out for audits following M&As SaaS16 Jun 2023 | 14
Kinder, gentler Oracle says it's changed, and now wants you to succeed Only took 'em 46 years … Software13 Jun 2023 | 47
Europe’s biggest city council faces £100M bill in Oracle ERP project disaster Doubts over Birmingham’s decision to replace SAP in plan once hailed an exemplar win by Larry Ellison Databases25 May 2023 | 74
TikTok to let Oracle view source code, algorithm, and content moderation It's all in the name of national security as Trump-era collab continues in Project Texas Security23 May 2023 | 11
Red Hat releases RHEL 9.2 to customers, with buffet of rebuilds for the rest of us Oracle, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and EuroLinux all put out same version OSes19 May 2023 | 5
VA, Oracle's Cerner agree on renegotiated health records contract Long, costly wars not the only thing US government good at getting stuck in Databases17 May 2023 | 4
Larry Ellison cleared of forcing Oracle to overpay for NetSuite Billionaire and his financial stake in the deal aren't to blame, says a Delaware judge Software15 May 2023 | 3
VA's Cerner EHR platform fails to deliver medications to veterans Messy system is forcing VA pharmacies to work overtime to deal with poor IT, committee told Databases11 May 2023 | 4
Academics have 'no confidence' in Edinburgh University's response to its Oracle disaster Updated Institution yet to answer 'elementary' project management questions after upgrade left staff and suppliers unpaid CxO03 May 2023 | 43
Mirai botnet loves exploiting your unpatched TP-Link routers, CISA warns Oracle and Apache holes also on Uncle Sam's list of big bad abused bugs Patches02 May 2023 | 1
EDB offers 'risk-free' migration to lure Oracle users to the PostgreSQL side Long-suffering Big Red customers 'may finally be ready,' says analyst Databases02 May 2023 | 8
Oracle's examplar win over SAP for Birmingham City Council is 3 years late It also required £20 million in extra funds – and Larry wants to brag about this? Databases26 Apr 2023 | 44
US Veterans Affairs Dept shoots down $10B Oracle Cerner dream Despite Ellison's health world ambitions, Uncle Sam resets massive project over harm to patient health Databases24 Apr 2023 | 1
Oracle offers AI to tell you if those lead times are hogwash It'll also give staff career advice AI + ML20 Apr 2023 | 3
Oracle reportedly making job cuts at health IT arm Cerner OCI is much more efficient than the acquired Cerner DCs, Ellison told investors Spotlight on Databases24 Mar 2023 | 6
Ellison's healthcare obsession carries risks for Oracle Analysis But if he swings it, the company can secure long term growth Spotlight on Databases17 Mar 2023 | 21
The Great Graph Debate: Revolutionary concept in databases or niche curiosity? Register Debate Two experts go head-to-head – then you decide Spotlight on Databases06 Mar 2023 | 37
Power behind throne to depart as SAP enters a new era Board chairman Hasso Plattner lines up successor to take ERP giant into uncharted territory Databases28 Feb 2023 | 6
Gartner: Oracle probes orgs for Java compliance after new licensing terms Big Red 'has a history of changing offerings' without allowing renewals of legacy products Software20 Feb 2023 | 37
Oracle NetSuite datacenter plunges offline for a day, customers warned of data loss Updated Anything could happen in a half hour Off-Prem15 Feb 2023 | 10
IBM cheapens Oracle by delivering promised power-up for some POWER servers Plus – calm down now – all the fun of OS subscriptions! Spotlight on Databases15 Feb 2023 | 3
Uber strikes deals with Google and Oracle to cut datacenter dependence Ride-hailing biz 'modernizes infrastructure' by using someone else's computer PaaS + IaaS14 Feb 2023 | 7
Oracle, Microsoft barely compete for a quarter of their US Federal contracts Vendor lock-in: savings of up to $750m a year possible if Uncle Sam didn't predetermine the victor Software01 Feb 2023 | 11
Best time to prepare to leave an Oracle ULA? The day after it starts, say licensing gurus Big Red 'will always start with a large number and negotiate down' Databases01 Feb 2023 | 10
Oracle cozies up to IBM, adds Red Hat Enterprise Linux So much for being 'Unbreakable' say developers Devops31 Jan 2023 | 6
Experts warn of steep increase in Java costs under changes to Oracle license regime As per employee model replaces old subscription, user bills could soar Software27 Jan 2023 | 90
Oracle engineering exec quits after tryst with health division Reports suggest Don Johnson left after 6 months in charge of strategic unit Databases25 Jan 2023 | 4
City council cans ERP project, keeps details of replacement supplier secret New system 'commercially sensitive' but set to go live in October Government Tech Week23 Jan 2023 | 23
Six years later, HPE and Oracle quietly shut door on Solaris lawsuit Bunfight over support for proprietary Unix operating system ends with a confidential whimper Software19 Jan 2023 | 2
Brit civil service claims there's enough money for mammoth ERP refresh project Business case and competition said to be helping to close the shortfall Government Tech Week18 Jan 2023 | 21
Quickest way to save with Oracle? Get off Unlimited Licensing Agreements, says pundit They're not the meal deal they might seem to be, claims audit expert Databases16 Jan 2023 | 21
NASA overspent $15m on Oracle software because it was afraid an audit could cost more Houston, we have a problem: Millions wasted on license penalties Software13 Jan 2023 | 40
Larry Ellison mea culpa as traffic cop stops Big Red boss on own island Maybe pursuit of health and wellness requires driving fast in an orange Corvette Offbeat10 Jan 2023 | 49
French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system After four years of talks, competition goes to incumbent supplier Databases15 Dec 2022 | 1