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Defining Tomorrows Database

Todays "perfect storm" of sophisticated attacks, corporate governance mandates and public awareness of database security risks demands the prompt and determined response of database...

Oracles Field of Play

With the refusal of PeopleSoft Inc.s board of directors to accept Oracle Corp.s "best and final" tender offer last week, the acquisition is once...

Pollution Prevention Goes on the Road

Sybase Inc.s mobile database is helping south Florida keep its environment clean. The Broward County Department of Planning and Environmental Protection uses a mobile module...

Basics Help Visas Software Plans Stay on Track

When it comes to upgrading the worlds largest payment processing system, failure is not an option, said Scott Thompson, executive vice president of Visa...

Oracle: PeopleSofts Board to Reject Final Buyout Offer

PeopleSofts board of directors is refusing yet again to entertain Oracles all-cash tender offer, according to a news release issued by Oracle on Wednesday...

IBM Sweetens Cloudscape Pot with Developer Challenge

Big Blue is taking a page from Computer Associates International Inc. when it comes to building community around Cloudscape, the Java database it recently...

Quixotic Hope for PeopleSoft Springs Eternal

Yes, OK, OK, OK, its true. An Oracle lawyer did, in fact, tell the judge in the Delaware anti-poison-pill trial that Oracle would walk...

Oracle Makes Last Pitch for PeopleSoft

It may be hard to believe, but it appears that Oracle may be ready to toss in the towel on its marathon effort to...

Oracle Intensifies Offer

With Oracle Corp. making its "best and final" tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc. last week, representing a $3-per-share increase over its long-standing $21-per-share offer,...

Is IBM the Grid King in Financial Services?

Oracle Database 10g be damned—IBM has been doing grid for longer than Oracle, better than Oracle and for cheaper than Oracle, its database executives...