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Oracles Linux Boss Gears Up for Grid

The latest Linux salvo to come from Oracle Corp. will arrive at LinuxWorld in New York on Wednesday.Thats when Dave Dargo, vice president of...

Netflix: Box-Office Star

Some people say the fate of cinema is invisible downloadable bytes. Netflix says the near future is plastics— shiny, silver and round.DVD rentals have...

Oracles Souder: Grids Unstoppable

Grid computings an "unstoppable technology wave," writes Oracles Benny Souder, vice president of distributed database development. Grid will help large organizations with massive amounts...

PeopleSoft Continues Money-Back Guarantee

PeopleSoft intends to continue its money-back guarantee program through March 31 or until Oracle stops trying to take it over, the company disclosed in...

A Fort Knox for Data

An international flight en route to the United States is delayed after a five-year-old passengers name matches a name on a terrorism watch list....

Oracles Linux Push: Mozilla Browser to Front Oracle Apps

Oracle Corp. is ready to extend its "Linux Everywhere" campaign to client systems. In the coming year, the company will enable the Mozilla open-source...

Ellison Moves Off Eligible List

The rumors are true. Larry Ellison is no longer a free man and those seeking an eligible billionaire bachelor must look elsewhere. The high-flying co-founder...

Offshoring Eats Away at IT Pay, Study Shows

The offshoring of IT jobs caused IT salaries to slip for the third quarter in a row, according to new research from Foote Partners...

Ellison Marries Fiancee, Shakes Up Board

Update: Less than 24 hours after writing this analysis, a tersely worded statement landed in my In box confirming that Larry Ellison had married...

Oracles Musical Chairs Scrutinized

The decisions by Oracle Corp. to split the chairman and CEO roles and name two top executives as president, announced late Monday, appear to...