Monthly Archives: March 2012

Is Oracle Fleecing You?

A couple of days ago, I bought a new fleece hiking jacket. In small, in black, on sale. With a hood. Made by a high end manufacturer whose name evokes a part of a mountain. The plush is luxuriously thick, the zipper hardware is incredible, and the tailoring just feels so right. I had tried [...] Continue reading

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Long Beach, Calif. failed to collect $17.6M in fines, blames software

Traffic-law violators in Long Beach, California, have gotten to keep a little more money in their wallets, as the municipality has failed to collect US$17.6 million in outstanding parking violation fees due to an "antiquated" software system,… Continue reading

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Micron, Oracle settle memory price-fixing lawsuit

Micron Technology has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by Oracle over an alleged conspiracy to increase DRAM prices, it said on Thursday. Continue reading

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‘Forget storage subsystems, think memory’ says Fusion-io chief

How do you cost-effectively achieve a billion IOPS from a rack of just eight servers? Start by tearing up the ‘tier zero’ storage rule-book Continue reading

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Oracle buys ClearTrial for clinical trials software

Oracle has acquired ClearTrial, which offers cloud-based applications that help companies run clinical trials of new drugs. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the first half of this year, were not disclosed. Continue reading

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As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself

Digital tape media will turn 60 in May, and while tape sales are on the decline, new open file specifications like LTFS and new markets could revive tape for the long term. Continue reading

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As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself

Digital tape media will turn 60 in May, and while tape sales are on the decline, new open file specifications like LTFS and new markets could revive tape for the long term. Continue reading

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Google and Oracle negotiate potential damages

In the runup to the trial date for their dispute over whether Google's Android mobile OS infringes on Oracle's Java patents, Google and Oracle are negotiating over potential damages. Continue reading

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HP seeks pretrial ruling in Itanium lawsuit against Oracle

Hewlett-Packard filed Monday for a pretrial ruling that Oracle is contractually required to offer future versions of its software on the Itanium platform, claiming that an agreement between HP and Intel ensured that the Itanium was not an end-of-life p… Continue reading

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Appliances are easy to use

In this post, I will explore the most important of the golden rules of appliances – appliances are easy to use. For my discussions of the first two rules, see my previous posts appliances are Plug and Play and appliances are purpose-built.

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