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Q&A: Disaster recovery when your business sits on the San Andreas Fault

Graniterock, a century-old provider of construction materials in Watsonville, Calif., operates a quarry that happens to sit on the San Andreas Fault. The company has 20 locations from Oakland to the Read more...

How 2011 changed enterprise software

For an interesting and expansive overview of the changes enterprise software underwent last year, take a look at an article by IDG News Service's Chris Kanaracus. While it would be going too far to Read more...

Does supply chain management need a shake-up?

The importance of supply chain management has been brought into stark relief this year by tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural disasters. While effective SCM seems increasingly vital in the global Read more...

What's behind the Oracle, Salesforce war of words

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison dished out some serious trash talk last week when he announced that the company was officially getting into the public cloud business. Calling Salesforce.com Read more...

Oracle's Itanium decision sounds tone-deaf

Oracle's announcement last week that it will stop developing software for systems using the Itanium processor strikes me as rather tone-deaf, given the enormous pressures CIOs face these days. For Read more...

What Oracle's dropping Itanium means for you

Oracle's (NASDAQ: ORCL) announcement last week that it would stop developing software for systems using the 64-bit Itanium processor set off a firestorm of reaction from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Read more...

Why Carlyle Group opted for a hosted ERP

When the Carlyle Group went to upgrade its ERP system, it would have had to hire at least six new IT pros to meet its stringent, round-the-clock requirements. Instead, it opted for a hosted solution, Read more...

Oracle joins Cloud-based productivity suite market

First there was Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Docs, then came Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office 365, and now Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Cloud Office has joined the web-based productivity software marketplace. Read more...

Is the "optimized system" 2010's No. 1 tech story?

What was the most important tech story for global CIOs in 2010? In the view of InformationWeek's Bob Evans, it was the trend toward highly integrated hardware/software appliances. These optimized Read more...

Database.com edges into Oracle territory

Salesforce.com is going head-to-head with Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) in unveiling an online, database-as-a-service offering this week. The Database.com service from Salesforce is a cloud-based, Read more...

Press Releases

Wipro Collaborates with Oracle to Offer Next Generation Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management Solution

Launches 'Wipro SprintHR' - A Cloud Based Solution to Help Customers Transform HR Processes BANGALORE, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Read more >>

Dataram Increases Product Offerings with Cost-Effective Upgrades for Oracle, Cisco and Fujitsu

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAM), a leading international manufacturer of computer memory, storage and software products, announces the immediate availability of Read more >>

Accenture Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialization for Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub

Accenture Recognized for Expertise in Oracle Clinical Data Warehousing Solution NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is the first Diamond level partner in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) to Read more >>

Connectria Delivers Hosted Services Based on Oracle SaaS for ISVs

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Connectria Hosting, a global managed hosting company, today announced it will offer its independent software vendor (ISV) customers access to Oracle software on a monthly Read more >>

RightNow Stockholders Approve Merger with Oracle

BOZEMAN, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RightNow Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNOW) (“RightNow”) today announced that at the Company’s Special Meeting of Stockholders held today, stockholders voted Read more >>