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Many layers of artistry: Oracle's Sharon Holnback

2013-06-04 22:24:30| IT Services - Topix.net

Sharon Holnback is a multimedia artist and the owner of the Triangle L Ranch in Oracle.

Computer scientists oppose Oracle's bid to copyright Java APIs

2013-05-31 13:38:35| InfoWorld: Top News

Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle's effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable technology to end users. The group, which includes prominent names such as MS-DOS author Tim Paterson and ARPANET developer Larry Roberts, signed the amicus brief in support of Google in its copyright lawsuit with Oracle.

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Oracle's Hurd on Fusion Applications, aggressive salespeople, and SAP

2013-04-17 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News

As co-president of Oracle, Mark Hurd is tasked with selling an ever-increasing array of new software and hardware products, such as the Exadata database machine and Fusion Applications, while figuring out how to keep the company's vast installed base happy and fending off competition from the likes of SAP. Hurd spoke to the IDG News Service on a variety of topics during an interview at the Collaborate user group conference in Denver. What follows is an edited transcript of that conversation.

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Oracle's storage business falters as market slows, says Gartner

2013-03-21 18:54:23| InfoWorld: Top News

Oracle suffered the most as growth in the storage market continued to slow during the end of 2012. Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and IBM also struggled while EMC emerged as the big winner.

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