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Oracle Addresses the Integration of Sun
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Oracle, which earlier in the day closed its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems following nine months of thorny legal exercises, Jan. 27 explained to the media how it is morphing the creator of Java, Solaris and the Zettabyte File Server and its 27,600 employees into its own database-driven world. Oracle…
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Oracle Details Its Ambitions for Sun Microsystems
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Oracle, which earlier in the day closed its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems following nine months of thorny legal exercises, Jan. 27 explained to the media how it is morphing the creator of Java, Solaris and the Zettabyte File Server and its 27,600 employees into its own database-driven world. Oracle…
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Oracle Says Java Will Be ‘Business As Usual`
When Oracle lays its cards on the table to present its road map for the combined Oracle and Sun Microsystems organization, one thing developers can expect is consistency as far as Java is concerned, according to an Oracle executive. In a meeting with eWEEK on Jan. 26, just a day before Oracle CEO Larry Ellison…
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CompTIA Certification Change Creates Problems
In December, the Computing Technology Industry Association decided lifetime A+, Network+ and Security+ certifications were going to retroactively require renewal every three years. The response from the IT community was particularly thorny, and rightfully so. Why the changes? According to Ars Technica, CompTIA was getting its accreditation process evaluated by several larger accreditation organizations, including…
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Google Voice Available for iPhone As HTML5 App
Google Jan. 26 rolled out an HTML5-based version of its popular Google Voice application for Apple’s iPhone several months after Apple rejected Google’s original submission to its App Store. Google Voice is a Web-based phone management application that lets users route calls to their home, work and mobile phones from a special Google granted number.…
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HP Takes Energy, Thermal Efficiency Audit to Channel
Two years after it bolstered its data center services offerings with the acquisition of data center consulting firm EYP, Hewlett-Packard has rolled out to its channel partners the energy efficiency analysis and thermal assessment service it gained from the deal. The move comes at just the right time, as customers are looking at energy and…