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Tip 23 Aug 2022
Cloud database comparison: AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle

Here's a look at the rival cloud database offerings from AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle based on their product breadth, migration capabilities and pricing models. Continue Reading
News 16 Dec 2021
Cockroach Labs raises $278M for distributed SQL database

The cloud database vendor has appealed to enterprises with its data capabilities and continues to attract investors as the market opportunity expands. Continue Reading

News 30 Sep 2021

PostgreSQL 14 improves open source database performance

The open source database has extended its JSON unstructured data support and enhanced its stored procedures capabilities to give users more database power. Continue Reading
News 27 Apr 2021

Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5 unifies database management

The updated tool introduces a database workload analyzer feature to help administrators optimize operation on premises and in the cloud. Continue Reading
News 21 Apr 2021

Oracle brings GoldenGate data integration service to cloud

Oracle is making its GoldenGate real-time data technology available on its second-generation Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform, as well as enabling multi-cloud operations. Continue Reading
News 05 Mar 2021

Oracle Database 21c looks for adoption of blockchain tables

Blockchain isn't just for cryptocurrency. The technology can be an additional layer of security and authenticity enabling an immutable transaction ledger in a relational database. Continue Reading
News 20 Jan 2021

Fivetran data connectors boost enterprise data integration

An enterprise data integration vendor is building out its suite of data connectors with updates for organizations to create data pipelines for business processes and analytics. Continue Reading
News 13 Jan 2021

Oracle Database 21c brings blockchain and JavaScript

Oracle's flagship DB platform is moving beyond its roots with the 21c update, to embrace more languages and models in a bid to create a universal converged database offering. Continue Reading
News 02 Dec 2020

Oracle MySQL Database Service integrates analytics engine

The enterprise edition of the MySQL database is being enhanced on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to enable users to run analytics queries on the same system as transactional queries. Continue Reading
News 15 Oct 2020

Oracle accelerates Exadata database cloud service

More powerful server hardware is coming to the Exadata database service, bringing increased scalability and throughput for Oracle's database and analytics workloads. Continue Reading
News 13 Aug 2020

Oracle Autonomous JSON Database takes on MongoDB, Couchbase

The new Autonomous JSON Database is an attempt by Oracle to specifically support customers who only want document database capabilities and not a full multimodel database. Continue Reading
News 10 Jul 2020

AWS and Oracle battle for hybrid cloud database deployment

Oracle's Autonomous Database and the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) are coming down from the cloud and are now available for users to run on premises. Continue Reading
News 08 Jul 2020

Oracle Cloud at Customer adds Dedicated Regions

Oracle has added Dedicated Regions to its Cloud at Customer managed service. Now customers can consume all of Oracle's cloud-based services on premises, the company says. Continue Reading
News 20 Apr 2020

AWS brings cloud data lake services to bear against COVID-19

AWS has set up a large cloud data lake filled with information and resources on COVID-19 in an effort to help medical researchers fight the global pandemic. Continue Reading
News 02 Apr 2020

Oracle NoSQL database comes to the cloud

Another Oracle database is coming to the cloud with the general availability of Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service as the demand for database as a service continues to grow. Continue Reading
News 21 Feb 2020

EnterpriseDB looks to grow market for PostgreSQL

Enterprises are increasingly using the open source PostgreSQL database. Read in this Q&A where the growth is coming from and how some of it is from users in the cloud. Continue Reading
News 14 Feb 2020

Oracle Data Science efforts advance with new services

Oracle adds news new services to its cloud infrastructure platform in a bid to provide data scientists, as well as data analysts, with data management and query functionality. Continue Reading
News 15 Jan 2020

New Oracle Enterprise Manager release advances hybrid cloud

Oracle updates its Enterprise Manager platform to version 13.4, bringing new hybrid management capabilities to database users across on-premises and cloud deployments. Continue Reading
Feature 26 Nov 2019

Oracle looks to grow multi-model database features

Decade after decade, Oracle continues to be relevant in the database market as it pivots to include an expanding list of capabilities to serve users, notably cloud. Continue Reading
News 16 Sep 2019

New cloud and on-premises options for Oracle Autonomous Database

Oracle introduced new cloud and on-premises deployment options for its namesake database and automated cloud service as Oracle OpenWorld 2019 got underway. Continue Reading
News 31 Jul 2019

NuoDB 4.0 improves cloud-native database capabilities

Support for multiple clouds, tighter integration with Kubernetes and indexing enhancements that accelerate database performance highlight the new NuoDB release. Continue Reading
Buyer's Guide 13 Feb 2017

How to select the best DBMS software: A buyer's guide

Learn how to evaluate and buy the best DBMS software for your organization. Continue Reading
Feature 10 Feb 2017

A look at the leading operational database management systems

The market for operational DBMS products can be confusing, especially with so many choices. But knowing your application requirements can help point you in the right direction. Continue Reading
Feature 05 Dec 2016

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 relational DBMS overview

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 for Windows comes in four editions, with updates that include a new stretch database feature, Polybase, dynamic data masking and more. Continue Reading
Feature 25 Sep 2014

Q&A: MarkLogic CEO Gary Bloom talks strategy

Gary Bloom, CEO of NoSQL database supplier MarkLogic, talks to Computer Weekly about strategy Continue Reading
Podcast 20 Mar 2014

Handling database migrations, such as upgrading to Oracle 12c

IOUG President Michelle Malcher talks about database migrations, from finding downtime to test and upgrade, to maintaining patch sets after go-live. Continue Reading
Opinion 14 Aug 2013

Evaluating the ROI of Oracle DB 12c Multitenant

Formerly called Pluggable Database, the Oracle 12c Multitenant feature is going to cost extra. Is it worth the money? Continue Reading
News 17 Jan 2013

Betting site YouWin speeds response times with MongoDB database

Bookmaker WinUnited has deployed a MongoDB open source non-relational database from 10gen to help it better update betting odds in real time Continue Reading

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Oracle sets lofty national EHR goal with Cerner acquisition
With its Cerner acquisition, Oracle sets its sights on creating a national, anonymized patient database -- a road filled with ...
With Cerner, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure gets a boost
Oracle plans to acquire Cerner in a deal valued at about $30B. The second-largest EHR vendor in the U.S. could inject new life ...
Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle API copyright suit
The Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that Java APIs used in Android phones are not subject to American copyright law, ending a ...

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SAP S/4HANA migration needs careful data management
Dealing with data is one of the most challenging aspects of an S/4HANA migration as customers must decide what data to move to ...
Arista ditches spreadsheets, email for SAP IBP
As rapid growth outstripped Arista Networks' spreadsheet-based supply chain processes, the company implemented a digital supply ...
SAP Sapphire 2023 news, trends and analysis
The conference bolsters SAP's case to customers that the future lies in the cloud by showcasing cloud products, services and ...

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