Oracle has effectively reduced its prices for database software licenses tied to multicore microprocessors to reflect the growing use of the powerful chips among its customers. With chipmakers now ...

Oracle has come under considerable fire over the years for its restrictive license terms and aggressive audit program, but it appears at least some change is on the way. Companies using Oracle’s ...

Oracle has come under considerable fire over the years for its restrictive license terms and aggressive audit program, but it appears at least some change is on the way. Companies using Oracle’s ...

Microsoft is starting to turn the crank on its SQL Server 2016 launch machine by going after Oracle database users with a migration offer. On March 10, the day the company is holding a two-hour ...

The applications that run businesses are undergoing profound changes, although there's also a lot of inertia in the system. We examine some of the key trends — including cloud adoption, mobility, ...

Back on June 10, as part of a low-key release of Berkeley DB, Oracle quietly changed the license of this important embedded database library, widely used as a key-value store within other applications ...

A handful of customers who complained to Meta Group about what they saw as Oracle's reinterpretation of their database licensing costs, will "be grandfathered in" and not asked for more money, a ...

When it comes to database workloads, the shift to the cloud has only barely begun. Oracle Executive Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison recently explained how, as that shift accelerates, the transition of ...

When CEO Larry Ellison unveiled the Oracle Database Machine at its OpenWorld show last week, he made a claim that probably surprised many longtime Oracle watchers and customers: that its new $2.33 ...