Oracle unleashes x64 version of VirtualBox
By Tarry Singh at 21 May, 2010, 4:41 am
Large-page support is now enabled on Intel chips with VT-x and Advanced Micro Devices AMD-V virtualization electronics, which can boost the performance of guest VMs. VirtualBox also has dynamic memory ballooning to allocate or deallocate main memory for the VM on 64-bit hosts. A feature called page fusion allows for the memory used by multiple [...]
Read More >>VMware’s SpringSource buys an IMDB vendor GemStone
By Tarry Singh at 7 May, 2010, 9:56 am
This is expected part of their strategy to build the cloud solutions within the private cloud jacket. In Memory databases are great for homogeneous financial applications and have never been tested or tried out in complex, not-generally tested and tried out workloads. But it is for sure that the apps that are slowly being built [...]
Read More >>5 reasons why Citrix acquisition is necessary for Oracle’s Cloud strategy
By Tarry Singh at 13 April, 2010, 1:45 pm
I have written recently about an imminent Oracle take-over of Citrix. There are several reasons for it and lets go by them wuickly one by one: Collaboration Suite Oracle needs it and Citrix has a proven set of tools that customers use on a daily basis in millions. Oracle needs it to make Cisco shudder [...]
Read More >>IBM’s answer to Oracle: Power7 boxes tailored for specific projects like Electric Grids, Financial Analytics
By Tarry Singh at 8 February, 2010, 10:14 am
The Power7 systems will be tailored for specific projects, such as running electrical grids or financial analytics, Rodney Adkins, senior vice president for systems and technology, said last week in an interview. The systems, made of integrated servers, software and storage, will start selling this month. The release marks the first new systems since Adkins [...]
Read More >>After EU blessing, Oracle’s new motto: Software. Hardware. Complete
By Tarry Singh at 21 January, 2010, 11:55 am
I like it actually. Oracle is telling the world today that it is no more a software company. This is the webcast invite I (and many of you out there) got. If anyone who thinks further tech industry consolidation isn’t coming, then you must be dreaming. Citrix is soon going to snapped up as well. Transforming the [...]
Read More >>Newsflash: Oracle likely to fire 50% of Sun’s 27,000 employees!
By Tarry Singh at 15 January, 2010, 4:27 am
These are real hard times for Sun employees as they have already gone through some massive cuts but this one will take the cake for sure. Sun dumped 3,000 workers in October. Back in November 2008, it announced plans to drop 5,000 to 6,000 workers. At the time, it had around 33,400 workers – that [...]
Read More >>Oracle and Wipro bring Cloud Computing to retail industry
By Tarry Singh at 15 January, 2010, 12:53 am
Wipro’s digital customer experience platform (DCxP) has been designed to provide an engaging customer experience. This comprehensive solution integrates social media, community features and personalisation to enable retailers to easily manage their online business. By using DCxP, retailers will be able to ship to more than 200 countries across the world. This will open up [...]
Read More >>Oracle rumored to snap up Citrix under IBM’s nose; VMware, are you listening?
By Tarry Singh at 6 January, 2010, 7:10 am
This would give Oracle stake in the desktop market dramatically. Oracle wants to be the IBM and this would beat IBM to its game and not to mention that VMware and other players will be stunned as Oracle huge and angry sales machine will go after the customers and the desktop market like never before. [...]
Read More >>Oracle continues to lose its edge over SAP as demand for SAP professionals increases
By Tarry Singh at 31 December, 2009, 6:03 am
Over the last couple of decades, both SAP and Oracle have demonstrated their capabilities to adapt to the changing economic situations. SAP was started as an ERP company, while Oracle was founded as a tools company. Today, SAP is still an ERP company that some say is “innovation free,” whereas Oracle has evolved into a [...]
Read More >>Exadata 2: Oracle+Sun announce fastest OLTP box on the planet!
By Tarry Singh at 17 September, 2009, 10:40 am
The world’s first OLTP Database Machine was unveiled today by Oracle Chief Executive Officer, Larry Ellison; and Sun Executive Vice President John Fowler. The Exadata Database Machine Version 2, made by Sun and Oracle, is the world’s fastest machine for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP). Built using industry standard hardware components plus [...]
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