Features

• Tech Watch: Who watches the datacentre?

  By Patrick Budmar | 28 May, 2012 10:58

  The proliferation of datacentres around the world has made the Cloud not only accessible, but also affordable in the process. However, the issue of data sovereignty, the location of where the data is stored, has been an inhibitor.

• The big promise of big data

  By Joab Jackson | 14 March, 2012 04:04

  For Twitter, making sense of its mountains of user data was big enough of a problem that it purchased another company just to help get the job done.

• Top 10 Web hacking techniques of 2010 revealed

  By Tim Greene | 25 January, 2011 03:08

  A Web hack that can endanger online banking transactions is ranked the No. 1 new Web hacking technique for 2010 in a top 10 list selected by a panel of experts and open voting.

• Wozniak: Voice recognition is computing's next frontier

  By Paul Krill | 13 January, 2011 06:33

  Look for more robust voice recognition to take hold in the realm of personal computing, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said in a brief interview this week that also touched on topics ranging from tablet computing, Oracle's acquisition strategy, and enterprise memory technology.

• REMEMBER THIS? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems

  By InfoWorld staff | 28 January, 2010 11:32

  Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. Our memorial slideshow gives this former titan its due.

• Java's future uncertain under Oracle grip

  By Joab Jackson | 22 January, 2010 11:29

  Would the Java community thrive as well under Oracle's control as it did under Sun Microsystems'? Vendors of Java products seem split about the question.

• Reporter's Notebook: Oracle OpenWorld 2009

  By Thomas Wailgum | 16 October, 2009 03:08

  Highlights and lowlights from this year's show: Cloud talk eclipsed by real-life rain, too many #oow09 tweets, not enough specifics about Fusion or Java plans, and an action-packed visit by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

• Oracle, Sun launch high-end OLTP server

  By James Niccolai | 16 September, 2009 10:49

  Oracle has launched a high-end database and storage system that it co-developed with Sun Microsystems, the companies' first joint product since announcing their plans to merge almost five months ago.

• Data center derby heats up

  By Beth Schultz | 16 June, 2009 00:17

  Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM teams up with Brocade. Oracle buys Sun. And everybody courts that prize filly VMware.

• Oracle will stay in the hardware business, Ellison says

  By Sumner Lemon | 08 May, 2009 11:01

  Oracle plans to stay in the hardware business following its planned US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, CEO Larry Ellison has said, adding more detail to earlier statements made by the company.

• FAQ: Oracle (and HP's) new database in a box, accelerator

  By Eric Lai | 29 September, 2008 08:35

  Oracle's annual OpenWorld show is usually a showcase for its enterprise software. This year, however, it was all about hardware, as CEO Larry Ellison introduced a new family of database/storage products last week that it had been working on with partner Hewlett-Packard for three years.