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• Capgemini adds to Public Sector division

  By Spandas Lui | 28 January, 2011 11:08

  Consulting and outsourcing provider has strengthened its Canberra-based team with two new staff additions.

• Oracle signals an end to OpenSolaris

  By James Niccolai | 14 August, 2010 08:50

  Oracle appeared to confirm this week what many in the computer industry already suspected: The OpenSolaris project is dead.

• Reseller profile: Server Central: Surviving tragedy

  By Spandas Lui | 03 August, 2010 15:51

  Customers are crucial to every business but keeping them loyal can be an onerous task.

• Oracle resumes construction of massive data centre

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 May, 2010 03:17

  Oracle has started up work again on a large data centre in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area, after suspending the project without public explanation last year.

• Java founder James Gosling leaves Oracle

  By Joab Jackson | 12 April, 2010 05:15

  James Gosling, the creator of the Java programming language, has resigned from Oracle, he announced in a blog entry on Friday

• Oracle set to merge Java virtual machines

  By Paul Krill | 19 February, 2010 00:04

  Oracle's plan to merge the Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine with the JRockit JVM is still evolving, but a single JVM based on both technologies is expected in 18 months to two years, an Oracle official said during a Webcast this week.

• Oracle brings Solaris, Sparc into virtualization portfolio

  By Joab Jackson | 28 January, 2010 10:37

  Oracle plans to broaden its range of virtualization offerings, thanks to a number of applications obtained in the Sun Microsystems acquisition, said Oracle chief architect Edward Screven.

• Oracle to scale back Sun server line, make other changes

  By James Niccolai | 28 January, 2010 07:09

  Oracle will pare back Sun Microsystems' server lines and move to a build-to-order model to cut costs and get the hardware company back to profitability, Oracle executives said on Wednesday.

• European Union clears Oracle's purchase of Sun

  By Paul Meller | 21 January, 2010 22:50

  The European Commission granted Oracle an unconditional approval to take over Sun Microsystems on Thursday, following a controversial and drawn out examination of the deal.The deal still awaits approval in other jurisdictions, including Russia and China, but approval in the European Union is a big step forward for a deal hailed by some as transformational for the entire software industry, and by others as the killer of one of the most successful open source programs in the world, the MySQL database.

• Oracle-Sun merger foes head East

  By Paul Meller | 19 January, 2010 02:35

  With the European Commission seen as virtually certain to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in just a week, those campaigning to prevent the deal encompassing Sun's MySQL database unit have shifted their efforts to regulators in Russia and China.

• Sun, Fujitsu speed Sparc server

  By Agam Shah | 13 January, 2010 12:28

  Sun and Fujitsu upgraded their Sparc Enterprise M3000 server, equipping it with newer hardware to deliver faster performance, the companies said on Tuesday.

• Sun offers enterprise Java technologies but silence on Oracle

  By Paul Krill | 11 December, 2009 08:05

  Sun Microsystems officials introduced on Thursday Sun's upgrades to three Java-based technologies, including the company's latest implementation of enterprise Java. But they were silent on the elephant in the room: How the company's efforts might be impacted by the planned acquisition of Sun by Oracle.

• Sun to shed light on latest Java technologies

  By Paul Krill | 08 December, 2009 07:19

  Sun Microsystems, which has been pretty much silent in recent months while awaiting its merger with Oracle, will open up on Thursday about the latest developments in its Java technologies.

• Study: MySQL use to drop under Oracle ownership

  By Chris Kanaracus | 05 December, 2009 04:28

  Usage of the open-source MySQL database is set to decline if Oracle succeeds in buying the software's owner, Sun Microsystems, according to new data released by analyst firm The 451 Group on Friday.

• US senators ask EU to hurry investigation of Oracle-Sun

  By Grant Gross | 26 November, 2009 08:11

  Fifty-nine U.S. senators have asked European antitrust regulators to speed up their investigation into Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, due to Sun's "deteriorating financial condition."