Revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency’s Prism surveillance programme have much of the general public in uproar, but in terms of the controversy’s impact to enterprise IT, some CIOs have measured, albeit watchful reactions.
IBM re-moulds DB2 10.5 as a Hadoop killer
In the new update of DB2, released Friday, IBM has added a set of acceleration technologies, collectively code-named BLU, that …
Oracle announces database appliance for SMBs
Oracle is hoping to capture the fancy of smaller companies enamored with its Exadata data-processing machine, announcing yesterday the availability …
Sneak peek into Oracle’s MySQL 5.6 features
Oracle yesterday announced a sneak peak at features slated for MySQL 5.6, the next version of its open-source database, that …
Oracle Exadata certified to run SAP applications
Oracle’s Exadata X2 machines are now certified to run applications from rival SAP, following recent steps by SAP to move …