Hewlett-Packard (HP) has secretly contracted with Intel to keep making Itanium processors so that HP can maintain the appearance that …
Facebook data centre project takes aim at vendor lock-in
By launching the Open Compute Project (OCP) as a stand-alone foundation, Facebook is hoping to further standardise the market for …
VMware appoints new regional director for MENA
VMware, the virtualisation and cloud infrastructure solutions provider, announced the hiring of Sam Tayan as its new regional director for …
McNealy: I would have run HP if they’d asked me
Scott McNealy, the former chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, would have accepted the job of running Hewlett-Packard if he …
Oracle User Group says budgets are static
Oracle users are having to squeeze more value from their budgets and significant numbers of projects are being delayed or …
Oracle further commercialises MySQL database
Oracle has added additional commercial extensions to the enterprise edition of its open-source MySQL database, further differentiating it from the …
Google offered to split mobile revenue with Sun, papers show
Google hoped at one time to codevelop Android with Sun, and was prepared to offer Sun a share of its …
Google wants judge to dismiss four charges in Oracle suit
Google is hoping to head off some of the complaints Oracle has made against it by asking a California judge …
Google accuses Oracle of delay tactics in Android suit
Google is accusing Oracle of dragging its feet in providing a large volume of documents related to the companies’ lawsuit …
Java 8 gears up for the cloud
Now that Java 7 SE (Standard Edition) has officially been released, Oracle and members of the JCP (Java Community Process) …