Hot on the heels of Oracle’s recent announcement of its proposed Eclipse project to support the Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 3.0 specification, Versant, a data management company, has proposed an Eclipse initiative that appears to stake out the same territory.
Use the built-in functionality of SQL Server to make your business processes more efficient with data mining.
Oracle's acquisition of identity management vendor Oblix expands the company's ID management capabilities beyond its own products. Oracle has been offering ID and access management solutions for more than two years, but the Redwood Shores, CA-based company's much publicized acquisition of PeopleSoft created a need for an ID solution that could yield an enlarged, heterogeneous product set.
Compuware Corp. has enhanced its QACenter automated functional and performance testing suites in both the enterprise and performance editions. The enterprise edition now includes TestPartner 5.3, the most recent version of Compuware's functional testing software. The performance edition features enhancements to Compuware's load testing application in QALoad 5.2.
We've all heard the complaints about the Java 2 Enterprise Edition platform: It's difficult to use, too heavy-weight for most developers, and too abstract by half. But those complaints are probably more about Enterprise JavaBeans than J2EE, says Ted Farrell, chief architect for application development tools at Oracle. And developers who don't like EJBs shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Enterprises warm to the idea of buying software as a service because of the low upfront costs and quick return on investment.
Most of the information companies generate—more than 80 percent, according to experts—won’t fit into the neat-and-tidy cells of a traditional relational database.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says that his company’s assimilation of PeopleSoft is on schedule, and he expects the assets of the former competitor to accelerate Oracle’s earnings growth for both 2005 and 2006.
Just hours after Oracle Corp. outlined its plans this past week for integrating its newly acquired PeopleSoft assets, chief rival SAP snatched a bit of the spotlight by offering to take over the maintenance and service of PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards (JDE) applications, and even migrate their users to the SAP platform.
Oracle this week unwrapped its organizational strategy following this month’s acquisition of PeopleSoft, promising customers of both companies that they shouldn’t notice any changes in product support.
We're on the brink of the next major UI revolution, which will stoke the fire under SOA, says Jeff Tash. Plus, are you modeling all four pillars that define EA?
Oracle is adding some rocket fuel to its tools promotion strategy with a contest that promises to send one lucky developer into space--literally. Announced at the recent Oracle OpenWorld conference (but upstaged by the PeopleSoft acquisition drama), the Oracle Space Sweepstakes gives participants a chance to take part in a suborbital spaceflight, experience weightlessness, and view the earth from 62 miles up.
BEA Systems offered a sneak peek at the upcoming version of its WebLogic Server for reporters and analysts this past week. Now in beta, version 9.0, code-named Diablo, continues to expand on the San Jose, Calif.-based company's strategy of simplifying development of applications in a service-oriented architectures.
The battle for PeopleSoft is over and Oracle has won. Now the question becomes: How will Oracle's pending $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft affect both companies' customers?