Microsoft announced a three-part strategy aimed at scaling up SQL Server to support larger data warehouses and using Excel to 'democratize' the use of BI tools within companies.
Oracle is planning to buy Primavera, a maker of project portfolio management software, joining large vendors CA Inc. and IBM in providing offerings in the PPM arena.
Oracle is pushing several new technologies, including two hardware systems that it developed with Hewlett-Packard, in an effort to make its databases more scalable.
Shell Oil has notified its U.S. employees that an IT contractor used the personal data of four Shell workers to file fake unemployment claims in Texas.
Microsoft said it will take its SQL Server 2008 database into the large data warehousing market by 2010 as it integrates technology from its recent acquisition of DATAllegro.
For IT managers who can't afford its new Database Machine system, Oracle is pushing the Advanced Compression feature in its 11g database as a more affordable option.
At its OpenWorld conference, Oracle said it is making its 11g database and other products available for use in cloud computing environments, starting with Amazon's EC2 service.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison introduced the company's first hardware products this week: the HP Oracle Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server. Any questions?