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• October 30, 2008
• 6:00

  Researchers show off advanced network control technology

   » ‎ Databases News
  Researchers can adjust network infrastructure to boost bandwidth, optimize latency and save power using an experimental technology called OpenFlow.
  
  
• 6:00

  Alcatel-Lucent posts $52M loss in Q3

   » ‎ Databases News
  Alcatel-Lucent posted a net loss of $52 million for the third quarter as sales to carriers dropped, although the loss is smaller than a year ago.
  
  
• 6:00

  How to set up a cross-platform network

   » ‎ Databases News
  Your business may have started with an idea that popped into your head while freeloading off of the local coffee shop's wireless network. But you can't work out of the Java Hut forever.
  
  
• October 27, 2008
• 6:00

  Overstock.com restates earnings, cites ERP implementation

   » ‎ Databases News
  Overstock.com is revising its earnings for recent years and is blaming that largely on problems with an Oracle ERP implementation.
  
  
• October 15, 2008
• 6:00

  Oracle issues 36 patches, but is anyone applying them?

   » ‎ Databases News
  Oracle's latest batch of quarterly patches includes fixes for 36 vulnerabilities across a range of its products. But are DBAs applying them?
  
  
• October 14, 2008
• 6:00

  Vertica says Oracle compatibility, other features will help it win more BI users

   » ‎ Databases News
  Vertica Systems' strategy of trying to supplement rather than usurp customers' data warehouses appears to be paying off.
  
  
• October 13, 2008
• 6:00

  Microsoft looks to unlock door to wider BI use

   » ‎ Databases News
  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.
  
  
• October 08, 2008
• 6:00

  Oracle to buy big project portfolio management player

   » ‎ Databases News
  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.
  
  
• October 07, 2008
• 6:00

  Oracle, SAP fail to settle TomorrowNow lawsuit

   » ‎ Databases News
  Oracle and SAP held settlement talks in their TomorrowNow lawsuit but failed to reach an agreement that would end the case.
  
  
• October 06, 2008
• 6:00

  Oracle tries to step up on high-end databases

   » ‎ Databases News
  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.
  
  
• 6:00

  Shell fingers IT contractor in theft of employee data

   » ‎ Databases News
  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.
  
  
• 6:00

  Microsoft scales out SQL Server 2008, wants to 'democratize BI'

   » ‎ Databases News
  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.