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InternetNews February 26, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun Looks Ahead After $1B MySQL Deal Sun's $1 billion bid to acquire privately held open source database developer MySQL is now a done deal with the official closing of the acquisition.  |
InternetNews December 15, 2010 |
Oracle Unveils MySQL 5.5 Oracle moves to put to rest uncertainty about the future of the open source database with the release of MySQL 5.5, reiterating commitment to strengthening the community.  |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Gift to Growth Investors Oracle must lose some dead weight before closing the Sun deal.  |
InternetNews October 18, 2010 |
Open Source MySQL Space Heats Up With SkySQL Startup that includes many former MySQL executives is looking to provide an open source set of support tools for the database effort, without extending into a rival distribution.  |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Pyrrhic Victory? Oracle is navigating its way through European regulations. But what's the point?  |
InternetNews July 22, 2010 |
Oracle Looks to Calm Sun Customer Concerns A Garter report found that Sun customers aren't happy with the flow of information from the company's new owner. Now Oracle is moving to calm frustrated Sun users.  |
InternetNews December 22, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
MySQL 5.5 Speeds Release of New Features Don't worry about waiting around for MySQL 6, you don't have to anymore.  |
InternetNews February 9, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Why MySQL's Exec Exits May Not Burn Sun A pair of high-profile executive departures could cause trouble for Sun's $1 billion database play. Then again, they might not.  |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Meet the New Sun, Better Than the Old Sun Sun Microsystems ain't what it used to be. The new Sun relies on virtualization-friendly blade servers, storage arrays, and open-source software. And that's a good thing.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2010 |
Oracle Rides Sun to Big 4Q Earnings Oracle posted a profit of $3 billion for the latest quarter.  |
InternetNews April 13, 2010 |
Oracle Taps InnoDB for MySQL Plans Oracle has released the beta version of MySQL 5.5 and announced that InnoDB will become the default storage engine.  |
InternetNews April 21, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
MySQL 5.4 Released as Oracle Looms Large New MySQL chief calls for more transparency with the community and is optimistic about opportunities within Oracle.  |
InternetNews April 20, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Oracle Buys Sun in IBM's Wake Oracle reveals a few details of its strategic vision for the merger with Sun.  |
CIO May 25, 2011 Chris Kanaracus |
Five Things You Need to Know About MySQL MySQL may already be in your enterprise. Here are the basics on the open-source database.  |
InternetNews November 4, 2009 |
EC May Block Oracle/Sun Merger Numerous reports have indicated that Oracle is expecting a formal objection from the European Commission on Competition to its planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, inviting the possibility that the European Union could derail the merger.  |
InternetNews January 17, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Open Source Groups Upbeat, Cautious on Sun-MySQL While most of the open source community lauds the $1 billion purchase and its implications for LAMP, the "P" in that acronym expresses some concerns.  |
InternetNews January 27, 2010 |
Developer Worries About MySQL's Future Oracle said it will continue developing MySQL as free software for the next five years, but the application's lead developer isn't convinced his open source baby will survive much longer.  |
InternetNews February 6, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
PostgreSQL 8.3 Gets HOT PostgreSQL 8.3 has a lot of new features, but can it stand up to Sun's billion dollar MySQL?  |
InternetNews September 2, 2009 |
EU May Delay Oracle-Sun Nuptials Sun just can't get a break as European investigators might stall its proposed merger with Oracle.  |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Sun Is Setting On Schedule Database titan Oracle has received clearance from American antitrust regulators to go ahead with its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems  |
InternetNews September 3, 2009 |
EC Delay Hurts Oracle's Plans for Sun The news on Thursday that European Union antitrust regulators have launched an in-depth probe into Oracle's $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems on competitive concerns was the worst outcome for the two firms as they are both left paralyzed for an indeterminate length of time.  |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Cue the Titanic Culture Clash! An internal memo gives us a glimpse into the minds of Sun's leaders -- and it doesn't look good.  |
InternetNews January 27, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Sun Just Misses Profit on Modest Sales Slide Sun Microsystems has been declared dead plenty of times. But its most recent quarter shows the company is very much alive - with some of its products even proving hits.  |
InternetNews March 25, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
IBM Takes Stake in Open Source Database Vendor EnterpriseDB raises capital from IBM as new releases of its PostgreSQL database debut.  |
InternetNews November 19, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun Expands MySQL With Closed Source MySQL Enterprise gets new Query Tool - but it'll cost you if you want it.  |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2008 Anders Bylund |
The Sun Sets on MySQL Platform specialist Sun Microsystems ponied up $1 billion in cash and assumed options to buy privately held MySQL AB, taking its first step into the database sector.  |
InternetNews November 3, 2009 |
Oracle Outlines Sun Software Plans With the deal's approval still pending, Oracle offers more details on what it plans to do if it can close on its purchase of Sun Microsystems.  |
InternetNews February 15, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
MySQL Grows Its Network MySQL AB turns attention to two different components of the enterprise spectrum with a subscription model and partner program.  |
Insurance & Technology May 15, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Implications of Oracle/Sun Slight for Insurance in the Short Term Oracle's bid to acquire Sun is groundbreaking from a general technology point of view, but its meaning for the insurance industry is likely to manifest itself over a longer timeframe as the vendor's strategy evolves.  |
InternetNews August 10, 2010 |
Oracle Reveals Solaris 11 Plans Solaris 11 will include new features and also incorporate technologies developed as part of the openSolaris project.  |
InternetNews January 22, 2010 |
Sun CEO Upbeat in Goodbye Letter The final missive from Jonathan Schwartz encourages those keeping their jobs to think 'Sun is a brand, Oracle is your company.'  |
InternetNews September 13, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Sun, Accenture Sew Up SOA Deal Sun Microsystems today said it has inked a deal with consulting giant Accenture IBM to work on secure service-oriented architectures for their joint customers.  |
InternetNews September 14, 2009 |
Some Customers Are Sticking With Sun As HP and IBM aggressively pitch Sun customers, many are hanging in there. Oracle plans to debut a new Sun/Oracle database system this week.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2011 Anders Bylund |
My Marketing Mistake Is Bigger Than Yours! Oracle is walking a fine line here.  |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Not Backing Away From IBM Larry Ellison seems to be serious about keeping Sun's hardware business. He's trying hard to keep those precious customers, too.  |
InternetNews September 16, 2010 |
Oracle Q1 Earnings Rise on Software Licenses Database heavyweight Oracle turned in a solid earnings report for the first quarter, posting earnings 38 percent ahead of the year-earlier period and handily topping analysts' expectations.  |
InternetNews October 12, 2009 |
Oracle's $10M Database Server Challenge On the eve of Oracle OpenWorld, the Sun bosses try to convince the audience that they and the EC have nothing to worry about.  |
InternetNews December 9, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
MySQL 5.1 Takes Off Despite Controversy Sun claims over a quarter million downloads in first days of release; downplays criticism.  |
InternetNews August 5, 2010 |
Oracle Hits to Road to Pitch Data Center Plans Analysts see Oracle focusing on Sun hardware, the cloud and other topics where customers are looking for direction.  |
InternetNews April 22, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun Expands MySQL Identity Sun announces new open source identity federation capabilities with openSSO, as well as integrated MySQL capabilities for identity management.  |
InternetNews December 4, 2009 |
Oracle Says It's Not Backing Down in EU Challenge Rumors suggested that Oracle would give in to European regulators' concerns about its buy of Sun-owned MySQL. Not so, the database giant says.  |
InternetNews March 1, 2010 |
Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source Seeking to ease concerns about the future of the OpenSolaris project following the acquisition of Sun, Oracle is assuring the community that it will keep OpenSolaris available as open source, and invest heavily in its development.  |
InternetNews December 16, 2009 |
EU Set to Approve Oracle-Sun Deal European regulators have given Oracle the tentative green light in its long-delayed merger with Sun Microsystems now that Oracle has assuaged concerns about the stewardship of the open source MySQL database.  |
Bank Systems & Technology April 20, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems After original deal with IBM collapsed, Sun has found itself a new acquirer in Oracle.  |
InternetNews October 18, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
MySQL Gives DBAs an Enterprise Nod Open source database vendor MySQL offers news solution to monitor and maintain databases.  |
InternetNews November 29, 2004 Michael Singer |
A Sun Ray in Every Home? Sun Microsystems is preparing a drive to put Sun Ray computers in more homes as part of its expanded desktop vision.  |
InternetNews January 24, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Sun Tops Estimates in Second Quarter Total sales for Sun Microsystems came in slightly higher than expected and profits almost doubled from the year-ago quarter.  |
The Motley Fool September 2, 2009 Eric Jhonsa |
Why Oracle's Getting More Than It Bargained For Sun's earnings show just how weak its hardware business is.  |
InternetNews December 15, 2009 |
HP Gets Aid in Wooing Sun's Server Customers HP is enlisting some aid in making its play for Sun customers even strong.  |
InternetNews January 15, 2010 |
Sun Facing Massive Cuts After Oracle Deal? Oracle may cut up to half of Sun Microsystems' staff in the next few weeks when it finally closes the long-delayed acquisition of the troubled systems vendor, according to a report by an analyst at UBS AG.  |