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EU delays Sun/Oracle decision

The EU has pushed back its deadline for reviewing...

Oracle Fusion Apps could save millions in integration, say analysts

Oracle has showcased a new line of software to be released next year as a key part of the enterprise software company's strategy to win business from rival SAP.

John Lewis aims for single view of customers

Retailer John Lewis is integrating its in-store and web order systems to create a single view of customers to help it cross-sell products. The...

Oracle database at risk from easy hack, warns database security expert

Oracle users have been urged to update the database patches Oracle issued yesterday as quickly as possible, because the flaw can be easily exploited, a database...

Oracle OpenWorld: next-generation Fusion and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Oracle OpenWorld closed on Wednesday with CEO Larry Ellison lifting the covers of the firm's next-generation Fusion applications, but finding the show...

Video: Free tool for hacking Oracle databases

Open source security testers will release a free tool that simplifies and automates hacking of Oracle databases at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas next week.

MPs condemn C-Nomis criminal database project

MPs have condemned a major IT project for tracking offenders through the criminal justice system as a £513m shambles.

EU ‘optimistic’ of settlement with Oracle over MySQL

The European Union's competition commissioner is "optimistic" about reaching a settlement with Oracle over its proposed $7.4bn...

Connecting for Health faces criticism over national IT programme

Connecting for Health, which runs much of the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT , is expected to come under strong criticism in a report commissioned by the government into the progress of online health records.

IBM to build database of UK fingerprints for passport service

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has contracted IBM to build a database to support the Government's switch to biometric passports. IBM will...

Oracle to buy GoldenGate Software

Oracle is to add yet another software company to its growing list of acquisitions. The enterprise software firm has spent more than $30bn...

Black Hat: Security expert's verdict on Oracle hacking tools

Black Hat, Las Vegas: Controversy greeted news that Metasploit would release a raft of modules to speed up hacks of Oracle's database management system, but some security experts believe Metasploit is offering nothing new.

Council workers sacked for snooping personal details

Nine staff have been sacked from their local authority jobs for snooping on personal records of celebrities and personal acquaintances held on the core database of the government's National Identity Scheme.

Oracle OpenWorld: Customers can benefit from cloud, says Benioff

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff took his cloud computing message to Oracle's customers at OpenWorld yesterday, arguing that there was no reason why there...

ISPs criticise government plans to store all comms data

Internet service providers (ISPs) are unhappy with the government's plans to require them to store records of all e‑mail, social networking and web traffic. The...

Revealed - Government plans to tap phone and internet use

The Home Office is considering radical plans to develop a centralised surveillance system to track in real-time every kind of electronic activity undertaken by citizens.

Government defends red light warning in ID card reviews

The Identity and Passport Service has defended the "red" traffic light status given to an early Gateway review on the ID Cards scheme.

Businesses face deluge of patches from Microsoft and Oracle

IT security administrators will have to deal with more than 10 security patches from Oracle and nine from Microsoft this week. Oracle's...

CIOs focus on analytics to drive business

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 10 September 2009
Business intelligence and analytics are the top priority for CIOs, an IBM study reveals.

E-discovery will slash compliance costs, says Gartner

By the end of 2012, organisations that fully document their search processes in e-discovery will save 25% on their collection processes, according to...
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