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Database software
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February 25, 2002
25
Feb'02
SAP/Oracle support escalation fails users
SAP and Oracle have been criticised by analyst firm Gartner after a software bug, brought down a major user's installation for 14...
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February 11, 2002
11
Feb'02
Hacker info shuts down Comcast site
A hacker found exposed data from a list of potential corporate customers of Comcast Business Communications, forcing the company...
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January 31, 2002
31
Jan'02
Online land register to end gazumping
The UK's first national land and property database will help to end gazumping in the property market by 2005, the head of the key...
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January 29, 2002
29
Jan'02
Users cautious about new Oracle pricing
New Oracle pricing models announced at the January Appsworld conference are causing concern among users.
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January 29, 2002
29
Jan'02
Quest consolidates Oracle database tools
Quest Software has consolidated several of its Oracle database management tools into a unified product called Quest Central for...
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January 25, 2002
25
Jan'02
Mobile and wireless products boost Sybase Q4
Sybase has reported a profit for its fourth-quarter which is down year on year. However it managed to beat Wall Street...
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January 18, 2002
18
Jan'02
Oracle's ASP service flounders in Europe
Oracle has just 10 European customers for its Oracle.com hosted applications service, but still expects half of its users to move...
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January 18, 2002
18
Jan'02
Oracle adds Daily Business Close tool to its suite
Oracle has launched what it claims will be the jewel in its E-Business Suite.
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January 18, 2002
18
Jan'02
Oracle to drop support for 10.7 applications suite
Oracle will end support for its version 10.7 business applications suite in June 2003, despite customer requests for another...
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January 18, 2002
18
Jan'02
Oracle revamps 11i suite pricing
Oracle has used AppsWorld in Amsterdam to announce a simplified pricing structure for its 11i applications suite.
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January 15, 2002
15
Jan'02
Oracle acquires voice portal technology
Database giant Oracle plans to give users voice-based, wireless access to a range of applications and databases following its...
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December 13, 2001
13
Dec'01
Oracle unveils service packages to help with upgrade
Oracle has announced new migration-related service packages which will help users upgrading to the latest flavour of its business...
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December 12, 2001
12
Dec'01
Oracle pledges to cut your IT bill by 5%
Software giant Oracle is branching out into the total IT outsourcing business, with a guarantee to cut customers' IT bills by 5%...
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December 11, 2001
11
Dec'01
Oracle expense is worth it, say users
Oracle's customers are a relatively contented group, according to a survey from the UK user group, although 9iAS and 11i users...
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December 06, 2001
06
Dec'01
Councils seek help after electoral register ruling
Local authorities are seeking extra cash from the Government to rework their electoral roll databases following a landmark court...
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December 06, 2001
06
Dec'01
Oracle adds to 9i features
Oracle is unveiling a second release of its 9i database software this week at the Oracle Openworld conference in San Francisco,...
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December 04, 2001
04
Dec'01
Oracle Openworld: Compaq talks clustering
Compaq chairman and chief executive Michael Capellas used his keynote talk at Oracle OpenWorld to announce new tools designed to...
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December 04, 2001
04
Dec'01
Oracle Openworld: Clustering software in the spotlight
Oracle is using its Openworld conference to promote what it sees as an underused feature of its Oracle9i database: Real...
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December 04, 2001
04
Dec'01
Oracle Openworld: Intel pushes 64-bit processor
Intel chief executive officer Craig Barrett used his keynote address to Oracle's Openworld conference to give the first...
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November 30, 2001
30
Nov'01
Oracle unveils pre-packaged portlets
Oracle has announced pre-packaged portlets that can be integrated into the company's Universal Portal, part of the 11i...
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November 30, 2001
30
Nov'01
Oracle mends fences with US user group
After 18 months of tension between Oracle and the Oracle Application Users Group (OAUG) in the US, the relationship is now on the...
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November 30, 2001
30
Nov'01
Japan gears up for grid computing
NTT Data is teaming up with Intel, Silicon Graphics (SGI) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East (NTT East) to trial grid...
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November 26, 2001
26
Nov'01
Users to focus on Oracle 11i tools
Software companies at the Oracle Application Users Group (OAUG) conference are expected to unveil tools to ease the deployment of...
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November 15, 2001
15
Nov'01
Data project is a route to growth
Blue-chip conglomerate Unilever is investing millions of pounds in a global IT and business-led project to extract key data from...
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November 05, 2001
05
Nov'01
Oracle to ship 9i developer kit in December
Oracle's launch of the 9i developer kit will mark the end of a major upgrade cycle for the database giant.
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November 02, 2001
02
Nov'01
OAUG divided over closer ties to Oracle
A sizeable minority of the group serving users of Oracle's business applications has no interest in working with the software...
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November 01, 2001
01
Nov'01
Search and information management tools unveiled
Hawking goods designed to equip corporations with tools to search vast data sources and make sense of the findings, KM (knowledge...
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October 30, 2001
30
Oct'01
Oracle upgrades software for small businesses
In an effort to reach more customers, Oracle has announced enhancements to its software for small businesses.
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October 25, 2001
25
Oct'01
Oracle to share ideas with local government
Local government body the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (Solace) has signed a business agreement with software...
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October 23, 2001
23
Oct'01
Oracle extends applications deadline
Oracle has bowed to user pressure and extended the date on which it will stop supporting its 10.7 application suite.
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October 16, 2001
16
Oct'01
Aerospace group backs VCML
As technical standards bodies attempt to harmonise data-sharing specifications of XML, an aerospace industry group is adopting a...
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October 11, 2001
11
Oct'01
Upgrade delays gun database
A software upgrade to the Police National Computer (PNC) will delay the launch of the National Firearms Database.
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October 09, 2001
09
Oct'01
EDS and NATS prepare to do battle in court
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have come face to face in court in a multimillion...
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October 05, 2001
05
Oct'01
Software upgrade stalls firearms database
A software upgrade to the Police National Computer (PNC) is to delay the launch of a national firearms database.
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October 04, 2001
04
Oct'01
Lane to become chairman of SeeBeyond
Former Oracle executive Ray Lane took up a new position as chairman of software maker SeeBeyond Technology on 3 October 2001.
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October 03, 2001
03
Oct'01
Oracle launches joint software hosting service
Oracle and Nextra, the Internet subsidiary of Norwegian telecommunication operator Telenor, have launched a joint European...
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October 02, 2001
02
Oct'01
Siebel to buy nQuire software
E-Business solutions provider Siebel Systems announced on 1 October that it plans to acquire nQuire Software, the data analysis...
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October 02, 2001
02
Oct'01
Three new database tool kits released
The database market widened on 1 October, when Veritas Software, OTG Software and EMC all introduced new database software...
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September 21, 2001
21
Sep'01
C&W data centre failure hits corporate clients
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), defence contractor BAE Systems, Australian Mutual Providence and other financial...
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September 18, 2001
18
Sep'01
Oracle warns of 'negative effect' on Q2 results
Oracle chief Larry Ellison predicted poor second quarter results for the company following the 11 September terrorist attacks on...
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September 17, 2001
17
Sep'01
Oracle still in dispute with user group
Three months after conciliation talks began, the Oracle Applications Users' Group (OAUG) and Oracle remain divided over who...
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September 13, 2001
13
Sep'01
New system targets uninsured drivers
The insurance industry expects to recoup its £20m investment in a national database designed to crack down on uninsured drivers...
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September 11, 2001
11
Sep'01
Oracle finalises 3Cube acquisition
The database software firm Oracle has acquired 3Cube, a company that produces collaborative software relating to the hosting of...
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September 07, 2001
07
Sep'01
ERP vendors move into SCM
The supply chain management (SCM) market is set to boom according to the research organisation Datamonitor.
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September 05, 2001
05
Sep'01
Multitasking chips could improve performance 30%
Intel has announced a new technology that allows a single processor to manage data as if it were two processors. The chip giant...
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August 29, 2001
29
Aug'01
Data modelling gives 5,000% ROI for brewer
Brewer and pub chain operator Greene King has toasted a return on investment (ROI) of "5,000%" after installing financial...
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August 29, 2001
29
Aug'01
Databases will catch out firms
Businesses are failing to ensure their databases are in compliance with new data protection laws which come into force in less...
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August 22, 2001
22
Aug'01
CRM to set prices for ferry users
Ferry operator P&O Stena Line has completed an Oracle customer relationship management (CRM) implementation as the first stage of...
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August 09, 2001
09
Aug'01
Oracle turns on to wireless
Oracle has joined a long line of vendors to announce the wireless-enabling of its application suite.
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July 31, 2001
31
Jul'01
Dendrite takes its integrated CRM medicine
Pharmaceutical technology company Dendrite has teamed up with Oracle to deliver what they claim is the industry's first...
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May 15, 2001
15
May'01
MasterCard merges card data with ERP systems
MasterCard and SPS International have launched a new software product designed to integrate procurement information from...
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May 11, 2001
11
May'01
Refugee doctor database could ease medical crisis
A database of refugee doctors could help save the Government millions of pounds, the British Medical Association (BMA) has...
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May 04, 2001
04
May'01
Oracle pushes back 9i shipping date to June
Oracle on Thursday discussed what it called the final pieces of its forthcoming 9i database, which promises to make the software...
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May 03, 2001
03
May'01
AIIM - Gartner study: Goals for enterprise apps are changing
The reasons for businesses investing in data management infrastructure are shifting from back-office, cost-reduction objectives...
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April 30, 2001
30
Apr'01
Oracle and Akamai team up on caching initiative
Oracle and Akamai Technologies announced their first technology collaboration on 30 April, a jointly developed markup language...
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April 30, 2001
30
Apr'01
Firms face barriers in push for data analysis
With the economic slowdown, businesses are especially hard-pressed to find new ways to exploit their sales, marketing and human...
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February 12, 2001
12
Feb'01
Shell software bridges the data gap
Helen BeckettIT managers at Shell have cracked the age-old problem of comparing information from inconsistently structured...
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February 07, 2001
07
Feb'01
Retail group promotes XML trading standard
An international version of the Internet data language XML standard is being developed to aid the growth of e-commerce in the...
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January 17, 2001
17
Jan'01
SAS software uncovers US voting irregularities
Karl CushingThe Miami Herald has used data analysis software developed by the SAS Institute to identify significant errors in the...
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December 12, 2000
12
Dec'00
Oracle announces a raft of services in reply to Microsoft
Oracle has unveiled a raft of Internet services to compete with Microsoft's .Net initiative.The range, available now, includes Oracle 9i Dynamic...
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November 29, 2000
29
Nov'00
Oracle integrates business data
Oracle has announced plans to combine specialised business technologies - previously separate applications - into a single infrastructure for business... -
November 15, 2000
15
Nov'00
New handheld by Heron Management Services
A handheld, real-time radio frequency data collection device for use in hazardous areas, has been released by Heron Management Services.The company...
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November 01, 2000
01
Nov'00
Single system for Hull data
Antony AdsheadHull City Council is consolidating data currently held in about 200 different systems into one database and is...
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October 25, 2000
25
Oct'00
Oracle forces upgrade on users
Oracle has come under fire for putting pressure on users to upgrade to its 11i suite of applications and exacerbating the...
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September 27, 2000
27
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Australian database brings golden rewards
Robert DuntAustralia's Olympic victories should come as no surprise considering a computer is being used to highlight potential...
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August 30, 2000
30
Aug'00
Building the one-stop content shop
How can retailers manage data flow across multiple channels which embraces not just product and price details but also images,...
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August 09, 2000
09
Aug'00
Sybase links mobiles to the network
Sybase is making it easier for firms to integrate mobile devices into their corporate networks with the introduction of a wireless server to allow internal... -
April 26, 2000
26
Apr'00
TMA dismisses 'data cleaning day'
Antony SavvasDespite chaos among telecoms firms and their users after the introduction of the new Big Number telephone changes, a national...
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March 15, 2000
15
Mar'00
University offers extra IT options
Qualifications in Oracle and Sterling Software products are being added to the options in IT MSc courses offered by Sheffield Hallam University.The...
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February 16, 2000
16
Feb'00
E-banking takes off with DrKB
Investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Benson (DrKB) has launched a corporate banking portal to distribute data and applications to...
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January 19, 2000
19
Jan'00
MS considers bug database
Microsoft may release internal bug information to counteract criticism of its technical support
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January 12, 2000
12
Jan'00
Rover saves £2.5m with ETI Extract
Tina WalshData migration tools have saved the Rover Group about £2.5m over the last four years recent analysis has revealed.
The...