1057 blog results for "Oracle"

In the history of tech, some decisions stand out as truly awful. This week, Rafe Needleman, Charlie Cooper, and Jim Kerstetter go over some of the worst ever.

Posted in Reporters' Roundtable Podcast by Rafe Needleman

Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

The new Top500 list of the world's largest supercomputers suggests that "commodity clusters" for high-performance computing aren't so commodity after all.

Posted in The Pervasive Data Center by Gordon Haff

Microsoft has something even more fearsome than Firefox snapping at its heels: its own online business. But the industry still needs to hedge against Microsoft with Firefox.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

IBM has developed and private cloud for its own Business Intelligence consumers. Is it one you want to copy?

Posted in Data-driven by John Webster

Open source is doing well. But to thrive, commercial open-source software may need a Goliath or two to provide exits and funding for start-ups.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

CNET's Tom Krazit and Molly Wood sit down with Google CEO Eric Schmidt to discuss the future of Android, the Chrome OS, the problem of real-time search indexing, and more.

Posted in CNET Conversations by Tom Krazit

The top music labels would have lost confidence in Qtrax a long time ago if not for Jay Berman, the former RIAA chief, who is representing the music service.

Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval

While the IT economy may be recovering, cloud computing and open source are driving fewer dollars into fewer vendor wallets. Expect a bloodbath to ensue.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

It's very possible to be completely open-source without being completely open, but this may fade as more companies learn to use open source effectively.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay