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Fujitsu and Oracle announced that they are strengthening a multi-decade partnership with the extension of their SPARC development relationship, an expansive, new product distribution agreement and a commitment to further joint engineering, marketing and s

An article on Oracle's latest release of Oracle Berkeley DB, which includes support for the Android platform. The article includes a quote from Marie-Anne Neimat, vice president of Development, Oracle noting that applications need fast, scalable and reli

Telecom Engine included this article highlighting that KT, the largest communications service provider in Korea, has selected an integrated suite of Oracle Communications applications and technology for its next-generation Billing, Service Delivery Platfo

As the e-commerce landscape has taken shape over the past couple of decades, the ecosystem for supporting services developed much as expected, with an array of platform providers strategically expanding their bundle of commerce engine and surrounding services from marketing and ad tech to analytics, merchandising, and logistics. These platforms grew both organically and inorganically, with Oracle, IBM, and eBay becoming the dominant players.

The Aug. 13 edition of Electric Light & Power includes the following article highlighting the results of Oracle Utilities', "Big Data, Bigger Opportunities: Plans and Preparedness for the Data Deluge" research study. The article includes comments from Oracle Utilities' Rodger Smith noting that the report indicates that the majority of utility executives are working to enhance their ability to glean real intelligence from smart grid data to ultimately create new opportunities to improve service reliability and deliver useful information to customers. The article also includes comments from Oracle Utilities' Brad Williams, who notes that the survey results show that there are opportunities for business improvement in utility operations.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc., for one, is adding more programs from Oracle to its lineup. It already uses an e-commerce platform and web site personalization technology from ATG, and site search from Endeca Technologies-two companies that Oracle acquired within the past two years. The department store chain, No. 20 in the Top 500 Guide, is now adding Oracle software for analyzing customer demand by product and managing merchandising and supply chains.

Customers want retailers to be available to them around the clock, necessitating systems that run constantly. Senior Director of Technology Strategy for Oracle Retail David Dorf offers a preview of an Oracle OpenWorld session devoted to the advantages of running Oracle Retail on Oracle systems.

Customers want retailers to be available to them around the clock, necessitating systems that run constantly. Senior Director of Technology Strategy for Oracle Retail David Dorf offers a preview of an Oracle OpenWorld session devoted to the advantages of running Oracle Retail on Oracle systems.

The November/December issue of Oracle Magazine included an article about how organizations use Oracle Exadata Database Machine for increased efficiency, private cloud solutions, consolidation, and database as a service (DBaaS). The article highlights the University of Minnesota's DBaaS implementation to create its database hotel, which it developed to provide faster, more flexible, and more efficient service to all university departments. The university has two Oracle Exadata Database Machines and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) for high availability. It also uses the Data Guard feature for disaster recovery capabilities. The university can now return registration results within seconds, even during peak registration periods, and through centralized IT, it enables departments to manage their own databases.

Tony Stephenson, IT Operations Manager, Morrisons, said, "As we are in a very competitive market we need a robust IT system we can rely on and can adapt to changing conditions...We have now extended the automation to Oracle E-Business Suite for our back-e

Highlighting that Oracle Utilities sees Africa as a strong smart grid market. The article notes that in South Africa, smart grids will enable better electricity management as power generation becomes more decentralized through greater use of renewable energy. The article includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice-president and general manager, Oracle Utilities, EMEA noting that smart grids enable utilities to align the consumption of more volatile and less predictable renewable energies.

Byline by Guerry Waters, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities discussing various steps utilities should consider when communicating with customers about smart grids. The article also discusses results from Oracle's "Grid Challenges and C

Highlighting that Oracle launched the latest version of their "Business Intelligence for Utilities" product, part of a family of analytics products designed to help utility companies access and organize data for monitoring activities and organization. Th