Special Report:
Q4 Roundup
June 2009
Make sure to tune in on Tuesday June 23 to hear Oracle's' fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 results. The company will host a conference call and live web broadcast at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) / 5:00 p.m. (EDT) to discuss the financial results. You can tune into a live web broadcast of the event from the Oracle Investor Relations website; the event replay will be available for a week. It's been a busy quarter for Oracle; the company entered into an agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems and celebrated several exciting new product releases. Read more about these developments, plus a roundup of Q4s other big hits
Five Ideas About Sun
“[Sun is] critical to our continued success in middleware and our next-generation of fusion applications,” says CEO Larry Ellison. What are other experts saying about the acquisition? Also, watch Ellison discuss the merger and the future of Java at JavaOne 2009.
Oracle Extends Support Value for Customers
During his keynote at the COLLABORATE conference in May, Oracle President Charles Phillips announced the company has waived Extended Support fees for a number of the Oracle major product lines through 2010 and 2011. Learn more about Extended Support and get more highlights from Collaborate 09.
Oracle Buys Virtual Iron
“Industry trends are driving demand for virtualization as a way to reduce operating expenses and support green IT strategies without sacrificing quality of service,” said Wim Coekaerts, Oracle Vice President of Linux and Virtualization Engineering. “With the addition of Virtual Iron, Oracle expects to enable customers to more dynamically manage their server capacity and optimize their power consumption. The acquisition is consistent with Oracle’s strategy to provide comprehensive enterprise software management and will facilitate more efficient management of application service levels.”
Oracle #2 in “Hottest Tech Companies 2009” list
From Business Week: Due to its domination of the market for database software and aggressive acquisition strategy, Oracle's revenues and profits have grown rapidly over the past five years. Its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems brings it valuable software, including the Java programming language.
Oracle News Releases
Oracle Magazine runs down the latest product information, from Oracle Application Integration Architecture to Oracle Gadget Wizard for Google Apps. Also, check out some recent survey results to find out where CIOs will be investing the most tech dollars.
