Justice Department Sides With Oracle On EC’s Anti-Trust Concerns

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. Justice Department took the unusual step Tuesday of objecting to the European Commission balking at Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The Commission on Monday issued a "statement of objections" about the ... continue

ZFS File System Development For Future Snow Leopard OS Update “Discontinued”

The ZFS filesystem which was being used by developers at Apple for a possible future update to the Snow Leopard OS or future OS X systems has been stopped indefinitely according to an official statement by MacOS ... continue

Sorry, IBM: Oracle Buys Sun Microsystems

Following broken-down talks for a buyout by IBM (IBM), Sun Microsystems (JAVA) has now agreed to an acquisition by Oracle (ORCL). The deal is expected to be finalized by the summer. Oracle's Sun Acquisition Oracle will pay about $7.1 ... continue

Amazon and Oracle team for cloud deal

Amazon has announced a new deal with Oracle that will bring a number of Oracle products into Amazon's EC2 cloud. The products now licensed to run in the cloud on Amazon EC2 include the Oracle Database 11g, Oracle ... continue