Friday, September 24, 2010

Stuff I borrowed from the library on the yacht Larry Ellison keeps moored in the lagoon in the anteroom of his private office September 20-24 2010

Oracle releases monster "private cloud" box

http://itnews.com.au/News/232692,oracle-releases-monster-private-cloud-box.aspx

Ellison announces 'one big, honkin' cloud'

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9186599/Ellison_announces_one_big_honkin_cloud_

Oracle Unveils Exalogic Elastic Cloud (20th September 2010)

Oracle Announces Oracle Fusion Applications (20th September 2010)


Oracle Debuts Oracle’s Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux (19th September 2010)

What Partners are Saying about Oracle’s New Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux (19th September 2010)

Oracle® Fusion Middleware Delivers World Record Single-Node Result with SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark (19th September 2010)

HP's Deep Trouble: Why HP Is Struggling

Oracle Says Sun Operations Are Now Profitable

State Of The Database

The best in data deduplication appliances

Delphix Server launches at DEMO to slash relational database redundant copies, storage waste and cos

IBM agrees to buy Netezza for $1.7 billion

Data storage stocks get more juice from IBM deal

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/data-storage-players-in-spotlight-again-2010-09-20?reflink=MW_news_stmp

IBM to acquire data warehouse appliance vendor Netezza

http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/news/2240022625/IBM-to-acquire-data-warehouse-appliance-vendor-Netezza

Netezza deal fills key hole in IBM BI product line

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9186801/Netezza_deal_fills_key_hole_in_IBM_BI_product_line?taxonomyId=214

Investors Look To Next Data-Management Targets After Netezza

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100920-710300.html

Hewlett-Packard and former CEO Hurd reach truce

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/HewlettPackard-and-former-CEO-apf-162022018.html?x=0

IBM to Acquire Netezza

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32514.wss

HP's Acquisition Frenzy: 10 Ramifications of HP's Spending Spree

Oracle plans Q1 2011 release for Fusion Apps

IT Blogwatch: OpenWorld: Ellison bores crowd, but Oracle loves HP again

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: VMware is buying Novell

Oracle Q1 revenue jumps 48%

Xerox PARC turns 40: Marking four decades of tech innovations

Oracle MySQL rival PostgreSQL updated

Five Things We Want To Hear More About At Oracle OpenWorld

IBM Flexes Analytics Muscle With $1.7B Netezza Buy

Hadoop for Operational Business Intelligence

Is Predictive Analytics on the Horizon?

Meet the world's fastest rules engine

IAM is still evolving

Quantum computing boosted by 'photon walk' chip

INTERPOL: International ID verification system needed

US wants big, revolutionary energy storage systems

Netezza Bolsters IBM's Business-Intelligence Arsenal

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=110003LASRBK&nl=2&full_skip=1

IBM to Buy Netezza

Oracle's Exalogic box: Cloud washing at its best?

IBM scoops up Netezza for $1.7 billion, broadens data analytics lineup

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/ibm-scoops-up-netezza-for-17-billion-broadens-data-analytics-lineup/39348?tag=nl.e550

eXo and Jaspersoft Integrate Collaboration and Business Intelligence http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4379647&access=EH

Oracle Outlines Plans for Java Platform (20 September 2010)

Andy Mendelsohn General Session Highlights Customer Benefits of Upgrading to Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Exadata Database Machine (20 September 2010)

Oracle Fusion Middleware Delivers World Record Dual-Node Result with SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark (20 September 2010)

Oracle Executive Vice President John Fowler Outlines Core SPARC, Solaris and ZFS Innovations (20 September 2010)

Oracle Senior Vice President Hasan Rizvi Highlights Success of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g (20 September 2010)

Oracle Raises the Curtain on Oracle OpenWorld 2010 (20 September 2010)

Oracle Introduces Exadata Database Machine X2-8 (20 September 2010)

Amazon Web Services and Oracle Announce Certification and Support of Oracle Applications, Middleware and Databases on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud using Oracle VM (20 September 2010)

Oracle Announces SPARC T3 Processor and SPARC T3 Servers (20 September 2010)

Oracle Achieves World Record Single Node Result with SPECjEnterprise2010 Benchmark (20 September 2010)

Oracle's SPARC T3 Servers Deliver World-Record Performance Results (20 September 2010)

Oracle Solaris 11 Express (20 September 2010)

Oracle Unveils Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 (20 September 2010)

Oracle Unveils Next-Generation Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Product Line (20 September 2010)

Oracle Sun Ray 3 and 3i Now Available (20 September 2010)

Oracle and Simba Technologies Inc. Announce the Availability of MDC Provider for Oracle OLAP 2.0 (20 September 2010)

Oracle Sets World-Record Result on SAP® Sales and Distribution-Parallel Standard Application Benchmark (20 September 2010)

Oracle Unveils Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Fulfillment Management (20 September 2010)

Agile PLM 9.3.1 (20 September 2010)

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Selects Oracle for Health Insurance Claims AdjudicationSolution http (20 September 2010)

Oracle Partners Converge at Global OPN Forum to Learn about New Opportunities for Growth and Success Through Specialization (20 September 2010)

Oracle Partners Drive Profit and Growth through Specialization (20 September 2010)

Oracle PartnerNetwork Diamond Level Recognizes Breadth of Expertise in Elite Partners (20 September 2010)

Oracle Spotlights Global Partners for Innovation and Customer Excellence (20 September 2010)

North America Partners Demonstrate Customer Excellence at Oracle OpenWorld (20 September 2010)

Oracle Unveils Exalogic Elastic Cloud (19 September 2010)

Oracle Debuts Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux (19 September 2010)

Oracle Announces Fusion Applications (19 September 2010)

Oracle Fusion Middleware Delivers World Record Single-Node Result with SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark (19 September 2010)

Oracle Honors Customers and Partners for Excellence and Innovation Using Oracle Technology (19 September 2010)

Oracle Announces MySQL 5.5 Release Candidate (19 September 2010)

Oracle Announces Oracle OpenWorld, JavaOne and Oracle Develop San Francisco 2010 Keynote Lineup (17 September 2010)

Oracle CRM On Demand Partner Pavilion to be Showcased at Oracle OpenWorld 2010 (13 September 2010)

Oracle to Demonstrate Innovation and Commitment to Communications, Media and Entertainment Industries at Oracle OpenWorld (13 September 2010)

Retail Industry Executives to Discuss Complete Solutions and Breakthrough Technologies at Oracle OpenWorld 2010 (23 August 2010)

Oracle OpenWorld 2010 Highlights New Opportunities for Partner Success with Full Line-Up of Partner-Driven Sessions and Events (18 August 2010)

Oracle Opens Registration for JavaOne + Develop 2010 (17 May 2010)

State Of The Database

A Strategy to Protect Unstructured Data

http://www.informationweek.com/news/business_intelligence/information_mgt/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OXSWMYNOXPUUPQE1GHRSKH4ATMY32JVN?articleID=227500068&cid=nl_IW_week_2010-09-20_html

IBM In Deal To Acquire Netezza For $1.7 Billion

Hurd Takes Oracle OpenWorld Stage To Highlight Products

Larry Ellison Rips Red Hat Linux, But Stays Committed

Oracle's Mark Hurd Discloses His New Priorities

Aster Data provides row and column functionality for big data MPP analytics

Oracle, HP settle Hurd litigation, affirm partnership

Oracle Touts Exalogic as Cloud in a Box

Oracle, HP settle Hurd litigation, affirm partnership

HP Moves Oracle Apps To Cloud Via Its Matrix Converged Infrastructure

Amazon Eases Integration, Development With New EC2 Features

Hurd Unveils Oracle's New Exadata Database Machine

http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/227500262/hurd-unveils-oracles-new-exadata-database-machine.htm

Research breakthrough brings ubiquitous True Random Number Generators A Step Closer

Why iPad Is Hurting Laptop Sales

Oracle Outlines Road Map for Solaris 2011

PostgreSQL 9.0 Adds Rplication Tech to Open-Source Database

At Oracle Open World, Oracle Commits To Cloud Computing

http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227500184&cid=nl_IW_btl_2010-09-21_html

Hadoop and MapReduce: Breaking records in the cloud

Oracle frames Solaris 11 as a cloud platform

In defense of Steve Jobs' 'grouchy' emails

Oracle and HP hug; now Hurd can get to work

Omnipresent GPS coverage takes another hit

How I got thrown out of an NSA party

Oracle Announces JDK Roadmap for Advancing Java SE

Oracle Increases Investment in JavaFX and Outlines Product Roadmap

Oracle Previews Planned Product Releases from Oracle Insurance

Oracle Enhances Oracle Business Intelligence Applications

Oracle Announces Oracle CRM On Demand Release 18

Leading Analyst Firm Places Oracle in Leaders Quadrant for Sales Force Automation

Oracle Unveils Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 8

Oracle Announces Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Company Directory 9.1 and Oracle’s PeopleSoft En

Oracle Unveils Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector

CACI and Oracle Deliver Solution and Services to Improve

Oracle Extends Leadership in Communications Industry with Product Enhancements

Oracle Introduces Oracle Security Governor for Healthcare

Oracle Application Testing Suite 9.2 Introduces Unique Testing Capabilities for Rich Internet Applic

Oracle and Capgemini Group Expand Relationship to Provide Industry-Leading Application Testing Solut

IT Convergence Accelerates Application Deployment and Simplifies Management with Oracle VM for x86

Oracle Announces Significant Acceleration of Oracle® Database 11g Release 2 Transparent Data Encryp

Oracle Announces Recipients of the 2010 Duke’s Choice Awards

Nagravision Improves Financial Visibility and Sales Order Accuracy with Oracle

Oracle Financial Services Software Introduces Oracle Mantas Energy and Commodity Trading Compliance

Oracle Announces Oracle Health Management Platform

Oracle Outlines Plans for Java Platform

Andy Mendelsohn General Session Highlights Customer Benefits of Upgrading to Oracle® Database 11g a

Oracle® Fusion Middleware Delivers World Record Dual-Node Result with SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark

11Ants Model Builder Transforms Excel Into Breakthrough Predictive Analytics Tool http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4380762&access=EH

IBM Buying Netezza, Sending Clear Shot Across Oracle’s Bow

http://www.information-management.com/blogs/data_warehousing_IBM_Netezza_Oracle_BI_MDM-10018790-1.html

IBM agrees to pay $1.7b for Marlborough's Netezza

http://mobile.boston.com/art/23/business/technology/articles/2010/09/21/ibm_agrees_to_pay_17b_for_marlboroughs_netezza/

HP's Ex-CEO Hawks Oracle Exadata Server X2-8

Twitter 'antibodies' help kill worm, says researcher

SAP moves an OnDemand service to Amazon

Microsoft pushes Zune expansion outside U.S.

IBM's $1.7B Netezza Acquisition May Not Be Done Deal
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/70862.html

DATA QUALITY TOOLS: USEFUL, BUT NOT A MAGIC BULLET
http://go.techtarget.com/r/12517059/2433922

Is Insurance Analytics Outsourcing Set to Surge?

5 Rules for BI Success

Covisint Buys CDS Developer DocSite

Aster Data provides row and column functionality for big data MPP analytics

Will the 'Facebook Phone' Become a Privacy Nightmare?
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1214431/5553367/119839/0/

Microsoft to Bring Zune Software to a Larger World Audience
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1214431/5553367/119845/0/

The Five Pros and Cons of a Facebook Phone
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1214431/5553367/119848/0/

Facebook: We Don't Build Phones
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/1214431/5553367/119849/0/

GIS' Future Is With Crowds, Clouds, and 4-D
http://gcn.com/articles/2010/09/20/future-of-gis.aspx
http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/1251

Oracle OpenWorld Largest, Greenest Oracle Event in Company History

Facebook Phone, No - Facebookish Phone, Maybe
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/70861.html

Oracle silent on Java independence initiative

Global CIO: Is Larry Ellison Going Soft On HP And IBM?

Oracle's Mark Hurd Discloses His New Priorities

Why a Facebook Phone Would Be a Disaster

EMC Greenplum and Cloudera Form Alliance to Tackle Big Data Challenge

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/EMC-Greenplum-and-Cloudera-prnews-929624367.html?x=0&.v=1

Jonny Evans: Join the dots on six future Apple technologies

HP readies private cloud systems for Oracle apps

INCREASING IT'S ROLE IN BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
http://go.techtarget.com/r/12523893/2433922

Data as a Service in Warehousing, Intelligence and Performance

Lots of Data, No Standards Equals Little Value

Twitter knew about worm bug a month ago

Ping Identity upgrades SSO offering

Lots of Questions at Oracle Open World

Nokia: Using Android like 'peeing in your pants for warmth in winter'

Metadata Management: An Imperative for Your Enterprise

Data Deluge or Opportunity?

Q&A: Social Media and BI Overlap Ahead

In Search of BI ROI

At Oracle OpenWorld, the Sale's the Thing
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/70870.html

What You Need to Know About Object-Oriented Storage

Oracle's "new" kernel for RHEL clone: The real truth

If Novell Is For Sale, VMware May Buy Its Expertise

SOCIAL MEDIA AND NETWORKING USHERING IN A 'THIRD WAVE' OF CAPITALISM
http://go.techtarget.com/r/12524691/2433922

AMAZON CORNERS OFF ITS CLOUD FOR ORACLE USERS
http://go.techtarget.com/r/12525227/2433922

Early Adopter Program and Partner Momentum Lay the Foundation for Oracle Fusion Applications

Oracle Extends Commitment to Java and Open Source Developer Communities

Oracle Launches New Tools for Reducing E-Waste and Simplifying Regulatory Compliance

Oracle Unveils New Environmental Sustainability Management Offering for Manufacturers and Commercial

Cannon Design Uses Oracle to Manage the Construction of the Richmond Olympic Oval

New Report Shows Mobile Consumers Eager for New Technologies, Still Covet Service and Price

Infosys Becomes Oracle PartnerNetwork Diamond Level Partner

Exclusive: Java Creator Gosling: 'Why I Quit Oracle'

Bias in BI

Enterprise Apps By Design

IBM Buying Netezza, Sending Clear Shot Across Oracle’s Bow

The Next Big Thing In BPM: Real-Time Process Guidance

IBM Makes Major Buy in Analytics Market with Netezza

The Challenges of EIM – Exposed

ActuateOne Advances Information Platform with Analytics, BI

Web Start-Up Values Soar

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704285104575491794083009542.html?mod=djemTECH_h

Real Time Web Analytics Startup Chartbeat Tallies Up More Investors

Cloud? Middleware? Exalogic Confusion and Why Ellison Owes Me Botox

http://bit.ly/cRCpY0

HP, Oracle Settlement: It's Not Personal
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/70868.html

Oracle OpenWorld: Dell talks evolving tech, tablets

Can behavioral biometrics help detect terrorists entering the U.S.?

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/092210-biometrics.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2010-09-22

TV 'White Spaces' Could Yield 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11200CPNFUFK&nl=2&full_skip=1

Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) Media Types
http://xml.coverpages.org/draft-cdmi-mediatypes-00.txt
http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/standards/curr_standards/cdmi/CDMI_SNIA_Architecture_v1.0.pdf

SAP rolls out wave of 'rapid deployment' apps

Global CIO: Larry Ellison Swaps Cloud Rants For Cloud Love With Exalogic


Global CIO: Oracle's New Fusion Apps: An Inside Look

Global CIO: Is Larry Ellison Going Soft On HP And IBM?

Global CIO: Will Larry Ellison Launch Bidding War With IBM For Netezza?

Global CIO: At Oracle Open World, Oracle Commits To Cloud Computing

Google Researching Real-Time Frustration Detection

Netezza Share Spike Signals Bidding War

MicroStrategy Offers Free Software Package to Develop Mobile Business Intelligence Applications http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4383721&access=EH

Spansion and Freescale Collaborate on Next-generation Car Dashboards That Enable More Compelling, Safer Driving Experiences http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4384561&access=EH

Industry standards arrive for testing SSD endurance, reliability

Hurd Talks Oracle Exadata, Stays Mum on HP

The Full Promise of Business Intelligence

IBM acquires Netezza as big data market continues to consolidate

IBM acquires Netezza

IBM flexes its analytic muscles and snaps up Netezza

Hardware trumps Fusion Apps in Ellison's big speech

At OpenWorld, Hurd unveils Oracle's latest mega-machine

Oracle MySQL rival PostgreSQL updated

Planned Netezza deal further defines IBM's analytics plans

Larry Ellison Deconstructs Fusion
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/70888.html

Open Source Java ESB Moves into the Cloud

Oracle's Kurian Offers Java Roadmap

IBM-Netezza poised for data warehouse appliance battle with Oracle

http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/news/2240022645/IBM-Netezza-poised-for-data-warehouse-appliance-battle-with-Oracle?

IBM's Netezza Buy Highlights Analytics Craze

Oracle Plants Foot Firmly In The Cloud

Mitch Wagner: Google CEO Schmidt sits in Stephen Colbert's hot-seat

Oracle, Amazon Web Services Certify Oracle Products on EC2

Business Process Pros Demand “Evolutionary Process Governance”

Microsoft new HPC Server adds SETI-like capabilities

FCC approves Super WiFi

Blockbuster filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

IBM acquires Netezza as big data market continues to consolidate

Microsoft Kills Key Components of the 'Oslo' Modeling Platform
http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=6008396:822354

Microsoft Takes HPC to the Cloud
http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=6008402:822354

IBM to acquire Netezza
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32514.wss