James Kobielus' Blog: Stuff that crowdsourced its way onto my desktop October 3-7 2011

Attunity Extends Solutions for Enabling Operational Data Warehousing With Teradata http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4745953&access=EH

Oracle Announces Hybrid Columnar Compression Support for ZFS Storage Appliances and Pillar Axiom Sto

Oracle Announces Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco 2011 Keynote Lineup

Build BI tools fast with agile approach

Ellison unveils 'Exalytics' in-memory machine

Elgan: How to automate Google+

Oracle rigs MySQL for NoSQL-like access

Facebook Timeline Moves Closer to the 'Creepy Line'

Your Bad Tech Behaviors That Have IT Fuming

Google Offers Real-Time Site Analytics
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3267858/5553367/246196/0/

Oracle May Launch Its Own PaaS Offering
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3268486/5553367/246298/0/

Ellison Stirs the Pot Over H-P Deal

Oracle OpenWorld: Hardware, Fusion, big data talk, SaaS on tap

Oracle Announces Industry’s First Engineered System for Extreme Analytics (October 3, 2011) http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512005)

Oracle Unveils the Oracle Big Data Appliance (October 3, 2011) http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512001

New and Enhanced Database Security Capabilities Introduced in Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c (October 3, 2011) http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512168

Oracle Beats NetApp with 2x the Performance at Less Than Half the Cost

Oracle Partners Extend Management Capabilities with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c

What Partners are Saying About Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c

Oracle Unveils the Oracle Big Data Appliance

New and Enhanced Database Security Capabilities Introduced in Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c

Latest Update of Oracle Coherence Delivers New REST Support, Elastic Data Improvements and Query Man

Oracle Unveils Oracle Process Accelerators for Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g

Oracle and Simba Technologies Inc. Announce Availability of Latest Version of MDX Provider for Oracl

Oracle Optimizes Integration Between Oracle Applications and Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Ora

Oracle Announces Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Support for Apple iPad

Oracle Honors Winners of the Inaugural Oil and Gas Industry Excellence Awards

Partners Continue to Specialize and Succeed with Oracle

Oracle Extends the Oracle Exastack Program with Availability of Oracle Exastack Optimized, Oracle Ex

Oracle Spotlights Global Partners for Innovation and Customer Excellence

Wipro Achieves Diamond Level Status in Oracle PartnerNetwork

Fujitsu Named Oracle PartnerNetwork Diamond Level Partner

North America Partners Demonstrate Customer and Innovation Excellence at Oracle OpenWorld 2011

Oracle Raises the Curtain on Oracle OpenWorld 2011

Oracle Executives to Outline Oracle’s Comprehensive Cloud Strategy

Fifth Generation Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance Delivers Double the Performance and Triple the Data Capacity

http://www.teradata.com/News-Releases/2011/Fifth-Generation-Teradata-Data-Warehouse-Appliance-Delivers-Double-the-Performance-and-Triple-the-Data-Capacity/

EMC Unveils New Proven Solution and Best Practices for Oracle http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4747138&access=EH

Teradata Automates and Simplifies Analytical Ecosystem Management http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4747132&access=EH

Attensity Delivers Real-Time Social Analytics on Aster MapReduce Platform http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4746639&access=EH

Oracle In-Memory Analytics Appliance Debuts At Open World

http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterprise_apps/231700046?cid=nl_IW_daily_2011-10-03_html

EMC Tailors Storage Systems For Big Data

Google launches paid premium version of Analytics

Industry-specific clouds come rolling in

Oracle launching 'Big Data,' in-memory appliances

Is it practical to back up large files in the cloud?

Oracle pushes appliance message to software crowd

Oracle rolls out 'Big Data' appliance

Oracle Goes Hunting for Big Data
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73411.html

Pre-CRM: Relating Before There's a Relationship
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73408.html

Oracle In-Memory Analytics Appliance Debuts At Open World

Deep Thoughts From Chatbots

Oracle does about-face on NoSQL

Oracle's Big Data Appliance taps growing enterprise need, analysts say

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220475/Oracle_s_Big_Data_Appliance_taps_growing_enterprise_need_analysts_say?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2011-10-04

HP completes Autonomy acquisition

MySQL hits new development milestone

HP Gets Autonomy As Part Of Plan To Provide Information Management Services

EMC Acquires Part Of Information Management Tech Provider Zettapoint

Ellison Unveils Oracle In-Memory Analytics Server

Oracle Intros Sun-Based Exalytics Analytics System

Sam Palmisano and the Future of IBM's Leadership

Oracle Moves to In-Memory Analytics With Exalytics Appliance

Google Gives Lessons in Scale

Oracle Unveils the BI Appliance Called Exalytics

Solid State vs. Magnetic Drives: Cost vs. Efficiency

The unfulfilled promise of SOA

I will Splunk, you can Splunk for free, I fact we all should Splunk!

Transition for TIBCO at TUCON

Amazon may buy Palm from HP, report says

Hyper-V gains another open source cloud: OpenNebula 3.0

Privacy Nightmare: Data Mine & Analyze all College Student's Online Activities

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Pushes All-in-One Data Center

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=003000B2G5WU&nl=2

Mechanical Keyboards: Should You Switch?
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3269760/5553367/246650/0/

Ellison Unveils 'Exalytics' In-memory Machine
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3269760/5553367/246659/0/

USING IDENTITY FEDERATION TO LOCK DOWN YOUR CLOUD
http://go.techtarget.com/r/15048118/2433922

Ellison: The cloud still needs a big engine

Why Identity Management Is Critical Right Now

Physical Vs. Virtual: Oracle, Others Redefine Appliances

Oracle Execs Engage In Some Competitive 'Trash Talk' At Oracle OpenWorld

Oracle Big Data Appliance: Data so big it's scary?

Oracle commits to 'parallel everything' architecture for Exadata, Exalogic

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/oracle-commits-to-parallel-everything-architecture-for-exadata-exalogic/59473?tag=nl.e539

Oracle Previews Next Generation Oracle Application Development Framework Mobile

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513001

Oracle Announces New Release of Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512995

Oracle Previews Oracle Solaris 11 at Oracle OpenWorld

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512668

Customer Success with Oracle Fusion Applications Showcased at Oracle OpenWorld

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512670

Oracle Introduces PeopleSoft On Demand Standard Edition

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512673

OEM Worldwide Adopts Oracle Rapid Planning to Optimize Decision Making Across Global Supply Chain

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512669

The University of Western Ontario Selects Oracle’s Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and Oracle’s AutoVue to Support Major Campus Engineering & Construction Portfolio

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512672

Alcoa to Power Global Operations with Oracle

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512657

Hughes Telematics, Inc. Provides Connected Vehicle Services to Hundreds of Thousands of Customers by Leveraging a Full Suite of Integrated Oracle Solutions

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512! 979

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Launches Claims Adjudication Solution built on Oracle Health Insurance Claims Application

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512655

Oracle Fusion Applications Coexistence Strategy Drives Increased Business Value

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512675

Oracle Announces Oracle CRM On Demand Release 19 Innovation Pack

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512666

Oracle Sets New World-Record Result on SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512968

Sky Brasil Selects Oracle Communications Solutions to Support its Rapidly Growing Business

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512969

Oracle Executives to Outline Oracle’s Comprehensive Cloud Strategy

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512319

Mazda Comprehensively Adopts Oracle Automotive Industry Solutions

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/512661

Oracle’s Andy Mendelsohn Outlines Impact of Big Data on Enterprises in Oracle OpenWorld General Session

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513055

DATA SCIENTISTS HELPING BUSINESSES NAVIGATE 'BIG DATA' SEAS
http://go.techtarget.com/r/15061244/2433922

Oracle rolls out 'Big Data' appliance

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/applications/3308156/oracle-rolls-out-big-data-appliance/

Who Should Buy All (or Part) of HP

Oracle Pushes Big Data, Cloud

MicroStrategy Takes Cloud Computing Personally

http://www.information-management.com/blogs/BI_cloud_analytics_dashboards_MicroStrategy-10021223-1.html?ET=informationmgmt:e2604:2182073a:&st=email&msite=cloudcomputing&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IM_CloudComputingExchange_090910_100411

McAfee To Boost SIEM Capabilities With NitroSecurity Buy

FORRESTER: ENTERPRISE SEARCH SOFTWARE LIMITED BY USER STRATEGY
http://go.techtarget.com/r/15061252/2433922

Oracle's Exalytics Boosts In-Memory And Visual BI Capabilities

Microsoft zapping Zune music player

Hotmail Makeover Declares War on 'Graymail'

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=010000X386O6&nl=2

Oracle OpenWorld 2011 Showcases CRM Pavilion

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=010000NTTF0Y&nl=2

Microsoft tries to make Hotmail cool again with overhaul

Oracle's Exadata means changes for DBAs

Red Hat buys cloud storage vendor Gluster

Facebook Advertising Gets Faster and More Effective with Proprietary Analytic Engine from Clickable
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4748917&access=EH

ORACLE OPENWORLD 2011 SPECIAL REPORT
http://go.techtarget.com/r/15062725/2433922

Oracle's Big Data Chutzpah

http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/231700233?cid=nl_TW_software_2011-10-04_html

Oracle Appliance Gets Tools To Work With NoSQL

Oracle In-Memory Analytics Appliance Debuts At Open World

EMC Tailors Storage Systems For Big Data

Oracle OpenWorld: What Enterprise IT Wants

EMC Launches Offensive To Run Oracle Databases On EMC Storage

SAP and Oracle: the knives are out

Hating Netflix and Facebook

Redmond Review: Can SQL Server Punch Through the Clouds to No. 1?
http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=9105961:822354

Microsoft: Zune HD is dead

Oracle Unleashes the 'Speed of Thought'

http://blogs.cioinsight.com/biztech30/content/business_intelligence/data_analytics_at_the_speed_of_thought.html?kc=CIOMINUTE10052011STR3TOC

Informatica and the Power of Data Virtualization

6 Conditions for the Rise of Business Analysts

BI Not Meeting Needs of Marketers and Merchandisers, Survey Finds

Data Integration Goes 3D

Apple Chairman Steve Jobs dead at 56

Remembering Steve Jobs, the man who saved Apple

Steve Jobs: A timeline

Statements from Apple, family, Bill Gates and others

Steve Jobs Dies. A Revolution Ends

Oracle does about-face on NoSQL

Oracle fleshes out cloud plans at OpenWorld

Buzz kill: Online reaction to iPhone 4S trends negative

APT Shaping SIEM

FORRESTER: BPM PROS NEED TO BECOME CUSTOMER-ENGAGEMENT EXPERTS
http://go.techtarget.com/r/15070974/2433922

Red Hat Grabs Gluster in Big Data Play
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73430.html

The Rise of Utility Computing
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73421.html

Oracle, Salesforce Feud Boils Over With Benioff Keynote Snub
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/73432.html

Oracle's Exalytics Boosts In-Memory And Visual BI Capabilities

Steve Jobs's fierce reign and legacy

Apple's greatest hits under Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs at Apple: A timeline

Can Apple survive without Steve Jobs?

Steve Jobs, Whose Tech Products Delighted A Generation, Dies At 56

Oracle snub of Benioff: Petty or just incompetent?

Microsoft Kills Zune While Apple Doubles Down on iPods

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0110018Y5PIX&nl=2

Datameer Launches Desktop Trial Edition
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4751235&access=EH

Oracle Remains Committed To Building Intel-Based Servers, Hardware Chief Says

Amazon S3 Cloud Storage Objects Have Doubled In 2011

Red Hat Expands Storage Portfolio With Gluster Acquisition

IBM Helps Oracle Clients Move to IBM Workload Optimized Systems http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4751087&access=EH

Linux: A Quick History

IBM Buys Data Analytics Vendor Q1 Labs

Twitter, Facebook flooded with reaction to Jobs' death

Steve Jobs' indelible mark on the computer industry

Microsoft may bid again for Yahoo, report says

IT Blogwatch: Larry Ellison rages on Salesforce.com in keynote war

Steve Jobs, Whose Tech Products Delighted A Generation, Dies At 56

HP CEO Whitman Pushes For Speedy Decision On PSG's Future

Microhoo! Revisited: Microsoft Reportedly Weighs New Bid For Yahoo

Oracle ups the in-memory stakes with Exalytics launch

Steve Jobs has passed away, tech world mourns

Is Google+ Down For The Count?

Oracle announce Process Accelerator based on their BPM Suite

New IBM Software Portfolio Advances Predictive Analytics to Help Improve Business Performance
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4753091&access=EH

HP: 'We're Completely Committed To OpenStack'

Oracle's Plans for Java Unveiled at JavaOne

Oracle Pitches Range of New Products at Annual User Conference Keynote

Oracle Embraces NoSQL with its Big Data Appliance

MICROSTRATEGY, BIRST LOOK TO BRING SAAS BI TO THE MASSES
http://go.techtarget.com/r/15084984/2433922

Ellison unveils new cloud, trashes Salesforce.com

Oracle fleshes out cloud plans at OpenWorld

With Siri, Apple's iPhone 4S gets a voice

Microsoft says no more Zunes, it's all about the phone now

Where will the Steve Jobs tech excitement come from now?

Lessons from Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs' indelible mark on the computer industry

Amazon adds free encryption to storage service
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7622609/7006273/534149/0/

Oracle's Exadata means changes for DBAs

Cloud storage arrays to generate $1.45B in 2015

Elgan: How to automate Google+

Microsoft tries to make Hotmail cool again with overhaul

Microsoft and Yahoo: Will They or Won't They?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73443.html

How Long Will the USPS Be Around?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73435.html

Oracle OpenWorld: What Enterprise IT Wants

Time for a Health Care Chief Knowledge Officer?

IBM Funnels Analytics Across New, Varied Software

Benioff's Private Cloud Bluster: Can It Last?

Identity Management's Day Has Come

Steve Jobs's special talent

Steve Jobs remembered fondly in San Francisco.

Steve Jobs and Life in the Shadow of Death

Can Hotmail revamp win back Gmail defectors?

World Pays Tribute To Steve Jobs' Legacy

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=012000P0S3YO&nl=2

Business Secrets of Steve Jobs
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3273757/5553367/247782/0/

THE MOST INTERESTING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES OF 2011
http://go.techtarget.com/r/15084709/2433922

CLOUD PROVIDERS EYE FACEBOOK OPEN COMPUTE FOR SAVINGS, EFFICIENCY
http://go.techtarget.com/r/15083832/2433922

The Tale of Steve Jobs and the Five Dragons

Steve Jobs' big lesson: 'Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish'

Steve Jobs: Our digital version of Walt Disney

Intuit Implements Oracle Application Integration Architecture to Help Improve Cross-Selling and Customer Experience

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513281

Toyota Motor Europe Upgrades Vehicle Order Management System with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 to Help Improve Customer All! ocation and Lead Times

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513279

Oracle Offers Executives Deeper Insight into Close Process and Financial Results with Oracle® Financial Management Analytics

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513395

Oracle Introduces Sustainability Reporting Starter Kit for Oracle® Hyperion Financial Management

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513393

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Delivers World Record Dual-Node Result with SPECjEnterprise2010 Benchmark on Cisco Unified Computing System B440 M2 Server

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513272

Oracle Unveils Oracle Social Network

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513469

Oracle Unveils Oracle Public Cloud

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/51346! 0

Oracle Unveils Oracle Fusion CRM in the Cloud

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513470

Oracle Unveils Oracle Fusion HCM and Talent Management in the Cloud

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513472

What Oracle Implementation Partners Are Saying about Oracle Fusion Applications

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/513456

Oracle Implementation Partners Continue to Rapidly Adopt and Invest In Oracle Fusion Applications