OraNA :: Oracle News Aggregator

Regular readers of my blog will probably remember me comparing that whole Oracle vs. HP “thing” to a school-yard scuffle. Well, the kids are at it again- now, HP is wailing on Oracle, Oracle is yelling “mercy!” and no one cares, because, well, it feels good to see a (more...)

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I worked as a burger flipper at a regional fast food chain. While there, I found countless ways to injure myself, from getting splashed with hot oil to shutting my fingers in the cash register to a very dramatic fall (more...)

I’ve sometimes wondered if companies, customers and developers feel like it’s New Years’ when looking at a new release of an old product. Here’s a chance to do everything all over again. Old edition glitchy? Bad user interface on it? Got a big wish-list from the end users? Here’s your (more...)

Oracle’s gone and done it again. Just when small cloud-based firms think it’s safe to go in the water, Oracle does their best imitation of Jaws and gobbles them right up.

This time, the victim is Eloqua, a multi-national, formerly publically held cloud marketing and marketing automation firm. Eloqua (more...)

Once again, Hanukkah and Christmas have come and gone, and with them, much of the 2012 gift-giving season, although it should be noted that Kwanzaa began yesterday and won’t be over until January 1, and some folks still enjoy the now-obscure tradition of giving gifts on New Year’s.

I’ve always (more...)