Oracle has confirmed plans to make the next major update to its 12c database available only in the cloud for a period of time to entice customers that currently run the software in their own data ...

Oracle has introduced a new release of Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, which provides a turnkey, full lifecycle DBaaS management solution for Oracle Multitenant, an option for Oracle Database 12c ...

When it comes to database workloads, the shift to the cloud has only barely begun. Oracle Executive Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison recently explained how, as that shift accelerates, the transition of ...

In development for roughly four years, Oracle Database 12c introduces so many important new capabilities in so many areas — database consolidation, query optimization, performance tuning, high ...

SAP spokesman James Dever downplayed Ellison’s remarks, saying in an email that HANA has seen a faster relative growth rate than Exadata, and that it offers customers a broader range of capabilities.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is not backing off from the stiff market competition for Database In-Memory against Microsoft, IBM and SAP with the release of a new product offering that he claims can ...

At the Oracle OpenWorld annual user conference last week, Oracle announced enhancements to the Oracle Database 12c platform, including a new in-memory option for both analytics and transactional ...

Oracle’s long-awaited 12c database is now available for download, according to the company’s official website. Download links for the product were available on the site as of late Tuesday. While it ...

Oracle will soon release its Database 12c R2 and at least one analyst is betting that the product will fuel revenue growth for years to come. Of course, the wild card is open source database options ...