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Web Host NaviSite Offers Oracle Software Licenses to ISV Customers

November 21, 2011 — Web hosting provider NaviSite announced on Monday that it will now offer monthly Oracle software licenses to its independent software vendor customers. NaviSite is a platinum level partner of Oracle’s partner network. According to the press release, NaviSite ISV customers will be able to take advantage of usage-based billing.

Oracle to Acquire Cloud Solutions Firm for $1.5 Billion

October 24, 2011 — Database software giant Oracle announced on Monday that it will acquire customer service solutions provider RightNow Technologies for about $1.5 billion. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal follows two previous acquisitions announced by Oracle in the past few months including management solutions provider InQuira and storage firm Pillar Data Systems.

Oracle is the Latest Vendor to Apply Patch for Apache Killer Flaw

September 19, 2011 — For only the fifth time in its history, Oracle issued an emergency patch in an unscheduled security update late last week for the denial-of-service flaw found in Oracle application servers that are based on the Apache Web server software.

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Cloud Firm Salesforce.com Names President, EMEA and EVP, EMEA Sales

September 14, 2011 — Cloud computing provider Salesforce.com announced on Wednesday that it has named Miguel Milano president, EMEA and executive vice president, EMEA sales. Milano joins Salesforce.com from Oracle, where he was senior vice president at Oracle where he was head of European sales for Exadata and the leader of Oracle Direct, EMEA.

Citrix CloudStack's New Edition to Offer VMware vSphere, Oracle VM Support

August 29, 2011 — Cloud technology provider Citrix Systems announced on Monday it has released a new edition of CloudStack, which will feature enhanced support for both the VMware vSphere and Oracle VM hypervisors. The solution enables VMware and Oracle customers to manage their virtualized servers as a highly available, scalable cloud computing environment.

Oracle Acquires Storage Firm Pillar Data Systems

June 29, 2011 — Oracle announced on Wednesday it will acquire storage solutions provider Pillar Data Systems. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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MySQL Website Hit by SQL Injection Attack

March 29, 2011 — According to several reports appearing Monday, the MySQL.com website, belonging to Oracle, was compromised over the weekend by a pair of Romania-based hackers, who published usernames and passwords for some users of the site.

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Oracle Launches Cloud File System for Private Clouds

February 7, 2011 – Oracle announced on Monday that it has launched its Oracle Cloud File System to enable storage pooling through an elastic storage cloud.

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Amazon AWS Unveils Plans to Add Oracle 11g to Cloud Hosting Services

February 2, 2011 – Cloud services provider Amazon Web Services announced on Tuesday its plans to add the Oracle 11g database to its web hosting services this year. The company says this addition will enable users “to perform relational tasks and development work on an on-demand hourly basis.”

Web Host Core Services Names VP of Consulting

January 24, 2011 — Oracle-based hosting provider Core Services announced on Monday it has named Barry Brown as its new vice president of consulting.