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10 Jun 2022
Oracle sets lofty national EHR goal with Cerner acquisition
With its Cerner acquisition, Oracle sets its sights on creating a national, anonymized patient database -- a road filled with technical and legislative hurdles. Continue Reading
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20 Dec 2021
With Cerner, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure gets a boost
Oracle plans to acquire Cerner in a deal valued at about $30B. The second-largest EHR vendor in the U.S. could inject new life into Oracle's data and cloud businesses. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2021
Oracle offers on-premise support discount for cloud buyers
Oracle's latest bid to attract customer workloads to its public cloud involves discounts on traditional software license maintenance and support fees. Continue Reading
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07 Jun 2021
Oracle Cloud lures developers with 'Always Free' services
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure lags rivals, but the company hopes that a broader set of free services will draw interest from a critical constituency – developers. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2020
New Oracle Enterprise Manager release advances hybrid cloud
Oracle updates its Enterprise Manager platform to version 13.4, bringing new hybrid management capabilities to database users across on-premises and cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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11 Sep 2019
The roots of Oracle's cloud evolution: A 20-year review
Oracle, like other prominent on-premises software vendors, has traced a long path into the cloud. These 10 events over the past 20 years helped lay the foundation. Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2019
How Oracle RPA systems can automate business tasks for users
Robotic process automation software can be integrated into Oracle environments to help strengthen business operations by augmenting workers with software robots. Continue Reading
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05 Apr 2019
What is the difference between a database engineer, architect and administrator?
Expert Michael Hillenbrand explains the difference between a database engineer, a database architect and a database administrator. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2019
Future of Oracle centers on the cloud, AI and automation
Oracle deepened its embrace of cloud computing, AI software and IT automation tools in 2018. What can users expect from it in 2019? More of the same, most likely. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2010
Do I need to pay extra for licenses for an Oracle Partitioning Option?
Do you have an Oracle Partitioning Option installed in your database? Learn whether you need to pay extra for licensing and how to be compliant in this tip from an Oracle licensing expert. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2008
Business Analyst vs. Data Architect: Who should do the source-to-target mapping?
An Oracle user asks who should do the source-to-target mapping in a company--the Business Analyst or Data Architect. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2007
Performance goals for DBAs
Do you have any suggestions on how to measure DBA job performance and provide meaningful goals for performance management of DBAs? Continue Reading
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28 Aug 2006
System vs. object privileges
What is the difference between system privileges and object privileges in Oracle? Continue Reading
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