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Oracle: SQL Server Pricing Model Forces Oracle to Lower Costs

By Dick Weisinger

In 2005, in an attempt to compete with free Open Source databases like MySQL and with Microsoft’s lower priced SQL Server, Oracle introduced a free version of their Oracle 10 database, the Oracle 10g Express Edition (XE). Oracle Database XE

Oracle: The Trend Towards Embeddable

By Dick Weisinger

‘Embeddable’ is becoming a characteristic of competitive advantage.  Embeddable usually implies a software component that is small, self-contained and can be easily ‘dropped into’ an application.  In mid-2006, Oracle raised the level of promotion of ContentDB, Oracle’s content management middleware, and signed

Oracle Databases and Storage

By Dick Weisinger

“Storage is growing much faster than the revenues and profits of companies” said Ari Kaplan, president of the Independent Oracle User’s Group (IOUG).  Storage demand is being driven by regulatory compliance, increased business transactions, and buisiness intelligence, and the bulk of the

PLM Leaders

By Dick Weisinger

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a class of software that attempts to manage the lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.  PLM components include requirements gathering, analysis and design stages, manufacturing, product distribution, quality

Oracle: ECM Consolidation continues with Stellent Purchase

By Dick Weisinger

One week after a highly-attended and successful OpenWorld conference and one week prior to AIIM’s ECM West Conference, Oracle announced yesterday their purchase of Stellent. The announcement comes as a surprise, at least to us.  Oracle has been heavily promoting the use