Oracle Database
The Oracle relational database management system (RDBMS), currently in release 11g, is the database backbone of much of the enterprise software market, including business applications from manufacturer Oracle. The Oracle RDBMS, with the release of version 10g, supported the use of networked processing power in a grid/utility computing model. Oracle Database employs PL/SQL, its proprietary extension of the Structured Query Language (SQL) standard.
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The Future of Digital Wallets Gradually Unfolds
It is reasonable to assume that a market as potentially large and with as many moving parts as the digital wallets sector would take a while to develop. It is, after all, no small feat to work out More >
Opportunities Emerge for Windows Phone
The mobile operating system landscape has changed significantly during the past two weeks with moves by HP, Google and Motorola Mobility. The new landscape creates what may be a golden opportunity More >
Get Ready for Radical Changes to Cellular Networks
The rate of growth of data traffic on cellular networks elicits a number of breathtaking descriptors, such as "orders of magnitude" and "exponential." Once the shock of the numbers recedes a bit, More >
Interviews
What CIOs Should Know about Data Tools and Vendor Hype
IT Business Edge's Loraine Lawson recently asked data quality expert Jim Harris how companies can choose the right tool for data quality. Harris a data quality expert and author of the Obessive More >
CIO's Challenge: Find Right Data Integration Tool Without Overspending
Ultimate Medical Academy faced a business-critical integration challenge: It needed to capture data from Blackboard, an Oracle-based online educational software tool, but it used SQL server. CIO Sam More >
Rigorous, Multi-Level Testing Promotes Stable Mobile Apps
Carl Weinschenk spoke to Leigh Williamson, a distinguished engineer at IBM Rational and a member of the CTO Team for mobile software strategy development. The world of mobility in general and mobile More >
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