Survey finds nine in ten customers concerned as pricing changes push many toward open source alternatives Concerns over changes to Oracle's Java licensing strategy are hitting more than nine out of ...

In the last week, two reports about Oracle licensing have caught the eye. Both are aimed at the same thing: a mild pitch at negotiation in the run up to Oracle's financial year end. One from Forrester ...

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Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

The City of Atlanta is expanding its relationship with Oracle and Deloitte by selecting Oracle Permitting and Licensing (OPAL) to modernize city planning, zoning, permitting, code enforcement, and ...

The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM. "Our challenge, now (that) we have ...