Tag: Oracle

Oracle’s autonomous cloud tools should get you thinking about automation

Oracle’s autonomous cloud tools should get you thinking about automation

Even with the shift to the cloud, it’s still up to IT to make sure that Linux is being patched and updated on a regular basis — which is often a tedious job. Oracle announced a product this week to help: a...

/ September 20, 2019 / 1 Comment
Oracle alliance with Microsoft complicates cloud computing relationships

Oracle alliance with Microsoft complicates cloud computing relationships

Cloud computing makes for strange bedfellows, but now that Oracle and Microsoft have agreed to work together to integrate Oracle Cloud services with the Microsoft Azure cloud, almost anything seems possible. The agreement between the two companies represents something of...

/ June 11, 2019
Cloud 5: Microsoft battles Slack, Amazon against the world

Cloud 5: Microsoft battles Slack, Amazon against the world

Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one of...

/ April 13, 2018
MSPs Need to Put Cloud Application Claims in Perspective

MSPs Need to Put Cloud Application Claims in Perspective

At an Oracle Modern Finance Experience event this past week Dr. Michael Mandel, senior fellow at the Mack Institute of Innovation Management at the Wharton School, forecasted that a total of $2 trillion will be added to U.S. Gross Domestic...

/ February 20, 2018
Oracle plans to build a dozen data centers in massive cloud expansion

Oracle plans to build a dozen data centers in massive cloud expansion

Never let it be said that Oracle chairman Larry Ellison does anything halfway. It took him some time to embrace the cloud, but now that he has, he’s put the considerable financial weight of his company behind the idea. This...

/ February 15, 2018
Cloud 5: Oracle buys a cloud present, another Chinese cloud company enters US market

Cloud 5: Oracle buys a cloud present, another Chinese cloud company enters US market

Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one of...

/ December 22, 2017
Blockchain is the cloud’s latest obsession

Blockchain is the cloud’s latest obsession

Every year it seems, the cloud gets obsessed with a shiny new toy. Last year it was artificial intelligence and machine learning. This year, it’s blockchain and the various cloud platform companies are competing for your attention. With Platform-as-a-Service, a...

/ October 5, 2017
Cloud 5: Oracle pokes AWS, GE narrows cloud focus

Cloud 5: Oracle pokes AWS, GE narrows cloud focus

Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one of...

/ September 22, 2017
Oracle cloud biz begins to take center stage

Oracle cloud biz begins to take center stage

There were a couple of contrasting news stories about Oracle this week that suggest the cloud part of the business is ascending, while some older pieces like the hardware business could be in decline. Let’s start with the bad news first with...

/ September 6, 2017