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What Went Wrong With Oracle’s Quarter?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 20, 2011 at 5:12 pm PT

Some deals didn’t close on time, and new chips slowed sales of certain servers. But there were a few things that went right, too.

Fujitsu Supercomputer Remains World Champ, but IBM and Intel Are the Real Computing Kings

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 14, 2011 at 5:58 am PT

The latest edition of the semiannual Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers is out. Strangely, there’s no movement among the Top 10, and yet there’s still plenty to talk about.

Fujitsu Beefs Up Its Best Supercomputer

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on November 2, 2011 at 3:53 pm PT

A Japanese computer that this summer was the most powerful in the world just got a little more powerful, but not so much as to catch the brawniest American machine. At least not yet.

IBM Expected to Report a Strong Q1 Despite Exposure to Japan

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 18, 2011 at 11:06 am PT

IBM reports earnings after the close of the markets tomorrow. One analyst expects a relatively strong quarter despite the size of IBM’s business in Japan.

Intel Revamps Xeon as the Server Chip for "Any Workload in the World"

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 5, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT

In the market for “big iron” servers, Intel’s Xeon server chip will start bumping into its big brother, the Itanium, the chip Oracle made fun of last month. This can’t help but cause a complicated positioning and branding headache.

Oracle Beats Q2 Earnings Forecasts

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 16, 2010 at 1:10 pm PT

Oracle’s earnings are in. Both revenue and profits beat the expectations of analysts. Shares are up more than 3 percent after hours.

Oracle Sets Database Speed Record; Larry Ellison Disses HP

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 2, 2010 at 3:53 pm PT

On the day of the premiere of a Bloomberg TV documentary that promises to burnish his legend, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison also got to brag that Oracle had retaken the current land speed record in database computing from IBM. Of course he used the opportunity to engage in his favorite new hobby: Taunting Hewlett-Packard.

Departing Sun Co-Founder to Employees: “Kick Butt and Have Fun!”

John Paczkowski in News on January 26, 2010 at 3:10 pm PT

With European Commission approval of its $7.4 billion buyout by Oracle in hand, Sun’s leadership is saying its goodbyes. Last week, we heard from Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, who–as I reported yesterday–will soon resign his position. Today, it’s Sun co-founder Scott McNealy who is bidding farewell. Sources close to the company tell me that he too will leave Sun following the close of Oracle’s $7.4 billion buyout. His all-hands memo to employees after the jump.

Former MySQL Boss to EC: Approve Oracle-Sun Deal

John Paczkowski in News on October 9, 2009 at 7:32 am PT

Though he resigned earlier this year, former MySQL boss Mårten Mickos still has strong opinions about the open-source database outfit, which was acquired by Sun in 2008. In a letter to the European Commission Thursday, Mickos urged regulators to green-light Oracle’s takeover of Sun, arguing that to delay it will only harm competition.