(Alorie Gilbert) The Oracle-SAP rivalry is nothing new, but Ellison’s acquisition strategy is infusing the struggle with new vigor, and may redefine an industry. (R)

(Sheryl Calish) Whether you are a seasoned application developer, a veteran system administrator, or a nascent Linux newbie, the Linux archive utilities have powerful features that provide advantageous information and functionality to a Linux user. Even in the conceivable but inadvisable case that y

(George Demarest) Where I stood, seemingly paralyzed by the persistence of The Question. All features of the room receded into the distance, the ambient sounds first amplifying to a deafening din and then reverberating into a diffuse whisper, and then silence. Again and again, I was tortured by my s

(Mark Brunelli) If Oracle has its way, the vast majority of database management functions will soon be fully automated. To find out more about those plans, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com recently got on the phone with Willy Hardy, Oracle senior director of database product marketing, and Monica Kumar, Or

(George Jucan) Recently we’ve seen a dramatic increase in public and business awareness of safeguarding private and personal information. With specific legislation now in place in many countries, it is now not only a public relations matter but also a legal obligation to protect identifiable data ab

(Jack Loftus) Oracle is getting quite used to the acquisition environment that analysts predicted could dominate the tech business in 2005. (R)

(Bill Cressman) Have you ever wanted to connect to a database without dealing with Oracle’s annoying reliance on the tnsnames.ora file?

(Sanjeev Malik) Today’s enterprise-wide systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated with a variety of operating systems and software development platforms. This presents the constant challenge of integration, which requires creative ways of configuring products from multiple vendors to work in t

(Scott Stephens) When you’re tuning database applications, your first impulse may be to follow the manuals’ examples and start coding database logic directly into your code. Find out why a better approach is to treat the database server as a real server. (R)

(Robin Zimmerman) Today’s enterprise is under pres-sure to interconnect its many disparate systems and applications. This pressure to integrate is a major driving force behind the adoption of Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA) as an enterprise blueprint for reducing the cost and co