Book by Hugo Toledo, Jonathan Gennick – Describes everything DBAs need to know to install configure, tune, and troubleshoot Net8, Oracle’s networking technology. It covers the Oracle Internet Directory (OID), Oracle Names; the Multi-Threaded Server (MTS); and the Oracle Connection Manager, as well a

By Jon Panker – As antitrust investigators continue to evaluate its takeover bid, Oracle Corp. is once again giving PeopleSoft Inc. investors more time to tender their shares.The deadline has been extended to midnight on Sept. 19. The offer would have expired on Aug. 15.

By Robert Westervelt – Got mentors? What about a backup plan? For rookie DBAs and experienced pros alike, Oracle guru Robert Freeman has tips on how to look good on the job.

The next generation of Oracle’s database, application-server, and enterprise-management software, dubbed Oracle10G, will offer new capabilities to facilitate grid computing, Oracle executives say. The software will be unveiled at next month’s OracleWorld conference in San Francisco.

By Mark Hachman – Following its pledge at last year’s LinuxWorld to develop all of its products for Linux, Oracle Corp. will now actually develop future products using the Linux operating system, an Oracle executive said Wednesday.

by Zlatko Sirotic – You may often want to forbid a so-called “vicious cycle” (a closed loop) in a multi-tree recursive structure (where any object may have any number of children and, at most, one parent) or in a single-tree recursive structure (where exactly one object would have no parent, and all

XIOtech Corporation has announced first customer shipments of Magnitude 3D, a product line that features the industry’s first and only dimensional storage clustering architecture for storage area networks (SANs). Magnitude 3D’s innovative architecture applies the proven benefits of clustered computi

By Mark Hachman – Following its pledge at last year’s LinuxWorld to develop all of its products for Linux, Oracle Corp. will now actually develop future products using the Linux operating system, an Oracle executive said Wednesday.

By Lisa Vaas – Oracle Corp. is putting the finishing touches on an upgrade to its flagship database that is designed for use on computer grids, giving users higher levels of scalability and management, according to early beta testers.

By Robert Westervelt – Oracle Corp. and Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Magna Ware, Inc. are promising to help employee recruiters easily manage the steady stream of resumes that flood their mailboxes with software designed to process the information directly into an Oracle database.