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. Speaking to ZDNet Australia's ...

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Oracle has announced an update to its multi-core processor pricing and licensing policy. The new policies improve parity among hardware vendors and help ensure that customers receive the most ...

Energy company Santos says it expects to pay upwards of AU$830,000 in licensing fees to Oracle next year due to a complex licensing model it can't easily exit. The Australian-owned oil and gas ...

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 ...

Sasol relies on Java to power its applications that support approximately $14 billion in annual turnover. Java is deeply embedded in the company’s IT landscape, ensuring smooth operations and ...

Oracle plans to start a series of seminars on its pricing and licensing practices later this year in an expanded effort to clear up confusion about the topic among users, an Oracle executive said ...

Oracle Corp. has altered its cloud licensing policy in a way that means anyone running its software on Amazon Web Services could be charged double what they were paying before. News of the new policy ...

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 ...

It’s no secret that Oracle’s aggressive licensing tactics can be a source of considerable pain for its customers, and that’s just where TmaxSoft is betting it has an edge. Not only does the company ...

Oracle Corp. and hosted ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor NetSuite Inc. have ended a licensing agreement that allowed NetSuite to use Oracle’s name to brand its small-business ...