For some products, figuring out the cost is easy: It’s the total figure on the invoice. For other products, like databases, that number is just the beginning. The total cost needs to include all of ...

Facing Microsoft pressure and new multicore chips, Oracle quietly cuts database prices for some lower-end servers, News.com has learned. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is now generally available and downloadable from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). Improvements have been made in all key areas, with a general emphasis on helping ...

As platforms continue to evolve in the technology industry, a central concern for IT executives is implementing the right systems to maximize the return on each investment. Since labor costs and ...

The process of database management in the enterprise often involves the convoluted work of sizing, capacity planning and consolidation. In today’s modern IT landscape, this generally means a focus on ...

Google is making a number of announcements around its Cloud Platform today. Most of these focus on its various cloud database services, but the company is also making a major update to its low-cost ...

Microsoft's newest version of its database may cost you more if you deploy it on machines with more than four physical cores in each processor. That's one of the findings of the independent analysis ...