• Experts support Google in Oracle's lawsuit over Java APIs

  By James Niccolai | 17 June, 2013 10:18

  Nearly three-dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle's effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable technology to end users.

• CEO paychecks: Winners and losers

  By Ann Bednarz | 14 June, 2013 17:04

  The U.S. tech industry has fared well amid the fiscal doom and gloom, and its economic fortitude is reflected in the jumbo pay packages of some tech CEOs.

• Oracle to ship 40 security fixes for Java SE

  By Chris Kanaracus | 14 June, 2013 14:57

  Oracle is set to release a patch set for Java SE that targets 40 security vulnerabilities.

• US FDA calls on medical device makers to focus on cybersecurity

  By Grant Gross | 13 June, 2013 18:38

  Medical device makers should take new steps to protect their products from malware and cyberattacks or face the possibility that U.S. Food and Drug Administration won't approve their devices for use, the FDA said.

• Oracle releases Java EE 7 with eye on HTML5 development

  By Chris Kanaracus | 12 June, 2013 13:44

  Oracle has announced the availability of Java Platform Enterprise Edition 7, a release that brings new capabilities for HTML5-based application development to the framework.

• Big Data, Cheap Storage Bring In-Memory Analytics Into Spotlight

  By Allen Bernard | 06 December, 2012 14:05

  In-memory analytics, like virtualization and the cloud, is an old idea that's been given new life. In this case, the combination of big data, inexpensive commodity storage and parallel processing make it possible to analyze terabytes of data without slowing systems to a crawl.

• Oracle's Q4 results: What to watch for

  By Chris Kanaracus | 17 June, 2013 20:27

  Many eyes in the tech world will fall on Oracle later this week, when the vendor's fourth-quarter results are set for release. This is typically the biggest reporting period for Oracle each year in terms of revenue, but a number of questions loom beyond its top-line performance.

• Salesforce.com aims for next $1 billion business with ExactTarget buy

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 June, 2013 15:58

  Salesforce.com's pending US$2.5 billion purchase of marketing software vendor ExactTarget will help it develop a new $1 billion annual revenue stream and set the company on a clear strategic course for the foreseeable future, according to Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff.

• Smacking SharePoint into shape

  By Todd R. Weiss | 29 May, 2013 11:23

  More than half of all SharePoint shops have had to add functionality to the core software, which came as a surprise to a number of them. Here's what they're doing.

• SAP's first quarter: The key questions

  By Chris Kanaracus | 18 April, 2013 14:57

  SAP will announce its first-quarter 2013 earnings on Friday, a report that will get heavy scrutiny from company watchers. Here's a look at some of the more important topics that should come up during SAP executives' conference calls with press and analysts on Friday.

• Oracle's strategies to get real-world verdict at Collaborate user event

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 April, 2013 20:55

  Oracle's sprawling annual OpenWorld conference doesn't kick off until September, but next week the Oracle user group-backed Collaborate event will be held in Denver.

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