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• Oracle NetBeans 7.2 supports the latest PHP, C++

  By Joab Jackson | 25 May, 2012 18:34

  The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C++.

• Ellison, Phillips, McDermott to take stand in Oracle-SAP retrial

  By Chris Kanaracus | 24 May, 2012 16:49

  During the upcoming retrial of Oracle's corporate-theft lawsuit against SAP, the companies plan to call a star-studded array of tech executives as witnesses including CEO Larry Ellison, former Oracle co-president and current Infor CEO Charles Phillips and SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott, according to court documents filed Thursday.

• Most jurors sided with Google on APIs and 'fair use'

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 23:34

  Most of the jurors in the Oracle v Google trial thought Google's use of 37 Java APIs in Android should be allowed under the doctrine of fair use, one of the jurors revealed Wednesday after the trial had ended.

• Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 20:08

  Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found Wednesday in a setback for Oracle.

• Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 18:29

  Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found Wednesday in a setback for Oracle.

• Oracle buys social relationship management company Vitrue

  By Joab Jackson | 23 May, 2012 15:20

  Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced Wednesday.

• Judge scolds lawyers in Oracle v Google

  By AAP | 22 May, 2012 09:09

  The judge presiding over a patent trial pitting Oracle against Google has scolded rival lawyers as deliberating jurors grappled with subtleties of references in computer software code.

• BYOD is driving IT 'crazy': Gartner

  By Matt Hamblen | 22 May, 2012 01:01

  IT managers grappling with bring-your-own-device policies can expect to see an explosion in the number of smartphones and tablets used by employees in the next few years.

• Top 7 dilemmas facing today's developers

  By Peter Wayner | 21 May, 2012 23:05

  Your boss wants it yesterday, but it better be good when judged by the standards of tomorrow. Your customers want every feature they can imagine, but don't you dare confuse them by giving them all the buttons they want. Your fellow programmers want your code documented, but they just respond "tl;dr" to anything you write.

• For Univ. of Kentucky, SAP's HANA is 'disruptive'

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 18 May, 2012 07:55

  The University of Kentucky says it has reshaped its business intelligence (BI) capability as a result of adopting SAP's in-memory system, HANA. Vince Kellen, the university CIO, calls it a "disruptive technology," and for this institution at least, that appears true.

• SAP puts its HANA in-memory database in the spotlight

  By Chris Kanaracus | 17 May, 2012 00:23

  SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire conference in Orlando Wednesday, announcing a slew of new applications, partnerships and functional enhancements for the system.

• Options grow for third-party SAP application support

  By Chris Kanaracus | 11 May, 2012 05:40

  The nascent market for third-party SAP application support gained another player on Thursday, with Spinnaker Support announcing a service that will place it in competition with the likes of Rimini Street.

• Oracle tweaks storage options for virtual desktop infrastructure

  By Tim Greene | 11 May, 2012 04:31

  Oracle's virtual desktop infrastructure is no longer reliant solely on the company's own storage infrastructure, giving customers a range of new options that won't tie customers into one vendor.

• Inside the Google v. Oracle courtroom drama

  By Ryan Francis | 11 May, 2012 01:04

  The trial pitting Google vs. Oracle on the claim of intellectual property infringement by Google in Android has reached almost a tabloid like feel. Outside the courtroom feels like the red carpet as tech giant after tech giant emerge from limos and town cars to testify.

• Ex-Oracle, SAP exec Wookey to lead 'most' application development at Salesforce.com

  By Chris Kanaracus | 11 May, 2012 00:54

  Power has shifted within Salesforce.com's development organization, with John Wookey taking on more responsibility at the cloud software vendor as another executive takes a leave of absence, the company confirmed Thursday.