Pro The Sun sets on Solaris and Sparc Oracle cut 2,500 Solaris and Sparc engineers, marking the end of the Unix operating system and RISC processor. 7 Sep
Pro Java 9 to get bi-annual releases A move to GPL license and open-sourcing the JDK are also planned to make it easier for developers to adopt Java in their software 7 Sep
Pro Java EE open to new leadership Oracle wants someone else to lead enterprise Java, though it says it will stay involved 21 Aug
Pro What’s new in Java EE 8 Upgrade retools enterprise Java for cloud and microservices environments 16 Aug
Pro Enterprises can put Oracle’s entire public cloud in the DC Cloud at Customer on-premises data centre offering is now synced with its public cloud 21 Jul
Pro JVM may get multicore processor support upgrade New class type would be better suited to processing bulk operations 22 Jun
Pro Modularity controversy delays Java 9 Standard Edition to miss July delivery date, new target is September 31 May
Pro Oracle’s Java chief debunks Java 9 ‘misconceptions’ New version of Java will work with Maven and favourite libraries, code conversion not be required 18 May
Pro Opposed Java modularity specification voted down Back to the drawing board for Oracle's modular tech plan 10 May
Pro Java modular battle heats up as Red Hat, IBM criticised Top Java official questions the two companies’ sincerity in their opposition to the planned module system 8 May
Trade Oracle plans ‘start-up organisation’ focused on cloud computing, AI and VR Company plans two ‘solution engineering centres’ in the US 25 Apr
Pro Oracle fixes Struts and Shadow Brokers exploits in huge patch release Quarterly Oracle patch update fixes almost 300 vulnerabilities 20 Apr
Trade Oracle adds attention analytics to its data cloud with Moat buy Oracle Data Cloud already tracks what consumers do and buy; now it will track what they watch 19 Apr
Pro Oracle’s Java-on-Java experiment gathers momentum A recent presentation detailed progress and future plans for implementing Java on Java 7 Apr
Pro SPARC chip future looks bright Fujitsu is taking the lead in developing SPARC after changes in Oracle roadmap 5 Apr
Pro Oracle recommends axing Java object finaliser Due to Java’s release schedule, the Object.finalise feature will likely stick around for a while 31 Mar
Pro Oracle sets priorities for Java 9 bug fixes Only P1 or P2 bugs that are critical and can be fixed before the 27 July 27 release date will be addressed; all others will be deferred for now 22 Mar
Pro Developer supports released for Java 9 upgrade Oracle guide aims to smooth the path from Java 8 21 Feb
Trade Oracle settling with ex-worker over alleged fiddling of cloud accounts Employee said she was terminated from her job for refusing to comply 9 Feb
Trade Oracle cuts jobs in ‘refocusing’ of hardware systems business Up to 1,800 jobs could go as business looks to the cloud for growth 23 Jan
Pro Oracle outlines plan to take on Amazon in cloud Bare-metal servers, a focus on hosted databases and application development are keys 19 Jan
Trade NetSuite going global under Oracle’s flag Cloud software company can now serve more countries and integrate its products with Oracle services 2 Dec
Pro Oracle cuts management, messaging specs in Java EE 8 MVC spec to transfer to another organisation due to shifting priorities 1 Dec
Trade Oracle to buy DNS, cloud infrastructure provider Dyn Internet optimisation services may help Oracle deliver the hybrid cloud 22 Nov
Trade Oracle takes Java copyright dispute with Google to appeals court California jury had decided that the use of Java APIs in Android was fair use 27 Oct
Trade Oracle denied new trial in copyright dispute with Google over Java Dispute brought to an end despite claims of evidence being withheld 28 Sep
Pro Oracle takes aim at AWS with new infrastructure offering "Amazon's lead is over," proclaims Ellison 19 Sep
Pro MySQL zero-day exposes servers to hacking risk Unpatched vulnerability can be exploited to gain root access to servers 13 Sep
Pro Microservices, Java-on-Java top Oracle’s JVM design goals Ambitious plans focus on density, scaling, and stronger language capabilities 11 Aug
Trade Oracle says it didn’t ask employee to cook cloud accounts Software and cloud company claims the employee was terminated for performance reasons 10 Aug
Pro Hackers hit Oracle’s Micros payment systems division Russian cybercrime syndicate suspected 9 Aug
Pro Oracle to buy cloud software provider NetSuite for $9.3bn Long-time sweethearts together at last 29 Jul
Trade HPE has won $3bn in a lawsuit against Oracle The two sides were battling over Oracle's support for Intel's Itanium processor 1 Jul
Pro Oracle prioritises cloud for next big database update Users now faced with an 'Orexit vote,' one analyst says 24 Jun
Trade Oracle employee says she was sacked for refusing to fiddle cloud accounts Svetlana Blackburn was working as senior finance manager in Oracle's cloud business 2 Jun
Trade Google cleared of infringement in Oracle lawsuit Jury found use of Java in Android was fair use 27 May
Trade Google and Oracle’s Android copyright fight is up to a jury now Companies are still sparring over fair use of some Java code 24 May
Trade Oracle v Google, and the end of programming as we know it Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols says a decision on API fair use would be a no-brainer for a jury of programmers, for a lay panel... maybe not 17 May
Pro Can Oracle buy its way into the cloud? "You know the end game will likely be to merge with Salesforce," says analyst 3 May
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