6
Aug
2009
How many vacations do you want in a year?
How many vacations from your regular job would you want every year? Well, this seems to be the one of the apparent fronts that employees seem to be most discontent with. Well, in a twist, how about taking as many days off in a year as you want, just for a change?!! 
How about setting your own work hours?
How about also having the option as to where do you want to work from?
5
Aug
2009
Google acquires On2
Every big company seems on be in an acquisition mode. Recession seems to have offered the best chance to the industry to consolidate.
Google and On2, today, jointly made the announcement of Google acquiring On2. On2′s product portfolio includes Advanced Video Compression, Video Encoding & Publishing and Embedded solutions for Chips and Devices. Please click here to view On2′s complete Product Portfolio.
4
Aug
2009
Google versus Apple – It’s official now
“Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest. Therefore, we have mutually decided that now is the right time for Eric to resign his position on Apple’s Board” said Apple’s Steve Jobs.
23
Jul
2009
Oracle 11g Certification coming soon
Good news for all the Oracle 11g Database Administrator Certification aspirants. Paul has just confirmed that Oracle is soon to launch the OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Certification for its latest 11g Database Administration.
The beta period for the Certification, “1Z1-053 – Oracle Database 11g: Administration II” closed recently. This is a single exam requirement for ones holding the Oracle DB 11g Administrator Certified Associate (OCA), and gives them the opportunity to upgrade to the coveted OCP.
21
Jul
2009
ORACLE announces new release of Coherence
Now, this is going to come as good news to all the Application Grid Professionals.
Oracle Coherence is an in-memory data grid solution from the Oracle stable. It allows organizations to scale mission critical applications by providing fast and reliable access to frequently used data. It enables real time data analysis, in memory grid computations, parallel transaction and event processing, and Application Grid Computing.
20
Jul
2009
Doorbell comes out of beta
All of us know that Siebel is by far the most popular CRM system on the planet. However, one of the biggest restraints on setting up Siebel is as a Siebel employee once put it up in his own words, “.. Siebel CRM is targetted only at companies with over $250m in annual revenues ..”. Though this has more or less changed with the launch of Oracle’s CRM OnDemand, the push is still there. Siebel is not something we can pitch to the small startup with 10 guys round the corner of our block.
15
Jul
2009
Salesforce Singapore Data Center now Live
Claus Moldt, the VP of Service Delivery at Salesforce recently made the announcement that Salesforce’s Singapore Data Center is now Live!! Salesforce claims that this new Data Center in Singapore will help accelerate Customer Adoption, and most importantly, customer success, with the enterprise cloud computing worldwide.
All of us know Salesforce as the pioneers in the SaaS CRM space. And, with the high number of existing customers, they are going to be there for quite some time! Salesforce, though, was known to be pretty strong in Americas, their foothold in Asia was not all that successful. A lot was attributed to the sluggish Asian economy.
10
Jul
2009
Microsoft versus Google now??
We had reported yesterday that Google has announced its own Operating System, the Google Chrome OS. And, all of us wondered at the timing, especially considering that they don’t even have a prototype or a clear path on as to how they are going to build it! Well, we believe we just found the answer.
As per the reports reaching us at GeeksBlogging@dotCOM, it is said that Microsoft is about to announce something BIG this Monday. If the rounds over the Internet are to be believed, it seems Microsoft may be launching “Microsoft Office in the Cloud”. All of us believe that MS Office is Microsoft’s second best selling software after MS Windows.
9
Jul
2009
Google versus Microsoft?
Two brands, two giants. However, despite being so similar, are so different owing to the fields they work in.
Purely in the order of the companies’ registration date, Microsoft, revolutionary#1, the one which redefined Personal Computing with the Windows Operating System. Today, just one look at the Software Stack provided and supported by MS makes one gasp. Some of the most popular ones I can recall straight away being
3
Jul
2009
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g released
Hi,
We had shared the most happening news of the year with you, with the Oracle Fusion Middleware Launch announcement nearly a month back.
As planned, Oracle has now actually gone on to release the Production version of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. Rather than people harping on its release and recirculating junk information, we believe the best source of information is the Official Oracle Web Site and the corresponding Press Release itself. Check it out here.
So, it’s finally arrived. Cheers!
19
Jun
2009
Oracle buys IP Assets of Conformia
Oracle recently announced that it has acquired the Intellectual Property Assets of Conformia. Looks like Oracle is at it again.
Conformia is one of the world’s leading Enterprise Software provider for Process / Product Lifecycle Management (PPLM). Their software is popular in regulated Process Manufacturing Industries like Life Sciences (to manage drug design, development of products across bio, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Drug Components, etc.) and Beverage Alcohol.
4
Jun
2009
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g announced
This one is for all the SOA enthusiasts out there. Oracle has announced the realease of Oracle SOA Suite 11g, on 1 July 2009.
All of us know Oracle as a pioneer in Service Oriented Architecture. Today, Oracle has a domineering presence with its complete set of SOA based products, the Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Webcenter Suite, Oracle Weblogic Suite, and others.
Oracle Webcenter Suite
This is a Portal platform providing a number of functionalities to develop Web based Applications. Its strength lies in its ability to handle change progressively, and its vast ability to connect disparate systems practically connecting people in real time.
13
May
2009
Oracle Buys Virtual Iron
Oracle Corp. (R) is at it again!
The latest news reports say that Oracle has acquired Virtual Iron (R), a Server Virtualization and Management based company. I picked up the intro to Virtual Iron from the official site, virtualiron.com..
Virtual Iron is a server virtualization & virtual infrastructure management solution. The product offers comparable capabilities and performance to established offerings and is easy to deploy, use and manage.
The complete press release is available now, on the Oracle Official press release section.
Looks like the hunger is insatiable! Which one would be next, is my only afterthought..
