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Oracle to Buy BEA Systems for $8.5 Billion

2008-01-16 14:00:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...Oracle Corp. will acquire BEA Systems in a $8.5 billion deal This means that Oracle will now have an event processing platform, the Oracle WebLogic Event Server to compliment their product line Reference: Oracle Strikes Deal to Buy BEA Systems for $8.5 Billion (Wall Street Journal By JOHN FLOWERS January 16, 2008 8:14 a.m Oracle Corp. said it...
 
Tags: bea systems, oracle, bea, acquire bea systems, oracle strikes deal, bea chairman, bea share, share, eyed bea
 
 
 
 
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Oracle misplaces computer containing personal information

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2007-12-13 12:07:05 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Oracle Corporation Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Employees and contractors of Lodestar (a recent Oracle acquisition Number Affected 132 Types of Data Name, home or business address, Social Security number, and certain other earnings or expense information Breach Description Oracle Corporation recently disclosed a breach...
 
Tags: personal information, oracle, information, sensitive personal information, assume oracle, oracle corporation recently, breach, hampshire breach notification, oracle public relations
 
 
 
 
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Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2008

2008-04-18 10:00:35 by Adrian Lane in Information Centric Security
 
...Oracle. Some information can be found here, and scroll down to the Oracle Database Risk Matrix. Unlike some of my peers in the industry, I have usually been pretty happy with the patches that come from Oracle for security. What is more, they tend to release security patches on a very regular schedule, so the DBA in me appreciates this...
 
Tags: release security patches, oracle, patches, security, april, regular schedule, pretty happy, normal workflow, patch
 
 
 
 
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Oracle OpenWorld

2008-09-30 07:18:05 by Slavik in Musings on Database Security
 
Well, Oracle OpenWorld came and went. As usual, I hardly had any time to attend sessions. The one really cool session I attended ( besides my own ) was by Tanel Poder talking about troubleshooting Oracle when the Oracle instrumentation does not work. See his blog for details. I really loved his straight forward
 
Tags: oracle, oracle openworld, oracle instrumentation, tanel poder, cool session, attend sessions, straight forward, time, blog
 
 
 
 
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Oracle Database 11g Gets Praise From InfoWorld

2008-06-05 03:18:59 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Oracle Database shops will find at least five of these life changers in Oracle Database 11g. But theres one feature, Real Application Testing, thats so compelling, its almost enough reason to upgrade on its own. Theres not a shop out there that doesnt make code changes, and they all need a solid way of reproducing production workloads to...
 
Tags: workload replay, oracle database 11g, real application, replay, database replay, feature, oracle database shops, sql performance analyzer, workload
 
 
 
 
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Oracle Database 11g Release 1: Transparent Solutions for Security and Compliance

2008-08-14 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
...Oracle) The continued emergence of new regulations worldwide combined with the increasingly sophisticated nature of information theft requires strong data security. Oracle Database 11g Release 1 provides the industry's most advanced data security capabilities with security solutions that work transparently with existing applications while...
 
Tags: regulations worldwide, regulations, data security capabilities, oracle, security solutions, mandatory requirements, emergence, source, applications
 
 
 
 
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Oracle CPU - October 2008

2008-10-15 11:08:29 by Slavik in Musings on Database Security
 
Its that time of the quarter again. Oracle just released another CPU, this time with 15 DB vulnerabilities compared with the 11 in the July CPU and 15 in April. There are also some interesting vulnerabilities for Oracle EBS and application server. Sentrigo is represented by Guy Pilosof and myself in the credits section. The vulnerabilities
 
Tags: cpu, oracle, july cpu, vulnerabilities, oracle ebs, application server, time, credits section, guy pilosof
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft, Oracle get busy plugging security holes

2008-10-20 04:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Microsoft and Oracle both gave IT managers plenty of software patches to apply -- 11 in Microsoft's monthly batch of fixes, and 36 in Oracle's quarterly set of updates
 
Tags: oracle, microsoft, managers plenty, quarterly set, software patches, monthly batch, apply, fixes
 
 
 
 
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Oracle to ship critical security patches next week

2008-01-10 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Oracle plans to fix dozens of flaws in its software products next Tuesday, including critical bugs in the company's database, e-business suite and application server
 
Tags: critical bugs, application server, software products, oracle plans, e-business suite, fix dozens, flaws, tuesday, database
 
 
 
 
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Two-thirds of Oracle DBAs don't apply security patches

2008-01-14 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b41100 in Network World on Security
 
Oracle issues dozens of security patches every quarter, but that doesn't mean database administrators are necessarily implementing them