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Computer scientists oppose Oracle's bid to copyright Java APIs
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.
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HM Land Registry saves money with Oracle SPARC servers
HM Land Registry, which is responsible for registering the ownership of property throughout the UK, is using SPARC T4-4 servers running Oracle's Solaris operating system to improve the availability and performance of its commercial services.
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Move over SDN; startup looking to go where only Cisco, VMware tread
Software-defined network, software-defined data center ... and now software-defined fabric.
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Oracle brings data centre fabric to Sparc systems
Oracle has extended its data center fabric to its Sparc-based Unix platforms, promising to let enterprises tie more servers and applications into the high-speed infrastructure.
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Oracle shifting to single chip architecture with new Sparc systems
Oracle has announced a batch of servers based on new Sparc processors and in the process has begun an expected shift toward converging its two families of Unix servers onto a single chip architecture.
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Mellanox looks to head off Cisco, Juniper with open source Ethernet plan
In an effort to better compete with data center switching rivals Cisco, Arista and Juniper, Mellanox is opening up.
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Oracle ports DTrace to Oracle Linux
Oracle has ported one of its most coveted Solaris tools to the Linux platform, a real-time debugging tool called DTrace, though the company has made it officially available only for its own Oracle Linux distribution.
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MWC: Ubuntu chief says converged platforms are the future
The convergence of devices and software platforms is driving the shift towards cloud computing, which will ultimately become the engine room of all modern applications, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth.
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Itanium future questioned as Intel changes track
Intel has scaled back plans for the next version of Itanium in a move that raises questions about the future of the 64-bit server chip, used primarily in Hewlett-Packard's high-end Integrity servers.
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IBM's mainframe chief eyes mobile, social workloads
The head of IBM's mainframe group is looking to bring mobile and social workloads into the platform in another move that would help the mainframe stay relevant and fend off competition from lower-cost systems.
