"IBM DB2 is only popular on mainframes...which is only used by your father!" That was Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison's response to a report that Big Blue's database-management software is ...

IBM this week announced a new version of its flagship DB2 database with software that will provide compatibility with applications built for Oracle databases. Embedded in IBM's forthcoming DB2 9.7, ...

DB2 9, an update to Big Blue's database due next month, heaps on features aimed at stealing market share. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He ...

Evan Walters, president and CEO of Innovative Information Solutions, a Waterbury Conn. IBM partner, said he expects Oracle to eventually integrate its own database and applications server with the ...

Big Blue's Stop, Think, and Save program aims to lure Oracle customers facing 'high software costs,' 'uncertain' Sparc road map No doubt as a symbol of gratitude to Larry Ellison and friends for the, ...

IBM Db2, Oracle Database, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server continue to be dominant enterprise-ready databases, each supported by various hardware from established vendors. This paper presents a ...

IBM has surpassed Oracle as the leading seller of database-management software, according to a new study. IBM captured 34.6 percent of the revenue in the overall database market in 2001, up from 33.7 ...

Security is an area that both Oracle Corp. and IBM are focusing on as they develop their next-generation database products. Oracle, leveraging research it has done for the U.S. government, this week ...

Oracle’s agreement to buy Siebel Systems immediately raised questions about the future of Siebel’s CRM OnDemand service – a venture in which Oracle rival IBM is deeply involved. Executives from both ...

Clients using Oracle database and application server software running on Sun, HP Itanium, or previous generation POWER servers, can take advantage of a complimentary savings assessment, detailed ...