Chris Kanaracus

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VoltDB OLTP database no longer in beta

VoltDB, a new open source database for large-scale transaction processing, emerged from beta on Tuesday. rnrnVoltDB was co-founded by longtime database industry figure Michael Stonebraker....

SAP’s private cloud strategy to run on Vblock

The company announces its ERP package will run on the stack built by Cisco, EMC and VMWare. Apps players "have to start getting their ducks in a row" for the private cloud, says analyst China Martens

SAP reportedly buying Sybase for $6 billion

The rumoured merger would dramatically expand SAP's technology portfolio

Plattner to renew pitch for in-memory databases

In a video self-interview, SAP's co-founder previews his Sapphire keynote speech that will include the topic of in-memory computing

SAP returns to growth and profits in the first quarter

SAP returns to revenue and profit growth in the first quarter of this year. The German software company reported double digit growth in software and software-related service revenues.

Users advised to be careful with Oracle ULAs

Oracle's unlimited license agreements can make great sense for companies that want to use a lot of the vendor's software, but a number of potential pitfalls can get buried in the fine print, according to a new Forrester report.

Microsoft exec: We and users win with cloud

Cloud computing can help customers save but Microsoft stands to make more money, business division head says.

Lawson moves to back private clouds

The ERP firm is moving to support private cloud deployments. The strategy builds on its recent announcement of support for Amazon's public EC2

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