Oracle released Java SE 7 Update 4 this week, which finally gives Mac owners the means to receive critical Java security patches at the same time they're available for users of Windows and Linux ...

When a microprocessor vulnerability rocked the tech industry last year, companies scrambled to patch nearly every server they had. In Oracle’s case, that meant patching the operating system on about 1 ...

Oracle on Monday announced Oracle Autonomous Linux, an autonomous operating system. Autonomous Linux provisions itself, scales itself, tunes itself and patches itself while running. "Autonomy is the ...

Enterprise software giant Oracle is acquiring Nimbula, private cloud infrastructure management technology provider. Nimbula solutions are designed to assist users in managing their cloud ...

Oracle introduced the biggest update to its Solaris operating system in nearly a decade Wednesday. By all accounts it was a classy event, held at Gotham Hall in New York. We can't tell you much about ...

Certifications from Red Hat, Oracle and SUSE are tailored to environments where those Linux distributions are prevalent.

Oracle, it’s safe to say, is a bit perturbed about the $9 billion judgment against Google it was not awarded earlier this year. Larry Ellison’s software empire, you may recall, is embroiled in an ...

Oracle is buying Nimbula, the cloud OS startup started by some of the original creators of Amazon Web Services (AWS). But contrary to the reactionary hype, the purchase is for the team and the company ...

Apple on Friday shipped an update to Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle’s cadence for Java 7, which was patched the same day. Customers running OS X Lion or OS X Mountain ...

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Company is determined to keep making its statement, time and time again, that, someday, the operating system won't matter. Gordon Haff is Red Hat's cloud evangelist although the opinions expressed ...

Oracle will certify and support its software products running on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform and Hyper-V virtualization technology under an alliance unveiled by the two companies Monday.