Database-software maker Oracle is building a consortium of industry players to help create standards for commercial use of grid computing, an Oracle executive said Wednesday. Addressing the crowd ...

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With the high-tech spotlight focused squarely on it as the annual OracleWorld expo kicks off, database giant Oracle is unleashing products aimed at making it easier for customers, particularly small ...

LONDON — Oracle Corp. rang in the first day of its OpenWorld European conference series on Monday by touting the growth of grid computing in Europe, followed with the main news of the day: the release ...

At its OracleWorld user conference in San Francisco next month, Oracle Corp. plans to take the wraps off the next generation of its flagship database, which is being upgraded to support more extensive ...

Speaking to a crowded keynote audience at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Phillips outlined what grid computing is and why Oracle is investing its entire software strategy in providing an ...

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, has added Oracle Corp. as a new member to its testing unit for advanced grid computing technology. Like the other four members of ...

for Nuclear Research (CERN). The project adapts grid computing techniques to study the origins of the universe. Grid computing emerged from academia as a way to overcome limited high-end computing ...

Privately held Tangosol launched its first product in early 2001. Its flagship Tangosol Coherence software dynamically partitions and distributes data in memory across a data grid, reducing the costs ...

SAN FRANCISCO — While a number of users say they have an interest in Oracle Corp.’s grid computing strategy, several claimed that the company still has a way to go before they buy into the concept.

Oracle will next month take the first steps toward a utility computing plan by adding "grid" capabilities in its database and application server software. Oracle will unveil an update to its flagship ...