In an enterprise technology world featuring too much hot air and not enough world-class technology, SAP has done an excellent job spreading the idea that its 5-year-old HANA database delivers ...

SAP plans to move its applications to its own Sybase-powered database platform and mix in a heavy dose of HANA in-memory technology. The game plan: Push long-time database partner Oracle out of the ...

Oracle on Thursday rolled out an updated version of its TimesTen In-Memory Database, which is a key component of its upcoming Exalytics appliance as well as a competitor to SAP’s HANA platform.

When Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun exclaimed "I feel the need, the need for speed", you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for a soundbite from a CIO discussing their transactional databases. Whether ...

SAP spokesman James Dever downplayed Ellison’s remarks, saying in an email that HANA has seen a faster relative growth rate than Exadata, and that it offers customers a broader range of capabilities.

Now that the Jersey Shore is in its final season and we’ve become desensitized to the catfights on the Housewives of Wherever series, how about a reality show featuring the rivalries in Enterprise ...

Jefferies analyst Ross MacMillan late Sunday cut his rating on Oracle to Hold from Buy, with a new price target of $32, from $35. Among other things, he thinks the company is feeling the pinch on its ...

Oracle hasn’t even officially released its 12c database yet, but CEO Larry Ellison has already revealed plans for the version that will follow, 12.1c, which apparently will be Oracle’s most direct ...

eSpeaks' Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

SAP has developed an update for its HANA in-memory database that will enable it to “power mission-critical transactional and analytical applications in one platform,” the vendor announced Wednesday ...

SAP, which is holding its Sapphire Now and SAP TechEd conferences in Madrid this week, also debuted a new release of HANA (high-performance analytical appliance), launched a slew of new mobile ...