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  3. About Oracle Corp.

    Oracle Corporation (ORCL) is one of the major companies developing database management systems (DBMS), tools for database development, middle-tier software, enterprise resource planning software (ERP), customer relationship management software (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) software. Oracle was founded in 1977, and has offices in more than 145 countries around the world. As of 2005, it employed more than 50,000 people worldwide and is the world's second largest software company.

    Lawrence J. Ellison (Larry Ellison) has served as Oracle's CEO throughout the company's history. Ellison served as the Chairman of the Board until his replacement by Jeffrey O. Henley in 2004. Ellison retains his role as CEO. Forbes magazine once judged Ellison the richest man in the world.

    Ellison was inspired by the paper written by Edgar F. Codd on relational database systems named A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks. He had heard about the IBM System R database from an article in the IBM Research Journal provided by co-founder Ed Oates, also based on Codd's theories, and wanted Oracle to be compatible with it, but IBM stopped this by keeping the error codes for their DBMS secret. He founded Oracle in 1977 under the name Software Development Laboratories. In 1979 SDL changed its name to Relational Software, Inc. (RSI). In 1983, RSI was renamed Oracle Systems to more closely align itself with its flagship product Oracle Database with Robert Miner as senior programmer.

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    2. What’s Next? Hotter Servers With ‘Gas Pedals’

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 25 2011) Power and Cooling , Servers

      What’s Next? Hotter Servers With ‘Gas Pedals’ Why can’t servers run in the desert with no air conditioning? And why can’t data center managers automatically ramp processor power usage up and down to match their workloads? Those questions were debated by some of the world’s leading data center experts Wednesday at the Technology Convergence Conference in Santa Clara, Calif. The surprising answer: some of these scenarios are closer to reality than you think. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Oracle Corp.

    3. Twitter’s New Data Center? C7 Opens New Site

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 27 2010) Cloud Computing , Microblogging

      Twitter’s New Data Center? C7 Opens New Site Salt Lake City colocation provider C7 Data Centers may refer to its new facility as its Bluffdale data center. But elsewhere it’s already being called the new Twitter data center. Unofficially, of course. C7 said this week that it has opened a new 65,000 square foot facility in Bluffdale, Utah with 40,000 square feet of available data center space. The company says that 15,000 square feet ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Oracle Corp.   eBay   NTT

    4. Report: Twitter to Partner With C7 in Utah

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 23 2010) Cloud Computing , Microblogging

      Report: Twitter to Partner With C7 in Utah Twitter will partner with C7 Data Centers on its new data center in Salt Lake City, according to local media. C7 is a regional data provider specializing in the Utah market, where it operates two facilities in Lindon and one apiece in Salt Lake City and Orem. The company is not commenting on the scope or exact location of the new Twitter data center, which was announced earlier this week. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Data Center Knowledge   Oracle Corp.   eBay

    5. Twitter Picks Utah for New Data Center

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 22 2010) Cloud Computing , Microblogging

      Twitter Picks Utah for New Data Center Twitter will build its first custom data center in the Salt Lake City market, which will allow the microblogging service to better manage its growth and “unique power and cooling needs,” the company said yesterday. The construction project marks the next phase in the growth of Twitter, and comes as the company is experiencing a series of outages and challenges with its infrastructure and performance. The announcement also reinforces the ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Oracle   Oracle Corp.   eBay

    6. As IBM preps mainframe launch, war of words with Oracle's Sun, HP heats up

      Explore zdnet.com (Jul 19 2010)

      As IBM preps mainframe launch, war of words with Oracle's Sun, HP heats up IBM this week plans to launch its latest System z mainframe, expected to be the hub of Big Blue’s system of systems plan for the data center. On a conference call with analysts following the company’s second quarter report, IBM CFO Mark Loughridge said: System z revenue declined 24 percent year to year. This week IBM will announce the next generation of System z, the fastest and most ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   New York Times   The New York Times   Sun Microsystems

    7. Oracle Resumes $300 Million Utah Project

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 29 2010) Construction

      Oracle Resumes $300 Million Utah Project Oracle Corp. has resumed construction on a nearly $300 million data center in West Jordan, state officials told local media Thursday. The company had halted work on the 180,000 square foot project in the spring of 2009. Oracle unveiled the West Jordan project in May 2008, when company president Safra Catz said the new facility “will allow us to support our growing On Demand business, as well as the ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Oracle   Oracle Corp.

    8. Oracle and the Dawn of Containment

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jan 27 2010) Container

      Oracle and the Dawn of Containment Attend any data center industry event these days, and you’re likely to hear multiple presentations mentioning the merits of variable speed airflow and isolating hot and cold air in the data center. But things were different back in 2004, when the data center team at Oracle Corp. confronted rising heat loads as the comapny expanded its Austin, Texas data center. “There was no discussion of variable airflow, there was ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Oracle   ASHRAE   Oracle Corp.

    9. Forecast 2010: Servers get a makeover in 2010

      Explore PC World (Dec 29 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Forecast 2010: Servers get a makeover in 2010PC World MagazineIn the enterprise, it's all about data center real estate, and server consolidation projects enabled by virtualization are opening up floor space, ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Intel   Qualcomm

    10. Justice Department Clears Oracle-Sun Deal

      Explore Business News & Financial News (Aug 21 2009) Servers

      Justice Department Clears Oracle-Sun Deal Oracle Corp. said antirust regulators at the U.S. Department of Justice have cleared its $7.4 billion deal to buy Sun Microsystems Inc., removing a major hurdle for the transaction. Oracle, which makes databases and other software for large corporations, has said it hopes to close the deal this summer. European antitrust regulators are also looking at the deal. The European Commission must decide by Sept. 3 whether to ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Oracle   Oracle Corp.

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