How can you test composite systems realistically without running a complete test system? CA subsidiary ITKO seems to have found the answer: simulation.

A little more than a year after The Document Foundation was set up to look after LibreOffice, the fork of the former OpenOffice.org project, it seems that Oracle did the users of the latter office suite a great favour by neglecting it.

Oracle has revealed that several big-name customers are using its locally-hosted SaaS CRM product.

IBM was granted a record number of US patents during 2011.

Open Text has appointed Mark Barrenechea has been appointed president and CEO, effective January 2, 2012.

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c includes over 200 new features, including full support for Java Enterprise Edition 6 and support for cloud environments.

Greg Gianforte crossed his personal financial finish line in 1994 when he sold his company Brightwork to McAfee. So the $US1.5 billion planned sale of RightNow, the software company he set up in 1997, to Oracle isn’t just about the money.

The so-called ‘rock stars’ of the software development world are coming to Australia to attend the internationally recognised YOW! software developer conference which will kick-off in Melbourne in 10 days time and move on to Brisbane next month.

Quest Software's free Toad for Cloud Databases makes it easier for database professionals and developers to work with cloud databases.

Oracle applications are now available in the cloud from Perth-based Fusion Applications. The service is hosted within Australia.