by Julian Boneham | May 24, 2016 | Julian Boneham, Oracle Licensing
It’s that time of year where Oracle and its Partners scrabble around frantically trying to close off as much revenue as possible by the end of May. All Oracle end-users will be used to getting the “deal of a lifetime” if they sign now and this means Oracle... 
by Andy Slater | May 16, 2016 | Data, SQL Server
Introducing SQL Server 2016…. It case you have missed all the “data drivel”, sorry “data driven” marketing around the release of SQL Server 2016, Microsoft’s latest offering is available to buy on 1st June. There is already a lot of information available around... 
by Andy Slater | Apr 20, 2016 | Oracle Critical Patch Update, Security
Oracle Patch Update April 2016 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday (19/4). This Oracle Critical Patch Update includes five new security fixes for Oracle Database impacting the below supported... 
by Andy Slater | Dec 31, 2015 | Data, MarketWatch
Come on everyone does it! It’s the last day of 2015, so of course I’m going to write a blog to highlight 3 trends I’ve seen in planet Database this year. Think yourself lucky that I am not dusting off the crystal ball to give you my amazing, insightful predictions for...
by Andy Slater | Dec 3, 2015 | Data, SQL Server
SQL Server 2005 was arguably the first “proper” enterprise grade version of SQL Server and heraled the start of Microsoft giving Oracle a run for their money. Since it’s now over ten years old, there’s no surprise that extended support is coming to an end in... 
by Andy Slater | Oct 21, 2015 | Data, Oracle, Oracle Critical Patch Update
Oracle Patch Update October 2015 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server and in true halloween fashion there is a goulish security vulnerability lurking in the release which is scored at 10.0 on the CVSS scoring...
