Seriously, is it just running a couple of scripts or is it more involved? We've got Oracle installed on RHEL 4. I'm sick and tired of our DBAs insisting on installing the patches during unsupported ...

Paul Vallee, CEO of The Pythian Group, has a problem with a story I did recently based on a survey from Sentrigo Inc., which showed that two-thirds of Oracle database administrators had never ...

As Oracle prepares to dump a passel of 81 security fixes on its user base -- including seven critical patch updates (CPUs) for its database product -- many database administrators are preparing to ...

Most organizations running Oracle databases don't require the application of the database vendor's Critical Patch Updates -- in fact, only 26 percent need them, according to a new report. "What I ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

If Oracle’s licensing terms never struck you as invidious before, you might soon change your mind. The upshot is that anyone who applies the latest patches and isn’t conscientious enough to determine ...

Oracle Corp.’s ability to address vulnerabilities in its core database technologies may be hampered by the vast number of products the company now must manage, security experts say. For example, the ...

Oracle probably worried some DBAs earlier this week when it released its Critical Patch Update, but neglected to patch its most critical database flaw of the quarter for 9.2.0.8 users on the Windows ...

When technology turns a corner, as it has with Oracle Autonomous Database, people who work with that technology rightly ask what it will enable them to do. With the self-driving, self-securing, and ...