The fundamental principle of cloud systems is a focus on multiple, disposable, and replaceable machines. This has direct consequences for the implementation techniques, and therefore the capabilities ...

Today’s enterprises continue to invest aggressively in “cloud-first” strategies and architectures. All industries and verticals are adopting cloud services across all layers of cloud deployment models ...

Over the next few years, the number of organizations navigating to the cloud is expected to grow exponentially. According to Gartner, more than 70% of enterprises will use cloud platforms to ...

At Oracle OpenWorld 2019, Oracle introduced the Cloud Free Tier with Always Free services so anyone can try the world’s first self-driving database and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for an unlimited ...

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Database administration includes responsibility for ensuring the ongoing operational functionality and efficiency of an organization’s databases and the applications that access those databases.

Cloud computing has increasingly become a dominant model for computer and information technology service, with the majority of businesses worldwide using computing resources and storing data “in the ...

Oracle ORCL has taken critical steps to advance its database capabilities. As the company experiences enterprise shifts from on-premise databases to the cloud, it anticipates cloud database services ...

When CEO Larry Ellison introduced Oracle Database 12c at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco last September, he described it as a new foundation for modern cloud applications. That sums up Oracle ...

Microsoft made a raft of cloud-related announcements at its TechEd conference last week. But one of them got relatively little notice: Changes to the company's SQL Azure cloud database pricing. As I ...