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Oracle trying to be the new Nvidia
Published in News
Friday, 12 September 2025 09:30

Oracle trying to be the new Nvidia


Ellison bets the farm on AI 

Oracle  stunned the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street with a forecast that makes it look more like Nvidia than the dull database flogger it has been for decades.

Oracle shouts about AI contracts
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Wednesday, 10 September 2025 10:03

Oracle shouts about AI contracts


AI is cool for Catz

Oracle has stopped sulking about being late to cloud and is banging on about how it has become a must-have for the AI set.

Pentagon torches $800m in working HR projects
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Accenture and Oracle binned so Salesforce, Palantir and Workday can have a go

The US Department of Defence is chucking out two human resources software projects worth more than $800 million even though they were nearly finished because someone wanted to give their favourite contractors a turn.

Stargate turning into a tire fire
Published in AI
Tuesday, 22 July 2025 09:50

Stargate turning into a tire fire


Trump-backed $500 billion AI moonshot already stalling

The $500 billion Stargate project, trumpeted at the White House as America’s grand AI leap forward, is looking more like a tire fire than the start of a golden age.

Oracle Java audits hit nearly three quarters of users
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Sparks open-source exodus

Oracle's relentless licensing changes are pushing organisations into the open-saucy arms of openjdk, according to a new survey.

Oracle flings cloud discount at Trump government
Published in Cloud


Ellison cuddles up to federal wallets

Oracle is slashing prices for its software and cloud services to please the Trump administration, offering what it calls a “substantial” discount on its cloudy wares and 75 per cent off on licence-based database and analytics products.

Oracle fumbles denial as 6 million user records leak
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SSO breach pretty obvious

Oracle is in full-blown damage control mode after hacker “rose87168” claimed to breach its Oracle Cloud login servers.

Oracle denies cloud breach
Published in Cloud
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 11:27

Oracle denies cloud breach


However, not many are buying it

Oracle is doing its best impression of a brick wall after a hacker going by “rose87168” claimed to have waltzed through their cloud infrastructure and walked off with six million records.

Oracle buys 30,000 AMD AI chips
Published in News
Monday, 24 March 2025 12:17

Oracle buys 30,000 AMD AI chips


Suddenly has an open relationship with Nvidia   

Oracle has announced it's buying 30,000 of AMD’s new Instinct MI355X AI accelerators.

Oracle seeks dismissal of fraud claim in JavaScript trademark dispute
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Attempting to stall the case

Database licence seller Oracle has filed a motion with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to partially dismiss a legal challenge to its JavaScript trademark.