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Oracle buys Silver Creek Systems

Oracle said Monday it acquired Silver Creek Systems Inc., which focuses on product data quality. Silver Creek Systems is based in Westminster, Colo.

“Lack of standardized product data continues to be a challenge for many enterprises,” said Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president, Oracle Fusion Middleware Product Development. “With the addition of Silver Creek, Oracle is extending its industry leading data integration offering with complementary solutions to enhance product data quality and help customers get more accurate and consistent product data for use across their enterprise.”

Feds OK Sun acquisition

Oracle Corp. said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved its proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. and terminated the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

Santa Clara-based Sun stockholders approved the transaction on July 16. Closing of the transaction is subject to certain conditions, including clearance by the European Commission.

The $7.4 billion acquisition by Redwood City-based Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), which has a campus in Rocklin, is being closely watched by the European Union, with questions raised about Sun’s Java software language.

Oracle stops Project Sequoia

Oracle Corp. has stopped work on a $313 million data center in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that Oracle quietly stopped construction on the center, in West Jordan, near the Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, three months ago. The halt is linked to Oracle’s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems the paper said.

Oracle cuts workforce by 500

Looks like even the mighty Oracle is not free and clear in the down turn.  Oracle has sliced approximately 500 positions from its sales and consulting staff businesses in North America, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

The positions, which would account for less than 2 percent of Oracle’s North American workforce as of November, were cut on Friday, according to the Journal.

Oracle Critical Patch Day

Every few months Oracle issues a Critical Patch for its products, and today’s the day for the new one.
According to its Critical Patch Pre-Release Announcement, Oracle will be issuing one of its large, periodic patches today to address security vulnerabilities in its products – in this case a total of 41 fixes.

They address several versions of Oracle Database, Secure Backup, Application Server, WebLogic Server and Portal, and more. Oracle is recommending that customers apply the fixes as soon as possible.

OTN forums infiltrated with virus spam

Sad but true, even OTN (Oracle Technology Network) is subject to viruses.  Oracle’s OTN forums are under attack today, with spammers, posting disguised links that redirect to web pages that deploy viruses on your computer.

OTN has become NSFW, with members posting insults, personal threats of physical violence, spam, xenophobic and racist remarks, and now, destructive hyperlinks disguised as information.