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 ...

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 ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

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 ...

For businesses, today is a Patch Tuesday double-whammy. Just hours after Microsoft shipped six bulletins to cover multiple flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer, Oracle is getting set to release its ...

Oracle’s newest database management system places increased emphasis on green technology while simplifying application testing and making it easier to patch. Oracle released a major upgrade of its ...

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

Database giant Oracle has released a fix for a severe bug in Oracle Database Server on Windows. The Oracle Database Server bug, tagged with the identifier CVE-2018-3110, is about as severe as is ...