Microsoft laid out the case for enterprises to ditch Oracle's database system for its own at this week's Data Driven conference in New York City. Exec Judson Althoff detailed a SQL Server 2016/Oracle ...

I'm trying to transfer some data between identical tables in SQL server and Oracle (from SQL Server to Oracle), using the MS-SQL Data Transfer wizard, but its default conversion routines are treating ...

Microsoft is working on SQL Server 2008, the long-awaited new release of the Redmond, Wash., company's database system. The second community technology preview (CTP) of the software is now available, ...

Last week, Microsoft and Oracle announced an agreement to work together more closely and to make sure their products are more compatible with each other. It's about time. Each company understandably ...

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison displayed some of his famous swagger following the release of the company’s earnings report on Tuesday. Ellison, who is also Oracle’s chief technology officer, said he ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, left, with Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison, announcing their recent partnership. (Microsoft Photo / Dan DeLong) “All partnerships are tactical. There is no such ...

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Microsoft and Oracle announced a lot of piece parts with their June 24 partnership around Azure and Oracle databases and middleware. Here's your Cliffs Notes version: Oracle apps are now certified to ...

Microsoft just launched a new database-migration product and further expanded its data-center footprint. One of the key features of Cosmos DB is a database migration service, which can transfer data ...

After years of ridiculing the idea of cloud computing, Oracle is officially "all in" as of last week's Oracle Open World show. At the confab, CEO Larry Ellison took the wraps off Oracle's public cloud ...