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• Red Hat Enterprise Linux arrives in Oracle’s cloud

  Old rivals Red Hat and Oracle have teamed up for RHEL-based virtual machines running in Oracle’s OCI service.

• Oracle per-employee Java pricing causes concern

  Oracle’s 2023 per-employee pricing for standard Java is raising concerns about its potential impact on Java licensing costs for customers.

• Oracle will invest $2.4B quarterly in cloud business

  Oracle revealed it will continue to invest US$2.4 billion per quarter in its cloud business, which accelerated 48 per cent in the second quarter.

• Oracle Cloud Native Environment 1.5.7 highlights Kubernetes

  Enhancements in Oracle Cloud Native Environment 1.5.7 include faster deployments, improved container runtime set-up, and more.

• Oracle aligns GraalVM development with Java development

  Oracle plans to contribute some code from GraalVM​, a high-performance, polyglot version of the Java Development Kit, to OpenJDK.

• Oracle makes Java discovery service free to all

  Oracle’s Java Management Service can shine a light on which versions of Java you’re running, what apps are running on them, and which installs are outdated.

• Oracle opens up ERP app platform, updates Fusion Cloud offerings

  At CloudWorld, Oracle said it's opening up its applications platform for ERP customer developers, unveiled a new B2B service, and announced a slew of updates to its EPM, SCM and HCM offerings.

• Oracle extends cloud options with Alloy launch

  Alloy lets enterprises deliver infrastructure and platform services, based on OCI, that they operate and manage in their own data centres.

• VirtualBox 7 remotes into Oracle Cloud

  Update to Oracle’s virtualisation application adds remote control of cloud-hosted VMs and the ability to fully encrypt virtual machines.

• Indian Railway Ministry orders probe into $400K Oracle bribery charges

  The Indian Ministry of Railways has launched an internal investigation into allegations that Oracle paid about $400,000 in bribes to its officials.

• A third of Oracle revenue now comes from cloud services

  Oracle’s bet on cloud computing has started to pay off with nearly a third of its revenue in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 coming from cloud services.

• Oracle MySQL HeatWave comes to AWS

  Oracle’s MySQL database service supporting mixed analytical, transaction processing, and machine learning workloads is now available on AWS.

• Accenture buys supply chain firm to expand Oracle business

  Accenture's acquisition of supply chain management (SCM) firm Inspirage is the latest move in its effort to grow its Oracle-focused businesses.

• Oracle sued over ‘worldwide surveillance machine’ by privacy rights activists

  A class action lawsuit has accused Oracle of running a “worldwide surveillance machine” and violating the privacy rights of hundreds of millions of people.

• Tech hiring enters the Big Freeze

  A growing number of tech companies are starting to put the brakes on hiring, but is now the time for them to be stepping back from investing in talent?