Monthly Archives: September 2010

Stuxnet’s Target: Nuclear Disarmament

By Chris Chiappinelli | Published: September 28, 2010
Cyber experts now say the Stuxnet cyber-attack that targeted Siemens SCADA systems was not out to steal industrial secrets but to save the world from nuclear war.
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What We Learned about Fusion Apps

By Jeff Moad | Published: September 23, 2010
At Oracle Open World, some of the questions surrounding the long-delayed enterprise applications offering were answered. But a lot remain.
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OpenWorld Day 2: Manufacturers in Transformation

By David R. Brousell | Published: September 21, 2010
At OpenWorld, Oracle’s own “Fusion” effort is echoed in the stories of its manufacturing customers, who are busily consolidating their enterprise applications for cost savings and efficiencies.
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The Democratization of BI

By Jeff Moad | Published: September 21, 2010
SaaS and other technologies are expected to lead to broader use of BI applications up and down the organization. So why haven’t they?
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Oracle Exalogic: What about the Applications?

By Jeff Moad | Published: September 20, 2010
The company’s new scalable application server is a step toward its vertically-integrated vision, but so far it’s missing the applications piece.
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Oracle OpenWorld Day 1: The ‘Sales Event’ Begins

By David R. Brousell | Published: September 20, 2010
Oracle OpenWorld opens in the shadow of Mark Hurd’s hiring and Oracle’s altered relationship with HP; Oracle talks products but not trends.
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Made in the U.S.A.

By Stephanie Neil | Published: September 9, 2010
Outsourcing and offshoring are not all they’re cracked up to be.
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Public Attitudes about Manufacturing: It’s Complicated

By Jeff Moad | Published: September 2, 2010
New survey shows confidence in the capabilities of U.S. manufacturers, but pessimism about the future of U.S. manufacturing.
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