Data Management

Dell must help customers realize they do care about green

Company execs need to better explain the link between "green" and "efficiency and cost savings"

Why is my laptop in computer jail?

An IT tale about security procedures, the exec who thought he was doing it right, and a reminder that training cannot be overdone

EU-Oracle battle collapses into a lovefest

ERP vendor Nexedi offers to take over MySQL

The company says Oracle might destroy the value of the open-source database and thus shouldn't be allowed to acquire it

MySQL creator launches campaign to ‘save’ database

Widenius urges action to force Oracle to provide concessions and guarantees around MySQL as Oracle-Sun hearings near a climax

Oracle’s pledges on MySQL are ‘purely cosmetic,’ say critics

Oracle's 10 promises to the European Commission will expire five years after the deal is completed, the company said

Oracle-Sun merger gains favor in Europe

Following new promises made by Oracle over the weekend regarding MySQL, the EU seems set to approve the deal

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Tech companies had lots to be sorry for in 2009

Here's a recap of the big names from Amazon to Apple to Microsoft who were forced to issue mea culpas in the wake of bad and worse decisions

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

CrunchPad is reborn, Nook earns scorn, Facebook privacy gets torn