Oracle profit up 11% but hardware revenue down 24%

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	Oracle Q1 profit up 11%, but hardware products revenue drops 24% Oracle on Thursday reported that net income rose 11% to $2 billion while revenue fell 2% to $8.2 billion in the first quarter ended Aug. 31, with the period marked by some strength in software but falling hardware revenues. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > In this Issue Help desk gets a makeover at TVA Oracle sues to 'free' users from patent claims INSIDER The Grill: Orlando Health CIO Rick Schooler's vision of healthcare IT Apple's Maps app blunder ranks with 'Antennagate' in missteps, say experts Salesforce.com links up with Facebook for targeted ad delivery Facebook to delete all European facial recognition data Big Data brings big academic opportunities RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Help desk gets a makeover at TVA The help desk at the Tennessee Valley Authority, once a career graveyard, has changed its image -- and its success rate. Read More Oracle sues to 'free' users from patent claims Oracle has filed suit against Texas company Advanced Dynamic Interfaces, seeking to have an intellectual-property action it filed against 20 users of Oracle software tossed out of court. Read More INSIDER The Grill: Orlando Health CIO Rick Schooler's vision of healthcare IT Orlando Health VP and CIO Rick Schooler talks about how analytics is transforming healthcare. Insider (registration required) Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! Apple's Maps app blunder ranks with 'Antennagate' in missteps, say experts Apple's stumble with its new mapping app is a debacle right up there with 2010's "Antennagate," analysts said today. Read More Salesforce.com links up with Facebook for targeted ad delivery Salesforce.com customers interested in using the vendor's emerging family of marketing software could benefit from a new partnership it has formed with Facebook for targeted ad delivery. Read More Facebook to delete all European facial recognition data Facebook has complied with most, but not all, of the recommendations that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) set last year, the agency said Friday. Read More Big Data brings big academic opportunities Colleges and universities are moving swiftly to create advance degree programs in analytics to manage Big Data. Read More
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