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Will competitors such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and SAP follow Oracle’s lead when it comes to big data? Some analysts believe so, as they claim Oracle’s recent release of its Big Data Appliance running Cloudera’s distribution of Apache Hadoop will likely catch the eye of IT managers looking for a comprehensive solution for their corporate data needs.

Oracle recently announced the release of the newest edition of its PeopleSoft PeopleTools offering, version 8.52. PeopleTools is a set of tools that gives developers the power to create and customize PeopleSoft applications that stresses ease of use and efficiency. PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.52 comes equipped with a host of new features that showcase Oracle’s continuing persistence in ensuring its customers get the most out of their PeopleSoft applications.

Cloudera, a provider of Apache Hadoop-based software, consulting, and other services, has teamed up with Oracle to provide enterprise users the full range of Hadoop’s functionality on a platform that is easy to deploy and user-friendly. Through the partnership, Oracle has integrated Cloudera Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH) and Cloudera Manager software into the Oracle Big Data Appliance.

Oracle recently released the latest update to the production version of its open source database in the form of MySQL 5.5.18. The release comes with various fixes, most of which deal with replication issues that were detected.

Oracle has been busy the last few weeks, as it recently released its NoSQL Database that supposedly offers advantages over its competitors in terms of installation, configuration, management, and support.

In this conclusion to a multi-part series on using the SELECT statement in an Oracle database, you'll learn how to sort a result set by an alias, an expression, or a column number. This article is excerpted from chapter three of the book Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, written by Joel Murach (Murach Publishing; ISBN: 9781890774509).

In this eighth part of a nine-part article series focusing on the SELECT statement and its usage in retrieving data from tables, you'll learn how to use the LIKE operator and much more. This article is excerpted from chapter three of the book Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, written by Joel Murach (Murach Publishing; ISBN: 9781890774509).

In this seventh part of a nine-part series, you will learn how to use the IN and BETWEEN operators, along with the SELECT statement, to retrieve data from a single table. This article is excerpted from chapter three of the book Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, written by Joel Murach (Murach Publishing; ISBN: 9781890774509).

In this sixth part of a nine-part series that focuses on retrieving data from tables with the SELECT statement, you'll learn how to code the WHERE clause and how to use comparison and logical operators. This article is excerpted from chapter three of the book Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, written by Joel Murach (Murach Publishing; ISBN: 9781890774509).

In this fifth part of a nine-part article series on retrieving data from Oracle databases with the SELECt statement, you'll learn how to use the DISTINCT keyword and ROWNUM pseudo column to limit the number of rows returned. This article is excerpted from chapter three of the book Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, written by Joel Murach (Murach Publishing; ISBN: 9781890774509).

In this fifth part of a nine-part series on retrieving data from tables with the SELECT statement, you'll learn how to use scalar functions, and more. This article is excerpted from chapter three of the book Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, written by Joel Murach (Murach Publishing; ISBN: 9781890774509).

In this third part of a nine-part series on retrieving data from tables with the SELECT statement, you will learn how to code both string and arithmetic expressions. This article is excerpted from chapter three of the book Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, written by Joel Murach (Murach Publishing; ISBN: 9781890774509).

In this third part of a nine-part article series on working with the SELECT statement, you'll learn how to code the SELECT clause, how to name the column in a results set, and more. This article is excerpted from chapter three of the book Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, written by Joel Murach (Murach Publishing; ISBN: 9781890774509).

Oracle beefed up its desktop virtualization portfolio last week by releasing its Virtual Desktop Client App for Apple’s popular iPad tablet. The new app gives its users quick and secure access on the iPad to their virtual desktops that are managed through Oracle’s Sun Ray Software and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. The app’s combination of functionality and convenience makes it a must-have for iPad owners seeking complete mobility.

There's good news for users of Oracle's virtual desktops: they just became even more portable. The company launched the Oracle Virtual Desktop Client App for Apple iPads. Available for free at Apple's iTunes store, it takes enterprise computing to places it has never gone before.