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Re:Oracle Announces an In-Memory Technology, At an Ungodly S... by threeseed on Monday September 23, 2013 @11:02PM (#6435656)
Looks like it is designed to compete with the likes of SAP HANA.

And remember that you go with Oracle for more than just technology.

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Re:Oracle Announces an In-Memory Technology, At an Ungodly S... by cheez on Monday September 23, 2013 @11:15PM (#6435705)
> And remember that you go with Oracle for more than just technology.

Can you explain this? In my experience, you used to go with Oracle for technology but that was about 15 years ago.

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Re:Oracle Announces an In-Memory Technology, At an Ungodly S... by grecy on Monday September 23, 2013 @11:27PM (#6435762)
Industry acceptance too.

In the heath care industry, it doesn't matter what you make, it doesn't matter how good it is, and it doesn't matter how proven it is.

If you don't say the word "Oracle", you don't get the contract.

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Re:Oracle Announces an In-Memory Technology, At an Ungodly S... by bigchewy on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @12:22AM (#6435949)
Source?

Talk to Judy at Epic and you get a different opinion. Actually, talk to almost anybody I've ever met in my 10 years in healthcare and you'd get a different opinion.

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Re:Oracle Announces an In-Memory Technology, At an Ungodly S... by twic on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @09:06AM (#6437595)
There is a similar vibe in the bits of blue-chip eCommerce i worked in (online operations for big bricks-and-mortar retailers). If you'd proposed a site where the database was MySQL, you would have got a funny look and the door held open for you.
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Re:Oracle Announces an In-Memory Technology, At an Ungodly S... by partyanimal on Monday September 23, 2013 @11:22PM (#6435739)
support, integration, etc.
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Re:Oracle Announces an In-Memory Technology, At an Ungodly S... by VonGuard on Monday September 23, 2013 @11:39PM (#6435810)
No one ever got fired for choosing IBM or Oracle.
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