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SAP’s latest earnings report shows some progress in the software giant’s quest to remake itself. Now it wants to become the fastest-growing database company in the world.

FORTUNE — SAP’s efforts to become more nimble and innovative appear to be working—to some extent. Revenue from new products like an in-memory database technology called HANA and cloud-based software from recently-acquired SuccessFactors is growing, but it still makes up a small fraction of MORE

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Apple, by contrast, generated more than $575 for every iOS device it sold last year

“In terms of returns, Android is sustainable,” writes Asymco’s Horace Dediu at the end of a long analytical piece posted Monday. “However, in relative terms the value created leaves much to be desired.”

That’s quite an understatement, especially when you consider how much Apple (AAPL) makes on its mobile devices. According to Dediu, Apple generated $576.30 per MORE

Between talk about increased software sales and the company’s new cloud service, Larry Ellison and his posse took plenty of time to bash their rivals.

FORTUNE — There are some in the tech media who think covering enterprise technology is a major snoozefest. But it can actually be incredibly entertaining — especially when Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison goes off on a tirade against his competitors.

Redwood City, Calif.-based Oracle announced its MORE

Learn how to use Java to create graphically exciting client applications with JavaFX 2.0: Introduction by Example. This book takes you through a series of engaging, fun-to-work examples that bring you up to speed on the major facets of the platform. It…

Ranked by Internet market share — rather than unit sales — Google is now No. 3 

Data: NetApplications. Chart: PED

From the perspective of NetApplications, which has been measuring browser usage data since 2004 (currently monitoring the activity of 160 million users on 40,000 sites):

Apple’s (AAPL) iOS is the still reigning champion of the World Wide Web among mobile operating systems (including tablets)
Google’s (GOOG) Android made a strong showing in 2011 MORE

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The enterprise giant’s stumble may not bode well for the technology sector — and not just enterprise providers, but all big cap tech companies.

By Kevin Kelleher, contributor

FORTUNE – Oracle missing its earnings guidance is like Mariano Rivera blowing a save opportunity, or Bob Dylan putting out a disappointing record. It happens, but not very often. And when it does, the only real question is: Why?

The answer matters beyond the world MORE

Mike Casey, Oracle Director-Product Management sits down with author Peter Fugere to discuss the first Oracle Press book about the popular Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM). This book details the experiences, approaches to design implementati…

Oracle XML DB is a key component in Oracle Database. Listen to Vikas Arora, Director of Oracle XML DB Development, interviews Jinyu Wang, the author “Oracle Database 11g: Building Oracle XML DB applications’. They will discuss main reason for the book,…

Three years ago, CEO Larry Ellison trashed the cloud, calling the idea ‘gibberish.’ Now, he’s changed his tune, trying to embrace the cloud. Question is, does the cloud really want to embrace Oracle?

By Kevin Kelleher, contributor

FORTUNE — First, Oracle ignored the cloud. Then Larry Ellison, its CEO, ridiculed the cloud. And now Oracle is trying to buy its way into the cloud. The question is: what exactly does the cloud MORE

How is Oracle Fusion Applications both more complex and easier to manage at the same time? Veteran Support Engineer Richard Bingham talks about the new title Managing Oracle Fusion Applications and explains how the baked-in system management features p…

Max Katz and Ilya Shaikovsky, the authors of Practical RichFaces (Apress, 2nd edition) discuss their motivation for updating the book to the latest RichFaces 4 – the most popular and enterprise ready rich JSF 2 framework. Learn how RichFaces 4 upgrades…

Kirk Mosher, VP CRM Product Marketing and Alexander Hansal, Senior Principal Instructor at Oracle discuss Alex’s books – Siebel CRM 8 Installation and Management (published August 2010) and Siebel CRM 8 Developer’s Handbook (April 2011). Tune in and f…

Markus Zirn, VP of Product Marketing for Oracle Fusion Middleware, conducts and interview with Reza Shafii and Gangadhar Konduri the authors of a new book: Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g – Architecture and Management. Hear Markus discuss with the authors…

Listen to Oracle ACE Michael “Misha” Rosenblum, one of the contributing authors of the new Apress book “Expert PL/SQL Practices for Oracle Developers and DBAs” discuss the role of server-side development and effective utilization of Oracle’s advanced d…

Afghanistan and Iraq are a world away for most business people. But there’s a class of executives who make the war personal and visceral and real. They’ve traded stable pay and nice perks to live part of their lives in the Reserves or National Guard. One day they’re in their cushy window office. Next day, they’re in a war zone.

Over the coming months, we’ll profile some of these remarkable people MORE