Protecting customer investments is a pervasive theme at this year's Oracle Open World, and a common motif in nearly every presentation made by senior executives of the company.
Nine years ago Jan Baan, founder and chairman of the now defunct Dutch ERP firm Baan had this to say about middleware: "Middleware is like underwear, I like it, but I like not (sic) to show it."
A revolutionary public health warning system from the Public Health Agency of Canada just got the global recognition it deserves.