Global software giant Oracle has commenced a recruitment drive for specialists to help deliver on a contract it inked several months ago to deliver the first step of a new core banking system to the National Australia Bank.
A lack of information from the global headquarters of software giants Oracle and SAP has left the pairs' Australian divisions completely in the dark about what actions to take in the wake of the closure of SAP's Oracle services subsidiary TomorrowNow.
Oracle's latest price list for its growing portfolio of applications software contains significant increases across the range, and a particularly large price rise for its BEA software.
The nation's number two airline Virgin Blue has revealed it will shortly outsource the management of its key Oracle E-Business applications following a major upgrade of the systems.
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