It pays to advertise, right? Not necessarily, as Oracle found out when it tangled with IBM recently over advertisements in which Oracle claimed its servers were faster and much less expensive than IBM hardware. Unlike Oracle’s headline-grabbing Java copyright and patent infringement suit against Google, Big Blue didn’t spend big bucks to take on Oracle in court.

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It pays to advertise, right? Not necessarily, as Oracle found out when it tangled with IBM recently over advertisements in which Oracle claimed its servers were faster and much less expensive than IBM hardware. Unlike Oracle’s headline-grabbing Java copyright and patent infringement suit against Google, Big Blue didn’t spend big bucks to take on Oracle in court.

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Let’s be frank: The main reason Oracle’s latest quarterly revenues nosedived was backlash from users fed up with two years of price hikes on products, technical support, maintenance and licensing contracts — and not because of a correction in the overall server hardware market. Yes, it’s true that the latest quarterly financials of other high-technology bellwethers also disappointed.

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It’s time for corporations to wise up and use the latest, most effective weapons to safeguard and secure their data. High-tech devices, software applications, emails, user accounts, social media and networks — even those presumed safe — are being hacked with alarming alacrity and ease. Security tools, encryption and patches are certainly necessary, but they are not enough.

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It’s time for corporations to wise up and use the latest, most effective weapons to safeguard and secure their data. High-tech devices, software applications, emails, user accounts, social media and networks — even those presumed safe — are being hacked with alarming alacrity and ease. Security tools, encryption and patches are certainly necessary, but they are not enough.

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