Oracle's new autonomous database will no longer need humans to tune, patch or administrate the database because it now has machine learning. All you have to do it click a button and upload your data and your are done. Wow. Really? Lets look at... — read more 

The Equifax break in seems to be because they had not fixed a Struts security hole for for which a fix had been distributed a few months earlier. Our cloud is full of systems that have not has security patches applied in YEARS. There are literally... — read more 

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-outlook-raises-concerns-about-growth-2017-09-14 Oracle said its future growth, however, will come from its current businesses, or organically, as it put it, and not so much from acquisitions. Co-founder and... — read more 

Well, well, well, what do you know, finally oracle had to come clean and guide down. Why is that ? SFDC and AWS not having this problem, why is oracle? Cloud not doing that well, really, how come?

I just watched The Closing Bell on CNBC. They were pumping up Oracle stock big time. All was milk and honey. Clould htis, cloud that. It felt we were new 'Microsoft' with a huge shift to the Cloud that's transipring righ tnow. They closed the piece... — read more 

Thought this was an interesting read: http://marketrealist.com/2017/09/oracle-hiring-month-announcing-layoffs/ From the article: Oracle’s latest hiring announcement negates the viewpoint that Oracle resorted to layoffs solely as a cost-cutting... — read more 

Those of us that are left are totally unable to keep up with anything but the most critical security fixes. There are only a handful of us. Support will continue to file bug reports on behalf of customers, but we have no engineers to assign... — read more 

my customer freaked out my and asked my SE out and not to mention upgrading supercluser again. He asked to pick up the rac once they settle with Dell.

Just an FYI - NOTICE_DATE: Friday, September 01, 2017 JOB_SITE_NAME: Oracle America, Inc. COUNTY_NAME: Travis WDA_NAME: Capital Area WDA TOTAL_LAYOFF_NUMBER: 108 LayOff_Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 WFDD_RECEIVED_DATE: Friday, September 01, 2017... — read more 

Can I apply and receive UI benefit during WARN in CA?

7+ days into unanswered call to 3rd party COBRA provider on how to expedite enrollment. Can anyone help with any practical advice? I'm not subject to WARN so my benefits ended 9/1 . I know that COBRA for the 1st month is retroactive and fully funded... — read more 

Large Austin TV station reporting 108 layoffs for Oracle Austin office by Oct. 31. Anyone hear about this or know which departments will be affected? Link:... — read more 

http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN_Report_for_7-1-2017_to_09-10-2017.pdf

A 30 person JDE engineering layoff in Denver reported this week. Total for this fiscal year remains at 7,000; 17,000 since 6/1/2016. Next expected major layoff is rumored to be enterprise sales, smaller layoffs will continue on a weekly basis here... — read more 

In news that is shocking to exactly no one, Oracle just published its new products roadmap that pushes Solaris 11.next to next year. In all honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it was scraped altogether after the latest layoffs. Who exactly is left... — read more 

I expect that Oracle will resume year-over-year declining revenue with next week's earnings report. In the celebration and stock price increase that followed Oracle's seemingly good Q42017 earnings, there are a few facts that perhaps Wall Street... — read more 

I was looking around for job opportunities (whether I am next on a chopping block or not, I want to be prepared,) and ran into this list. Basically, what I got from it, if you want job security, join the army or anything related to it. There is no... — read more 

OK, layoff training should be included to the new employee orientation. I can just see SC saying "...next, every new employee is advised to sign up for FedEx delivery notifications..."

Via Twitter: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJJym8yWsAEFpaq.jpg

Just met with a friend that was privy to high level executive planning sessions. New targets are based on doing nothing more than driving stock price. A few years back like Q4 FY14, FY15 the biggest revenue generators were the top of the enterprise... — read more 

There was a round back on 8/22 that impacted about 20 people of 400 ... then perhaps another 10 or so this week...no end in sight...i wonder about the future of the enterprise one product. Yup, this is not just a hardware and sales thing. Everyone is... — read more 

In case anybody's been wondering: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siliconangle/2017/09/07/exclusive-interview-oracles-dave-donatelli-on-companys-cloud-strategy/#2838c3092e18 It's a long, long, long interview, just warning in advance.

Oracle will be super stupid if it thinks that those people who saw all their peers / managers / coworkers for 10+ years thrown out in that nasty way will actually trust Oracle and stay till the end

Seriously, dreamers, think about the synergies--how many Oracle employees drink a Starbucks or two every day. A perfect marriage!

https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/faster-and-easier-use-and-redistribution-of-java-se "We will initially offer Linux x64 binaries and add macOS and Windows later." No mention of Solaris or sparc at all. No Java 9 for Solaris users? REALLY... — read more 

Do you think any of the three stooges will donate their own money to the hurricane relief efforts for the sake of humanity? I doubt it, but I could be wrong. Please enlighten me.

How to maximize my severance if I find a new job before the Warn period ends. My priority will be to start the new job as soon as the h1b transfer is done. I am only eligible for the minimum severance. I believe i cannot be receiving paychecks from 2... — read more 

Hi, just found out that I will be let go tomorrow. Based on length of service, I should be getting 22 weeks of severance and I have 4 weeks of accrued vacation. Does anyone know if the 4 weeks will be deducted from the 22 weeks or will that be in... — read more 

Trying to figure out whether to file for unemployment benefits now, or wait. I'm not under WARN, and am receiving the release form today which will then trigger my severance pay. I know every state is different, so I'm mainly interested in what's the... — read more 

Check out this story on El Reg, MJ's lawsuit against oracle for withholding sales commissions, referencing 1000's of otjer oracle sales reps with same issue. How are you going to hide this news LE?

Interesting read ... http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-no-new-equity-unless-oracle-stock-80-dollars-2017-9 The SEC details were "just" filed https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312517276868/d449795dex991.htm

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https://www.TheLayoff.com/Sun-Microsystems

How is the campus these days? the massive layoff didn't leave many people. is it a ghost town? how It feels to walk in a building and do work with nobody in the building? Any assurance emails from the top management to convince you to stay beyond M8... — read more 

Here is what the searches returned as it relates to media coverage on the web. ARNNET -- arnnet.com.au/article/626881/sun-setting-solaris/ ARSTECHNICA --... — read more 

Is this still a reasonable rumor? What are your thoughts? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/28/oracle_doing_due_diligence_on_accenture_yep_you_heard_that_right/

http://fortune.com/2017/09/05/oracle-layoffs-hardware-solaris/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/smarter-living/workplace-burnout-symptoms.html