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£1 in every fiver that UK biz, public sector spent on software in 2017 went to *drumroll* Microsoft — The Register

Microsoft accounted for almost £1 in every £5 that Brit businesses and the public sector spent on software in 2017, unsurprisingly clinging to the...

Oracle accused of defrauding investors on cloud sales growth — Bloomberg

Oracle is named in a lawsuit alleging the company’s executives lied to shareholders when they explained why cloud sales were growing, writes Nico Grant. Here...

Amazon plans to move completely off Oracle software by early 2020 — CNBC

Amazon plans to be completely off Oracle's proprietary database software by the first quarter of 2020, writes Jordan Novet in CNBC. Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/01/amazon-plans-to-move-off-oracle-software-by-early-2020.html

Oracle buys DataScience

Oracle  has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held data analysis company DataScience.com. Financial terms of the transaction were not shared.

United States Air Force awards General Dynamics cloud services contract

General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a $9 million sole-source contract for Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services (CHES) by the U.S. Air Force.