Looking to extend the reach of SQL into the realm of new data management frameworks, Oracle announced today Oracle Big Data SQL, an implementation of Hadoop based on the distribution created by ...

Putting rivalries temporarily aside, the software maker pledges to work on a Microsoft Visual Studio tool that lets Windows applications access data in an Oracle database.

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