Oracle's decision to hike the price of some add-ons for its flagship database by about 40 percent was far from a random act, since the modules are crucial to getting the database to perform at the ...

The database heavyweight ships the Unix versions of its much-anticipated 10g database, matches Microsoft on pricing and cuts the cost of its clustering features.

Oracle has apparently raised the cost of some management options for its flagship database by 40%, according to an official price list dated July 1.

Hoping to re-ignite sales of its flagship database software, Oracle on Thursday released version 9i and introduced a new pricing plan.

Facing Microsoft pressure and new multicore chips, Oracle quietly cuts database prices for some lower-end servers, News.com has learned.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) on Tuesday announced the general availability of its flagship database 11g for Linux and outlined its price list.

Oracle announced lower prices for the entry-level version of its new Oracle Database 10g, which is shipping now for Unix and Linux and will be available for Windows later.

Oracle has pushed through 40 percent price hikes on certain database add-on modules.

The database heavyweight ships the Unix versions of its much-anticipated 10g database, matches Microsoft on pricing and cuts the cost of its clustering features.

Experts say there is a deliberate strategy behind Oracle's decision to raise the cost of certain database add-ons.