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• Oracle 11g and IBM Websphere pros most in demand

  IT professionals with Oracle 11g and IBM Websphere are most in demand across Australia, according to Hays Information Technology recruitment.

• Oracle: 11g Xpress Edition 'a year or two' away

  It may be "a year or two" before Oracle releases a no-cost Express Edition (XE) of its 11g database, according to Andrew Mendelsohn, the company's senior vice president of database server technologies.

• Oracle 11g R2 makes its debut

  Oracle on Tuesday is launching version 11g Release 2 of its database, about two years after the initial version hit the market.

• Oracle 11g R2 database release coming in September

  Oracle is planning to release a long-awaited update to its flagship database in September, according to a source with knowledge of its plans.

• Oracle middleware users go easy on 11g upgrade

  Oracle's Fusion Middleware 11g release has succeeded in bringing an integrated BEA WebLogic application server under the Oracle umbrella, but some customers will be staging their upgrades over the new 12 months instead of an immediate migration.

• Oracle launches Fusion Middleware 11g

  Oracle unveiled a major chunk of Fusion Middleware 11g, the foundation for its next-generation Fusion Applications, during an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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  Linux out, Windows in at Electoral Commission

  The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) will leave Linux for Windows Server when it develops its new vote counting and reporting application, which is slated to cost $1.4 million over the next two years.

• Oracle tries to step up on high-end databases

  Since 2005, Oracle has spent at least US$32 billion on acquisitions -- turning itself into the vendor of a top-to-bottom enterprise software stack that is arguably broader in scope than any rival suite.

• Oracle mum on 11g Release 2, 11g Express Edition

  Oracle has filled the schedule of its OpenWorld conference with sessions hyping the various features in its 11g database, which was launched in July 2007. But the company doesn't plan to deliver new details of the anticipated 11g Release 2 (R2), or a ship date for 11g Express Edition (XE), the free version popular among developers.