GigaomYowza: Salesforce commits to Oracle hardware (!)
Salesforce.com has always been Oracle-centric on the software side. But it’s also run on commodity hardware. That’s about to change, says Oracle. Read more »
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Salesforce.com has always been Oracle-centric on the software side. But it’s also run on commodity hardware. That’s about to change, says Oracle. Read more »
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