Database-software maker Oracle is building a consortium of industry players to help create standards for commercial use of grid computing, an Oracle executive said Wednesday. Addressing the crowd ...

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Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison appears to be taking a lesson out of the playbook of his buddy, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs. Ellison tantalized Wall Street this summer with promises of a “major database ...