Doug Henschen, InformationWeek:
"If anyone doubted Oracle's seriousness about competing in the big data arena, those doubts should be removed by today's release of the Oracle Big Data Appliance.
The appliance is hitting the market sooner than many people expected it would, and it includes key software from Cloudera, the leading provider of Hadoop system management tools and support services."
President Donald Trump said he approved a deal on Saturday that will see the creation of a U.S.-headquartered firm called TikTok Global with Oracle and Walmart taking minority stakes. Oracle will become TikTok's secure cloud provider and host U.S. user data.
TikTok rejected Microsoft bid. They will make a partnership with Oracle to appease the demands of Donald Trump's administration.
In the ongoing saga between TikTok and the US, it seems that Microsoft and Oracle are now out of contention. Here's what to know.