Oracle plans to announce a price cut Tuesday for a lower-end version of its database, part of an effort to lure potential customers away from Microsoft’s SQL Server software, according to a ...

The database company acknowledged plans to announce that Oracle Standard Edition One will shift towards dual-processor support, up from its prior support of a single processor limit.

Oracle said the new architecture leverages economies of scale and elasticity to make Exadata more broadly accessible, with prices up to 95% lower than a dedicated service.

Oracle looks set to announce changes to its pricing strategy for dual-core processors that will result in lower prices for end users. Until now the company has insisted on charging the same cost ...