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From insider attacks to patching, database security has its challenges—but even so, many database administrators are confident in their organization’s ability to address them. That is one of many takeaways from a sweeping survey performed by Unisphere Research and sponsored by Application Security. The report features data culled from a survey of 761 members of […]

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer sold $1.3 billion worth of shares in the company, cutting his stake by about 12 percent, but said his first stock sale in seven years should not be taken as a lack of confidence in the world’s largest software firm. Ballmer said he will sell more shares […]

(Reuters) – SAP AG will get its chance to take on Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison on Monday when he takes the stand as the U.S. software maker’s star witness in a high-profile software theft trial. SAP, Europe’s largest software firm, has admitted to liability for theft of Oracle software files by a now-defunct subsidiary, […]

(Reuters) – Dell Inc will shift thousands of its employees off Research in Motion Ltd’s BlackBerry and over to Dell’s smartphones, the company said on Thursday. The money-saving switch affects the roughly 25,000 Dell employees who carry a company-issued BlackBerry. Dell employs around 100,000 people worldwide. Dell is also launching an effort to convince its […]

(Reuters) – Shares in Research In Motion slipped more than 3 percent on Friday morning as investors fretted the BlackBerry smartphone’s stranglehold on corporate communications was being eroded by rival devices. Bank of America and Citigroup have joined a growing throng of financial institutions eyeing alternatives to the BlackBerry for corporate email. The banks are […]

Researchers are now compiling hard numbers that prove running enterprise applications in the cloud actually does complete a data center triple play by reducing costs, use of electricity and carbon emissions. A new study conducted on behalf of Microsoft, Accenture and WSP Environment & Energy released Nov. 4 shows enterprises running business applications in the […]

NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Shares of data storage company Isilon Systems (NASDAQ:ISLN) fell 7.4 percent on Thursday after a Wall Street Journal report said EMC Corp’s (NYSE:EMC) interest in a takeover deal had cooled. The two parties have not been able to agree on price, the Journal reported on its website, citing unnamed […]

Microsoft is unveiling the final names and pricing for its new generation of Small Business Servers, which step away from the traditional small business server model to embrace virtualization and cloud features. “Since we announced the availability of the beta version of Windows Small Business Server code-name Aurora and Windows Small Business Server ‘7,’ both […]

NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Investors will focus on whether Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) Chief Executive John Chambers, who spooked Wall Street last quarter with unusually cautious comments about the technology business, will regain some of his usual cheer when Cisco reports earnings next week. The network equipment giant and sector bellwether is expected […]

Kaspersky Lab bundled eight security products into an Anti-Malware Protection System to provide seamless security from endpoint and mobile devices all the way to the gateway. A mix of new and enhanced software, the Anti-Malware Protection System was announced on Nov. 2. The new Kaspersky products include the Kaspersky Security for Internet Gateway to scan […]

(Reuters) – Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc is set to start selling its first tablet computers in January next year, joining other tech rivals to compete with Apple Inc in the fast-growing market. An Asustek official said on Thursday the company will sell its EeePad tablets running Windows software in January and then others with Google’s […]

(Reuters) – Germany’s SAP AG has agreed to pay $120 million to Oracle Corp in return for a promise by the U.S. company not to seek punitive damages in its suit against SAP for software theft, according to sources familiar with the agreement. The legal drama in the case, which has captivated Silicon Valley, further […]