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Oracle Implements Zero-Defect Policy for Fusion
After Oracle’s move in 2000 from client/server to Web-based applications with its E-Business Suite 11i—a notoriously buggy technology shift—the company isn’t taking any chances with its next big development undertaking. Oracle, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., has implemented a zero-defect policy for Fusion Applications, its next-generation suite of ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications expected in…
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Intel vPro Promises VARs and MSPs Less Needy Desktops
Intel aims to change the corporate desktop landscape with its vPro platform. The business desktop chip platform, which incorporates Intel’s recently introduced Core 2 Duo processor and a new supporting chip set that includes its Advanced Management Technology, will be unveiled on Sept. 7 and is expected to be used in PCs from some brand-name…
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Study: Virtualization Deployment Goes Prime Time
Virtualization technology has gone “prime time” and is being deployed in application server and Web server environments in addition to test and development scenarios, said a research report by Enterprise Management Associates released August 31. More than two-thirds of the 126-page report, which was written by EMA senior analyst Andi Mann and titled “Virtualization: Exposing…
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Vista Transition: Microsoft Should Take a Lesson from Apple
A major product transition is an opportunity for technology suppliers to send a message to partners and the installed base of users. It can be something on the order of “we care” to something less than warm and cuddly. And then there’s Vista. While Microsoft’s approach to the 2007 launch of Windows Vista is only…
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IT Pros Say They Can’t Stop Data Breaches
In the wake of widely publicized security compromises at AOL and AT&T, a study released Aug. 28 by the Elk Rapids, Mich.-based privacy management research company Ponemon Institute finds that only 37 percent of IT professionals believe their company is effective at detecting data breaches. Citing a lack of resources and high product costs as…
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Study: Skills Shortage Boosts Salaries
An annual study on hiring and compensation trends revealed that IT professionals may have more negotiating power than they think, and VARs may soon be paying more for their services. According to the study, conducted by IT staffing consultant Robert Half International and online job site CareerBuilder.com, 81 percent of hiring managers said it is…
