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Oracle Plugs 36 Holes in Critical Patch Update
Database server giant Oracle on April 18 shipped its scheduled quarterly critical patch update with fixes for 36 security vulnerabilities in several enterprise-facing products. The mega update includes a fix for a gaping flaw in the Oracle PL/SQL Gateway that was reported to Oracle more than six months ago and was the subject of a…
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IT Consulting Services Hit a Growth Spurt
IT consulting is growing worldwide, says IT consulting and advisory group IDC. According to an IDC study released April 17, IT consulting spending is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 5.2 percent worldwide between 2006 and 2010, with the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions surpassing the Americas in spending by…
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Windows Mobile Devices Behave Erratically
Smart phones using a version of Microsoft’s cell phone operating system will, for no apparent reason, begin to operate very slowly, or just as suddenly speed up to a sprint, according to those participating in a number of recent online forums. The problem is apparently the result of the kind of memory the operating system…
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Microsoft Mass Market Play Targets Enterprise Tools
With the recent release of the Team Foundation Server component of its Visual Studio 2005 Team System, Microsoft bolstered its effort to take its mass market software story into the enterprise, and the company says this is only the first step. Rick LaPlante, general manager of Visual Studio Team System, said, “This is a mass…
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Study: Two of the 10 Best U.S. Jobs are in Tech
A study released April 12 ranked software engineers as having the best jobs in the United States, citing their use in "virtually every part of the economy." With an average pay of $80,500 and strong potential for creativity, 46 percent annual growth rate, and 44,800 annual job openings, the position received extra marks for the…
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Symantec Intros Integrated Gateway Security
Symantec introduced a new, integrated package of security applications for use with internal e-mail gateways. The Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 launch marks the first time Symantec has offered its anti-spam, anti-virus and content filtering applications for e-mail gateways as a combined product, a move the company said was spurred by customer demands for…
