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Oracle Warns SAP to Step Lightly
During Oracle’s semiannual Analyst Day event Wednesday in New York, company CEO Larry Ellison warned archrival SAP to step lightly when it comes to competitive techniques. Oracle Corp., which acquired PeopleSoft Inc. on Dec. 12 to make it the second largest applications provider in the world behind SAP AG, is fighting hard to win over…
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Sun’s Open Solaris Plans Face Problems
On Tuesday, Sun Microsystems Inc. will announce that it will be using its newly minted Common Development and Distribution License open-source license for its long-promised Open Solaris project. However, creating a developer community around such plans to open-source Solaris will not be easy—for many reasons—according to analysts and industry figures. Sun has long promised that…
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IBM to Acquire Application Service Provider Corio
IBM on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Corio Inc., an enterprise application service provider, for $182 million in cash. The purchase is expected to help IBM’s hosted application services business. The acquisition, subject to regulatory and Corio shareholder approval, is also expected to boost IBM’s presence in the SMB (small and midsized business) arena, where…
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Microsoft Moves Ahead with XP Reduced Media Edition
Microsoft Corp. made it official Monday: It has no plans to appeal the antitrust sanctions levied against it by the European Commission. As a result, a stripped-down version of Windows, minus Windows Media Player and related files, is moving forward rapidly. At least some PC makers had an inkling about Microsoft’s intentions not to appeal…
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Cisco Patches IOS Flaw
Switching and routing firm Cisco Systems Inc. has issued a fix for a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting versions of its flagship IOS (Internetwork Operating System) software. A security advisory from the San Jose, Calif.-based company said the flaw affects all Cisco devices that are configured for Cisco ITS (IOS Telephony Service), Cisco CME (CallManager Express) or…
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Storage, Security Convergence Isn’t Easy, but It’s Vital
The proposed merger of Veritas and Symantec could bring much-needed convergence between security and storage management. On the surface, it might seem like storage and security management have little to do with each other, but uniting these tools, although it would be a difficult and long-term undertaking, could greatly simplify end-to-end data management. A successful…
