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Oracle Earnings Show Soaring Apps Business
In stealth mode Monday morning, Oracle announced its second-quarter earnings a little early. The company, which hosted a conference call with media and analysts at 4 a.m. Pacific time, reported a 57 percent increase in its applications business, up from a 36 percent decrease last quarter. That success, however, was eclipsed by even bigger news.…
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Sun’s New Thin Client Supports Broadband Users
Sun Microsystems’ thin-client desktop strategy will get a boost with the release of a new version of its Sun Ray platform that will allow users to connect with a Sun Ray client over a broadband Internet connection. Sun Ray Server Software 3.0 also will allow Sun Rays to be supported for the first time by…
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IBM Updates TotalStorage SAN Software Suite
Big Blue keeps extending the competitive reach of its TotalStorage virtualization software for SANs (storage area networks). IBM on Friday said its TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller software now will manage all of rival EMC’s SAN arrays. The software lets storage managers build complex, virtual networks of storage with products from IBM and other vendors. That…
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Anti-Spyware: The New Frontier in the Security Software Market
So Roger Thompson thinks that spyware is the next great menace to computer users? Not surprising since he’s been in the business of fighting spyware for a while, much longer than most of the security software establishment. Thompson was vice president of product development at PestPatrol when CA bought that company just a few months…
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Cisco Turns 20, Turns to Networking
Twenty years ago Friday, Cisco Systems Inc. was founded by a pair of computer scientists interested in computer networking. Nowadays, the company is the global powerhouse of the IP industry, with some 35,000 employees, working to keep data flowing on local networks and across the Internet. While not born in a garage—the Silicon Valley equivalent…
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Linux, Security Certifications Gain Popularity
CertCities.com, a leading Web site for IT certifications, this week unveiled its annual predictions for 2005’s hottest certifications. To no one’s surprise, Cisco’s high-level CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) garnered the most interest from IT certification seekers for 2005. Microsoft’s MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) with a sub-specialization in security came in a close second.…
