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Oracle Rubs PeopleSoft’s Face in Tendered Shares
Oracle Corp. sent yet another letter to PeopleSoft Inc.’s board of directors on Monday morning, pointing out that a majority of PeopleSoft’s owners are prepared to sell at $24 per share and requesting once again that PeopleSoft drop its poison pill provision that blocks the deal. Oracle, of Redwood Shores, Calif., early Saturday morning declared…
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F5 Offers One-Stop Appliance Service
With Version 9, F5 Networks Inc. has overhauled its familiar Big-IP line with new hardware and software to provide the bounty of services that companies used to get from several distinct appliances. Click here to read the full review of Big-IP Version 9. With Version 9, F5 Networks Inc. has overhauled its familiar Big-IP line…
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HP Certifies, Supports Novell Linux Desktop
While many Linux distributions arrive on the scene, fewer gain solid support from hardware vendors. That won’t be the case for Novell Inc.’s recently released Linux Desktop, as Hewlett-Packard Co. said it will certify the package for its lines of business computers. Jeffrey Wade, HP’s worldwide Linux marketing manager, told eWEEK.com: “HP is now the…
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A Channel Program Built From Scratch
Peter Mainguy recently found himself with a clean-slate opportunity that channel mavens dream about: the chance to build a channel program from the ground up. Mainguy earlier this year joined storage vendor BlueArc Corp. and soon had the task of crafting that company’s channel strategy. Mainguy, BlueArc’s director of worldwide channels, describes the process as…
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Beware of Third-Party IE Patches?
The absence of an official patch from Microsoft for a known and widely exploited Internet Explorer flaw has spawned a cottage industry for homegrown fixes. Security experts say a browser add-on masquerading as a third-party IE patch is being sold on the Internet, but users are being warned to steer clear of software from untrusted…
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CA Taps IBM Executive as New CEO
Computer Associates has tapped IBM software executive John Swainson to lead the company as its new chief executive, sources said. The Islandia, N.Y., middleware software supplier has passed over interim CEO Ken Cron and has chosen Swainson, who headed IBM’s successful WebSphere unit for years, to run the company, according to sources. Neither IBM nor…
