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Oracle DBAs Brace for Urgent Patch Chores
More than a few database administrators will likely spending at least part of their Labor Day weekend installing the security patches Oracle Corp. released Tuesday, or if not, they should be, according to one database administrator. “I expect a lot of database administrators will be applying these patches over the next few days or over…
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First Steps from NT to Server 2003
OK, you’ve finished your NT server network cleanup and prep work, so now what? There are two basic approaches to upgrading from NT to Server 2003. The first is an upgrade, and the second comprises an upgrade and restructuring. With an upgrade, you keep the same network structure you already have and simply replace your…
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Cuts to Longhorn Don’t Faze IT Managers
Microsoft’s sweeping changes to its next major Windows release are drawing little surprise from enterprise IT departments, many of whom were not counting on the most revolutionary changes promised in Longhorn. Late last week, Microsoft announced that it was dropping a centerpiece of Longhorn called WinFS (Windows File System) in order to meet its schedule…
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SCO Posts $7.4 Million Loss
The SCO Group, the beleaguered Unix company that’s locked in an intellectual property war with IBM over Linux and Unix, reported another poor quarter Tuesday. For its fiscal third quarter, ended July 31, The SCO Group Inc. reported revenue of $11.2 million, compared with $20.1 million in the same quarter a year ago. This was…
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Oracle Patch Set Plugs Widespread Server Holes
Oracle issued a security alert and downloadable patch release Tuesday to plug multiple vulnerabilities scattered across its database server products. The patches are designed to lock down exploits affecting a variety of Oracle’s Database, Application Server, Collaboration Suite and Enterprise Manager products. According to the alert, the new patches eliminate security flaws in the Database…
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Oracle Delivers First Monthly Patch Rollup
Oracle on Tuesday delivered its first-ever monthly rollup of security patches, addressing more than 30 vulnerabilities discovered by Next Generation Security Software Ltd. between January and February, and also tackling more than 20 vulnerabilities that eWEEK.com has learned were recently discovered by Application Security Inc. Oracle Corp. issued notice of the patches late in the…
