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Microsoft Devising Tech Support Program To Battle Linux
NEW YORK—Microsoft Corp. is quietly working on a new initiative, internally code-named Mission Critical Microsoft, to help fight the rising specter of Linux running on enterprise mainframes. “Mission Critical Microsoft is an internal initiative, but it will probably result in a new program announcement from Microsoft within the next year,” Paul Corriveau, group product manager…
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Bugs, Exploits Dog XP SP2
Microsoft Corp. has issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 2 to solve a problem about which many users have complained: programs that attempt to connect to loopback addresses other than 127.0.0.1 get error messages. The problem—one of several that have appeared in the newly released SP 2—has been reported by many VPN users…
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Oracle to Patch on Monthly Schedule
Oracle has broken the silence surrounding its failure to release patches for multiple security flaws, confirming to eWEEK.com that the release delay is caused by the fact that the company is heading to a monthly patch rollup model, as many had suspected. “Oracle [Corp.] is moving to a monthly patch rollup model because we believe…
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Oracle Opens the Door for Partners to Sell to Top Accounts
Oracle Corp. is cracking open its top North American accounts to allow partners to get their share of the very lucrative pie. Rauline Ochs, group vice president of Oracle’s North America Alliances and Channels, on Tuesday briefed the media about the program, which Oracle has dubbed the “Cover the Subsidiaries” program. The new program will…
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IBM Adds New Power5 iSeries Server
IBM is extending the reach of its Power5-based i5 server family by rolling out a midrange server and expanding the management and operating system support for all i5 systems. IBM next month will start shipping the i5 550, a four-way system targeted at midsize businesses that will include such features as IBM’s On/Off Capacity on…
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Oracle Still Sitting on Database-Security Patches
Oracle Corp. is in public-relations hot water after weeks of stony silence on its delay in releasing 34 security vulnerabilities patches for flaws it has known about since January or February. “Clearly, it’s a good thing that they’re getting the patches ready, but it seems to me that Microsoft [Corp.] has gotten a lot of…
