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Oracle Seeks Microsoft’s Help in Fending Off DOJ
Oracle Corp. will indeed turn to Microsoft Corp. for help in fending off the U.S. Department of Justice as it attempts to acquire PeopleSoft Inc.—just as it will turn to others it has named as competitors in the enterprise resource planning applications market. Oracle spokeswoman Jennifer Glass confirmed that Oracle will appeal to archrival Microsoft…
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HP Advances DRM Plans
Hewlett-Packard Corp. took several steps forward in enforcing digital-rights-management on consumer devices Tuesday, licensing Intel Corp.’s DRM scheme and co-developing a similar technology with Royal Philips Electronics NV. In all, HP licensed Intel’s high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) technology, to be used for transmitting content to wired displays throughout the home. The joint work with…
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AMD Names Chief Strategy Officer
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday named its first chief strategy officer in the company’s history, responsible for seeking out new markets and focusing the company’s direction. William T. “Billy” Edwards, previously vice president and general manager of AMD’s Personal Connectivity Solutions Group, will be promoted into his new role, AMD said. AMD said Iain Morris,…
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Announcements at PartnerWorld
Avnet Hall-Mark Announces New Services, Partnership Avnet Hall-Mark, a value-added distributor of IBM enterprise computing products, storage, software and services, made a series of announcements. The company has teamed with VBS Software, LLC, to offer a back-office solution specifically designed for resellers. Visual Business Suite is an ERP solution that focuses on reseller operations, accounting,…
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IBM to Sun: Open Up Java
IBM is calling Sun Microsystems Inc.’s bluff and asking the Java steward to join in developing an open-source implementation of Java. The Armonk, N.Y., company made the proposal in an open letter to Sun last week. Sun officials said they planned to meet with IBM to discuss the merits of working with IBM on an…
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Iona Debuts Mainframe App
Iona Technologies PLC.’s new Artix Mainframe integration software makes it possible to extend legacy mainframe applications into a service-oriented architecture, company officials said. The application, unveiled last week, exposes CICS or IMS transactions as Web services that are, in turn, accessible to other applications. Mainframe transactions can be made available to other applications—and to developers—to…
