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  • Microsoft Issues ‘Critical’ Office 2003 Patch

    Two weeks after launching its Office 2003 desktop app suite, Microsoft is patching it already. At least it’s not a security problem this time around. Instead, the patch protects against inadvertent data loss when opening files last saved under Office 2000. But still ….

  • Novell to Buy SuSE Linux for $210 Million

    From the company that turned away early Linux pioneers Bryan Sparks and Ransom Love, Novell Inc. is completing its reinvention by buying SuSE Linux for $210 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and the resolution of shareholder agreements. It all goes well; Novell expects the transaction to close by the end of its…

  • Micro Focus Moves Mainframe Apps to .Net

    Micro Focus International Ltd. Tuesday announced its new technology for migrating mainframe COBOL applications to Windows and the .Net Framework. The Rockville, Md.-based company’s new Micro Focus Net Express with .Net product enables developers to easily migrate COBOL applications to Windows and the .Net Framework, said Ian Archbell, vice president of product management at Micro…

  • NetApp Acquires Storage Startup Spinnaker

    Network Appliance Inc., aka NetApp, will acquire Spinnaker Networks Inc. for $300 million in stock, officials said Tuesday. The deal will expand Network Appliance’s technology holdings. Currently, NetApp’s. storage servers currently can cluster only two nodes, however Spinnaker’s software allows for hundreds of nodes on a single cluster, explained Suresh Vasudevan, senior director of software…

  • Driving Linux Deep into the Enterprise

    Novell Inc.’s acquisition of SuSE Linux AG had nothing to do with competing with Microsoft Corp. and everything to do with driving Linux deep into the enterprise, Novell and SuSE officials said at a media teleconference on Tuesday morning. Chris Stone, vice chairman of Novell, of Provo, Utah, stressed that the deal had not been…

  • CA to Streamline Security Offerings

    Faced with a growing number of identity management competitors, Computer Associates International Inc. plans to juggle its product lineup once again, this time consolidating two security lines in an effort to ease customer deployment and integration. At the Computer Security Institute conference in Washington this week, CA is announcing the availability of eTrust Admin Version…

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