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Oracle Makes OpenOffice.org Open Source
Oracle is relinquishing its tight control over OpenOffice.org, the popular office software suite, and will no longer offer a commercial version. OpenOffice.org will be moving to a purely community-based open-source project, Oracle said April 15. While Oracle will stop selling a commercial version of OpenOffice, the company intends to continue working with the community on…
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Software Companies Expect Cloud Computing to Drive Industry Growth in 2011: Survey
The cloud is where it’s at—or so suggested a Sand Hill Group survey set to be released later this week. The report shows that the majority of the more than 100 software company CEOs and CFOs interviewed believe cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) will drive the largest amount of spending in the software industry over…
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Apple iPad 2 Comes to Select Toys R Us Stores
Barbies, Matchbox cars, Legos and… high-end tablet computers? Apple broadened its channels for iPad 2 distribution again this week by introducing the popular tablet for sales at select Toys R Us stores. Also available at big box retailer Best Buy and through Apple’s stores and Website, the toy store joins the exclusive list of vendors…
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Synnex Resellers Talk Back on Managed Services
Distributors are working to help businesses build their services business, whether it’s cloud or managed services, but when a solutions provider has already built out their own services practice, how does a managed services suite from distribution affect their business and relationships? Following Synnex’s (www.synnex.com) announcement of its partnership with Level Platforms earlier during the…
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Dell Launches New Server, Storage Systems for SMBs
Dell is rolling out new servers, storage systems and networking devices designed to help small and midsize businesses that company officials say are getting overrun by the rapidly rising tide of data. In addition, many of these smaller businesses are trying to keep up older servers or desktop PCs that have been set up as…
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HP Users Urge Oracle to Continue Intel Itanium Support
Hewlett-Packard’s largest user community is the latest group urging Oracle executives to reconsider their decision to discontinue support for Intel’s Itanium platform. In a statement released April 13, the board of directors of the HP user group Connect said it would continue to support HP and Oracle customers running applications on Itanium-based systems despite Oracle’s…