Tag: application

  • Oracle, SAP Take the Surfing Out of Collaborating

    Lisa Vaas

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    Both of the enterprise application giants—Oracle and SAP AG—have signed up to license technology that will help users more easily edit and save shared content. Xythos Software Inc. announced Tuesday that Oracle Corp. will plug the Xythos Drive into Oracle Files 10g and Oracle Portal. This will bring the ability to collaboratively manage content and… Read more

  • BEA Ships Platform for Deploying Advanced Telecom Services

    BEA Ships Platform for Deploying Advanced Telecom Services

    John Pallatto

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    SAN FRANCICO—BEA Systems Inc. Monday introduced a suite of Java-based application development tools designed to make it easier for telecommunications companies to build advanced VOIP (voice over IP), multimedia and wireless services. The BEA WebLogic Communication Platform , formerly code-named the “DaVinci Project,” aims to take advantage of the rapid growth in VOIP services that… Read more

  • Oracle Warns SAP to Step Lightly

    Oracle Warns SAP to Step Lightly

    Renee Boucher Ferguson

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    During Oracle’s semiannual Analyst Day event Wednesday in New York, company CEO Larry Ellison warned archrival SAP to step lightly when it comes to competitive techniques. Oracle Corp., which acquired PeopleSoft Inc. on Dec. 12 to make it the second largest applications provider in the world behind SAP AG, is fighting hard to win over… Read more

  • IBM to Acquire Application Service Provider Corio

    IBM to Acquire Application Service Provider Corio

    Renee Boucher Ferguson

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    IBM on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Corio Inc., an enterprise application service provider, for $182 million in cash. The purchase is expected to help IBM’s hosted application services business. The acquisition, subject to regulatory and Corio shareholder approval, is also expected to boost IBM’s presence in the SMB (small and midsized business) arena, where… Read more

  • XOsoft Adds Support for AIX

    XOsoft Adds Support for AIX

    Karen Schwartz

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    Data synchronization and replication software vendor XOsoft has leapfrogged some of its closest competitors by announcing support for its first Unix variant. The Burlington, Mass.-based company, which originally introduced its WANSync Server in 2002 for Windows and added support for Solaris in 2003, now offers support for IBM AIX. The application availability software platform allows… Read more

  • Microsoft Turns to External Patch Testers

    Microsoft Turns to External Patch Testers

    Ryan Naraine

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    Looking to improve—and possibly speed up—the creation and release of software security patches, Microsoft Corp. is implementing a closed beta program for external testing teams. The formalization of Redmond’s new Security Update Validation Program clears the way for external patch testers to get “limited and controlled access” to security updates ahead of public release. The… Read more