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Microsoft and Nortel to wed, but future is cloudy

Microsoft and Nortel to wed, but future is cloudy

How will Nortel's current trouble impact its partnership with Microsoft?

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Ray Ozzie steers Microsoft into the cloud

Ray Ozzie steers Microsoft into the cloud

Ray Ozzie is driving Microsoft into the cloud. The move is a major challenge to the company's existing business, but the company's new Chief Software Architect is confident he can deliver.

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Oracle issues 36 patches, but is anyone applying them?

Oracle issues 36 patches, but is anyone applying them?

Many database administrators don't always apply security patches to their environments in a speedy fashion, but that's not stopping Oracle from releasing dozens of them on a quarterly basis.

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Oracle Fusion apps: Is 2010 delivery too little, too late?

Oracle Fusion apps: Is 2010 delivery too little, too late?

In the world of high-tech product announcements, 18 January, 2006, seems like an awfully long time ago. On that date, Oracle executives, including President Charles Phillips, boasted that they were halfway through the Oracle Fusion Applications development process.

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Intel, AMD multicore chip sales may be slowed by software

Intel, AMD multicore chip sales may be slowed by software

A lack of software that can work with multicore chips has left enterprises unable to receive the full benefits from expensive hardware upgrades.

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