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Oracle and Sun customers face negotiating challenge
Could the combined open source/database vendor be too big to bargain with?
Business turns to DNS filter for Web security
Restricting users is a small price to pay
SAP is the biggest loser in Oracle-Sun deal
Oracle's announcement of its intended US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun has certainly shaken up the hardware and server operating system (OS) business markets.
VMware: Virtualisation is 'the new mainframe'
VMware launched an upgrade to its core software platform on Tuesday with the message that virtualisation is ready to run any class of enterprise application, no matter how large.
Microsoft identity management server delayed again
Microsoft 's need to get it right has led to delays that are frustrating some users.
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Google open source chief: Java could benefit from IBM/Sun deal
Java developers have expressed concern about IBM's possible take over of Sun microsystems, but Google's head of open source believes all will be well if the merger goes ahead.
Lockheed Martin uses Microsoft & Google for homegrown social-networking platform
Engineering giant Lockheed Martin has used Microsoft's SharePoint 3.0 with Active Directory 2003, along with a Google search appliance, to build a home grown alternative to Facebook, but the technology is easier implement than the policies surrounding social networking.
Outsourcing ‘will change’ after £709m BSkyB-EDS court verdict
A verdict is expected in the costly £709 million court case between BSkyB and EDS this month or next, but the legal action could have been avoided through mediation, according to industry observers.
Microsoft struggles with vulnerability exploit predictions
Three step vulnerability rating system aims to help IT departments plan their patching but one month in, it gets mixed reviews.
City crisis signals end of an era in financial IT
Wall Street's financial meltdown promises to forever change the way information technology spending is handled in the securities industry as the old giants of the capital markets stumble and banking behemoths move in to devour them whole or in part, scooping up technology assets.
Focus on virtualisation as financial world shakes
Users need to warily embrace virtualisation, according to speakers at Interop assessing how to proceed with technology investments in the face of possible IT budget cuts.
Experts discuss intersection of cloud and virtualisation
Virtualisation is often seen as complementary to cloud computing but not a necessity.
Bill Gates predicts software revolution
Bill Gates, chairman, co-founder and former head of Microsoft, has predicted that continual expansion of Internet services will provoke a revolution in software development.
What Microsoft’s new pricing means for your business
Microsoft has announced an overhaul of its enterprise licensing regime. Will you get value from the changes?
Microsoft Finally Clears Throat About Services
Microsoft has been promoting a combination of 'software plus services' as a way to ease itself away from its packaged-software legacy and into the Web 2.0 future. But nobody seems to sit up and take notice.
Scott Charney: Microsoft's axe man
Meet the man who can order Microsoft's product back to the drawing board even before it is shipped.
Does open source really work for business?
When using open-source software, businesses usually choose between a free, community-supported version of an application or a fee-based enterprise version that includes support, service, updates and other features.
Microsoft buys into the cloud
With its recent software-as-a-service announcement Microsoft shows that it's finally accepted the power and inevitability of the cloud. It also reveals just how big a threat Google really is.












