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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

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: 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 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

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

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.

CEBIT round up

CEBIT round up

All the top stories from the world's biggest IT trade show

Outsourcing ‘will change’ after £709m BSkyB-EDS court verdict

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

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

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

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

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 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.

SAP Users' Group leader preaches collaboration

SAP Users' Group leader preaches collaboration

User groups speak out on SAP price hikes

What Microsoft’s new pricing means for your business

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 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

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?

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

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.

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