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Oracle Expects DOJ Decision by March
The ongoing battle between PeopleSoft Inc. and Oracle Corp. is simmering just below the boiling point.In the fight to see if Oracles hostile bid...
Apple Rolls Out Wares at Macworld
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs last week unveiled the PowerPC G5 version of Apples Xserve rack-mounted server. The new Xserve comes in a 1U...
Microsoft Getting a Bigger Slice of Database Pie
As the absolute size of corporate and government databases continues to swell, more users are turning to technology they previously didnt consider for very...
Open-Source Databases Win New Converts
Rapid commoditization of databases is sparking momentum for open-source database vendors, such as MySQL AB, among others, to firmly establish notoriety for quicker-paced, less...
Enterprise Management Systems Finally Working
Enterprise Management Systems, commonly thought to be a dead end only four years ago, are now very much alive. Thats good for IT managers.Although...
CRM: Time to Invest
The IT mountain has labored and brought forth a mouse. its pal Mickey, a stuffed toy mouse that literally embodies real-time data and communications...
Lessons for Utility Computing
Sometimes the best way to understand how to build a business is to see how the other guy did it. The creators of the...
Oracle Decreases Credit Line
Confident it has a firm grasp on the resources necessary to execute the $7.5 billion hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp. decided...
Blowing Out ERP With SIs
In these first years of the decade, manufacturing companies are increasingly looking for ways to get more out of the ERP systems they deployed...
Supply Chain Tightened
For global manufacturers, the distance between the business and the customer can seem ever-expanding. Unilever Home and Personal Care, North America, part of the...