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Extending the reach of digital video, Kaleidescape Inc. recently introduced its Kaleidescape System: a DVD server that lets consumers store and serve their movie collection on a home network. A Kaleidescape System consists of rack-mountable hardware components, proprietary operating system software, and Kaleidescapes Movie Guide Service. The basic Kaleidescape System comes with one Server system […]

Thomas Cox, author of The Database Administration Maturity model and The Oracle Workgroup Server Handbook, provides a daily checklist to help newbie DBAs avoid problems before they occur. Read the full story at SearchDatabase.com.

Hundreds of online retailers have reported improved 2003 holiday sales thanks to their use of Oracle Small Business Suite, a dynamic-database-driven Web store licensed by Oracle Corp. Read the full story at CPU Review.

A quick update from your Service Pack tracker: After a false alarm last week, Microsoft has now made available to its MSDN subscribers the first beta of its Service Pack 2 for Windows XP.

IBM generated $13 billion in enterprise software revenues last year. So, when Steve Mills, senior VP and group executive with IBM Software Group, talks, even Microsoft tends to listen. Microsoft Watch Editor Mary Jo Foley chatted with Mills a couple of weeks after he appeared on stage with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates to demonstrate Web […]

CIO Insight: How is Disney Worlds new CRM strategy relevant to all businesses? Roger Berry: Were trying to see if we can make convergence work for business—that is, converging business processes onto converged technology networks and servers and data. It opens a whole new paradigm in how to deliver service to customers. On the front […]

SUSE Linux and Red Hat are putting their security systems through Common Criteria Scheme (CCS) testing, hoping to reach the security ratings already bestowed on Microsoft and Unix players. Read the full story at LinuxPlanet.

After months of wrangling between Oracle and PeopleSoft, one things clear: Oracles previous reputation as a company that doesnt do big acquisitions is long gone. Read the full story at the San Francisco Chronicle.

The DOJ is speeding up its antitrust investigation into Oracles attempted takeover of PeopleSoft in an attempt to decide by late February whether the deal will hurt competition. Read the full story at Yahoo News.

For DBAs who are either looking for a new job in 2004 or who want to guarantee they wont be laid off, certain hot IT skills and certifications are worth checking out, according to David Foote, president of Foote Partners LLC, a research firm that specializes in tracking certifications. Read the full story at SearchDatabase.com.

At one time, Cobalt servers were the most popular Linux-powered servers for ISPs and Web hosting companies. Despite this, Sun started backing away from this platform over the last couple of years. And, now Sun is retiring the last of the line, the RaQ 550 server, in mid-February 2004. The company, will however, continue to […]

From the “strange but true” files: Newsforge is reporting that Microsoft is sending online surveys to Linux User Groups and general Linux users, requesting feedback on what Redmond should be focusing on, product-wise, over the next five years. The feedback request is signed by Program Manager Michael Surkan (who is, indeed, a real Microsoft employee, […]