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Senator Floats Heftier Bill on Data Theft

The day before data broker LexisNexis increased by nearly tenfold the number of identities feared stolen in last months data breach, Sen. Dianne Feinstein...

Startup Tackles Dragging Apps onto Grids

A startup has come out with software that promises to overcome a major grid computing headache: namely, converting applications so they can be spread...

Exploit Code Posted for Microsoft Jet DB Engine Flaw

A private security research outfit on Tuesday warned that a "highly critical" vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine could be exploited by malicious...

SAS, Hyperion Broaden BI Enterprise Reach

SAS Institute Inc. and Hyperion Solutions Corp. will announce products designed to extend their business intelligence reach within the enterprise at their respective user...

Cast Iron Tracks Transactions

A small data integration company is developing an innovative way to track business process transactions as they move across a network.Cast Iron Systems Inc.,...

SAS CEO Shows Competitors No Brotherly Love

PHILADELPHIA—SAS Institute Inc. CEO Jim Goodnight derided many of his companys competitors as "low end" as SAS staked its claim to becoming a provider...

Teradata Continues BI, Data-Warehousing Strategy

Relational database vendor Teradata, the cornerstone of success for former NCR Corp. CEO Mark Hurd, is moving on in the wake of its leaders...

Sybase, NGS Resolve Spat Over Flaws

After some strong words from both sides, Sybase and Next Generation Security Software last week ended their dispute over how much information NGS should...

Oracle Stakes Its Claim to ID Management Market

With last weeks purchase of Oblix, Oracle made clear that it is not planning to cede the lucrative and growing enterprise identity management market...

Oracle Takes Control of Retek

Oracle has taken control of Retek after 83 percent of shareholders tendered outstanding stock, the company announced Tuesday. Oracle Corp. announced its intentions to buy...