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Microsoft Highlights New Features in Yukon and Laguna

Microsoft still has a few SQL Server tricks up its sleeve. The company is adding new reporting services capabilities to SQL Server 2005, better...

Kattoon: March 29, 2004

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Microsoft Touts Perks of Yukon, Whidbey and Laguna

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft Corp. plans to add new Reporting Services capabilities to the next version of its SQL Server database, known as SQL Server 2005,...

Spreadsheets: 25 Years in a Cell

In this 25th anniversary year of the PC spreadsheet, we can be proud of the progress weve made in decision technology. We can also...

Less Can Be More

I like ease of use. I like intuitive interfaces that make it possible for me to carry out the tasks I must do in...

ERP Market Needs Software, Not Subpoenas

How many more billable hours must transpire, how many more legal pads must be wasted? Oracles hostile takeover attempt of PeopleSoft started as an...

Oceans of Data

In retailing, empty shelves mean lost sales. Ocean State Jobbers Inc., a midsize retail chain, keeps its shelves stocked by keeping its supply chain...

PeopleSoft Is Ready to Meet

Despite the fact that PeopleSoft Inc. shareholders will not get a chance to vote on a pro-Oracle Corp. slate of candidates for the PeopleSoft...

Microsoft Led SCO to BayStar

The cat is finally out of the bag: Microsoft Corp. acted as the matchmaker for the $50 million investment led by BayStar Capital into...

HP, IBM Lines Focus on SMBs

Major oems Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM are offering upgraded systems, software and services targeted at the increasingly coveted small- and midsize-business customers.HP this week...