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Analysts Upbeat on EMCs Smarts Buy

Storage vendor EMC Corp. continues its metamorphosis into a software company with another acquisition. Analysts said its Tuesday purchase of Smarts Inc. provides a...

How to Negotiate with Oracle Post-Canary Swallowing

When it comes to sales and to negotiating licensing and support, Oracle has always been stocked with tough-as-nails negotiators.The company at times has attempted...

Cognos Profit Climbs with Enterprise Deals

Cognos Inc. saw revenues and profits surge in its fiscal third quarter, driven by large enterprise deals.The company closed a company-record 15 deals worth...

EMC Gains Smarts to Improve SAN Troubleshooting

The acquisitive EMC Corp. on Tuesday snatched up another software provider—this time in the network systems management space—with its agreement to acquire System management...

Microsoft Bloggers Face Search Spam Pinch

Microsoft Corp.s growing group of 1,200 Weloggers were among those feeling the pinch from a recent rash of spam messages to blog comments. Company officials...

Cisco to Buy Security Firm Protego

Cisco Systems announcement Monday that it will acquire privately held startup Protego Networks for $65 million adds a critical piece to Ciscos strategy for...

Oracle Reaches Out to JDE Users

Shortly after announcing its $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. last week, Oracle Corp. wasted no time in setting out to win the confidence...

Top Products of 2004

Firefox 1.0 Firefox 1.0 In one of the most interesting technology stories of the year, an open-source product descended from one of the founding applications of...

Tools Block Code-Busting Crooks

The concept of adding security to the coding phase of application development is catching on, with new companies delivering tools to help developers test...

Simplicity Eludes Group Work

The future of collaboration is XML, but we still lack products and services that bridge the gap between enterprise data and tools people like...