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ERP Software Developer Infor Acquires Formation Systems

Enterprise resource planning software developer Infor Global Solutions announced Thursday the acquisition of Formation Systems, for an undisclosed sum.Both companies are privately held.Formation Systems...

DBAs Will Thrive and Multiply

I saw a recent online poll asking the question "Will automation make the DBAs job obsolete?" Over 73 percent of the 726 people who responded...

FoxFire Tests Bluetooth PDAs for Order Management

A multibillion-dollar corporation is about to start testing FoxFetch, a recently patented PDA-based technology that brings together Bluetooth and radio frequency wireless capabilities with...

How Microsoft 95 Became Microsoft 2005

In 1995, Microsoft was in trouble. Big trouble. OS/2, despite its fans, was going nowhere. Windows 3.11 was, at best, a great GUI for running...

Readers Respond: Govt Has Role to Play in Outsourcing Issue

The kind of person who sees code in his or her dreams has little choice but to follow the computer science path, but may...

BEA Buys Plumtree for $200M

BEA Systems Inc. Tuesday announced plans to acquire Plumtree Software Inc. in a cash deal worth about $200 million. In a call with investors and...

NIST Database Tracks Software Weaknesses

The Federal Government, often criticized for its slow response to security vulnerabilities and attacks, has launched a new database of software flaws designed to...

How to Save a Meeting

One of the favorite targets of those who like to point out silly, stupid and wasteful technologies is the venerable PowerPoint presentation. PowerPoint presentations...

Identity Standards Rely on Trust Among Companies

The Liberty Alliance Project, a consortium that advocates for federated identity standards and identity-based Web services, last week announced the results of the first...

Collections Giant Finds Safe Haven

In his job as IT manager at Credit Protection Association Inc., Jerome Quiroga has two relentless worries these days: hackers and public opinion. Hackers he...