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Server-Based Platforms Get Boost

Vendors are rolling out new hardware and software aimed at driving adoption of server-based computing architectures. Concerns over the platforms—thin clients in particular, but also...

Xen Pushes Paravirtualization

If youve been keeping tabs on virtualization news during the past several months, theres a good chance youve heard about Xen.Xen, an open-source software...

Whats Next? Virtual Chips

Next year, the world of virtualization technology will really heat up when chip makers Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. begin offering virtualization...

Oracle to Offer Free Database

Guarding itself against the growing popularity of open-source databases, Oracle last week announced the beta release of its free Oracle 10g Express Edition database....

Research: Oracle Passwords Weak

Attackers can easily crack even strong Oracle database passwords and gain access to critical enterprise data because of weak password protection mechanisms, researchers have...

CA Shows off Unicenter R11 at CA World

In the year since Computer Associates International Inc. first canceled, then reinstated and then delayed its user conference, the company has been working not...

New Security Risks Hit Oracle

Enterprise IT managers who are still knee-deep in patches from Oracle Corp.s last quarterly Critical Patch Update have more to worry about after an...

Readers Respond: Getting Patents Right

I am a patent attorney who has been in the field for more than 40 years. Your Oct. 24 editorial ("Getting Patents Right" or...

Next Visual Studio Release to Tackle Testing

While developers are busy this week digesting the new features and upgrades in Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Corp. already is looking ahead to the...

Sun Debuts New Tape Drive

Sun Microsystems Inc. is guiding tape drive technology from its Storage Technology Corp. acquisition toward an interconnected systems approach featuring data management and security...