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SBC Merger Wont Derail AT&Ts Plans

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The proposed merger with SBC Communications Inc. wont derail AT&T Corp.s plans to aggressively develop its SOIP (services over IP) strategy, according...

CeBIT 2005: Double Comdex and Keep Walking

HANNOVER, GERMANY—The annual CeBIT show is happening here this month, with the show floor opening at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning. If you miss...

Webloggers Influence Causes A Need for Regulation

The hue and cry over whether the Federal Election Commission can—or should—"regulate" Webloggers is a much more complicated and politically partisan argument than it...

Prices Plummet for Point-of-Sale Systems

With causes ranging from new, low-priced vendors to needing more lanes open simultaneously, IHL Consulting Group is reporting that prices for typical point-of-sale base...

Microsoft MVPs Say They Want Old VB Back

Microsoft Corp. is facing a revolt from some of its favored developers over the companys support for what the developers are calling classic Visual...

CeBIT Targets Business-Model Transformation

HANNOVER, Germany—"IT is exciting again!" That was the message SAP founder Henning Kagermann gave at the opening session at CeBIT on Wednesday evening. Whats making...

Customers Would Win with Oracle, Report Says

As far as the retail customers of Retek are concerned, the current battle between Oracle and SAP for control of the Minneapolis retail technology...

Salesforce.com Unveils Multiforce Application Environment

Hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software provider Salesforce.com announced Wednesday a new application environment, called Multiforce, that will enable users to jump between hosted...

Oracle Declares Victory Over SAP in Retek Grab

Oracle President Charles Phillips had to admit: Theres a good dose of "nyah-nyah" in the companys recently announced move to pounce on Retek, the...

Project Green Could Pave Way for Microsoft Apps On-Demand

SAN DIEGO—As Project Green, the multiyear—and multiwave—plan to revamp Microsofts business applications around a services-oriented architecture and unified code base, takes shape, it may...