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    Although HP's version currently is limited to its SuperDome servers, the company sees a time when all computer resources are connected to a grid, with customers billed on a usage basis.

  • Ellison and Co. hunker down

    Larry Ellison said engineering rather than deal-making will be Oracle's top priority over the next two years as the company prepares for an increasingly competitive business applications market.

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  • Australia: SAP vs Oracle

    SAP's Geraldine McBride and Oracle's Leigh Warren, leaders of two of the world's biggest enterprise software companies, go head to head.

  • A question of utility

    Major vendors are pitching the idea of utility computing, where companies would plug into computing services as easily as turning on a tap or a power switch. But how realistic is that analogy, and what will it take to get there?

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