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National Australia Bank (NAB) revealed it has learned some lessons in clustered database development as part of the bank's move to a real-time data warehouse.
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European antitrust regulators ruled Tuesday that Oracle can proceed with its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, clearing the last regulatory hurdle in the protracted and sometimes tumultuous battle.
Attorneys general from approximately 30 states this week ramped up their review of Oracle's US$6.3 billion unsolicited bid for PeopleSoft, according to sources.
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Red Hat has plans for a new private beta test of open source messaging software to begin next month, with hopes to reinvent a section of the server market currently ruled by proprietary vendors.
Open-source specialist Red Hat claims that it is doubling the amount of research and development investment in JBoss the open-source application server company it acquired last June.
Open-source specialist Red Hat has released the latest version of its Linux distribution, which will now feature in-built virtualisation and clustering technology.
Red Hat plans to ship the next version of its premium Linux product on February 28, debuting major virtualisation technology but missing an earlier deadline by about two months.
Microsoft plans to muscle into two markets next year, work flow and enterprise content management, using its time-tested techniques of exploiting its desktop dominance and appealing to developers.
Bug hunters are turning the tables on software makers in the debate over reporting flaws.
During Hewlett-Packard's Business Critical Systems conference in Macau this week, executives described a recent offer by Sun Microsystems' boss Scott McNealy to merge Solaris with HP-UX as "almost laughable".
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