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  • PeopleSoft users lose out on upgrade path?

    Oracle has no direct upgrade path for some of its PeopleSoft CRM users, who might have to re-implement their systems should they want to move to newer releases, according to an Oracle partner.

  • NAB challenged by data warehouse project

    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.

  • Is PeopleSoft waiting for the right price?

    PeopleSoft may be willing to be bought by Oracle, after all--if the price is right.

  • Europe blesses Oracle-PeopleSoft union

    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.

  • States prep Oracle-PeopleSoft review

    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.

  • Coalition of the unwilling

    The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.

  • Oracle renews battle with Lotus, Exchange

    Oracle is taking on Microsoft and IBM with new e-mail, calendar and messaging software.

  • Distributed computing: Power grid

    Distributed computing, which harnesses the power of multiple CPUs, grew out of scientists' and academics' needs for processing power, but it is rapidly developing commercial applications. ZDNet Australia examines the power grid.

  • Red Hat targets server messaging market

    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.

  • Red Hat doubles JBoss funding

    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.

  • Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 5

    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's next Linux due before March

    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 flexes its muscles with Office

    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.

  • Flaw finders to software makers: It's payback time

    Bug hunters are turning the tables on software makers in the debate over reporting flaws.

  • HP laughs off Solaris merger offer

    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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