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Article | 12/04/2010 Oracle extends Hyperion for more financial duties

Oracle has augmented the capabilities of its Hyperion financial analytics software with new modules to help bean counters streamline specific financia...

Article | 12/04/2010 Adobe evangelist tells Apple: 'Go screw yourself'

Responding to a change in the licensing terms for developers building applications for version 4.0 of the iPhone, a technology evangelist for Adobe Sy...

Article | 12/04/2010 Java founder James Gosling leaves Oracle

James Gosling, the creator of the Java programming language, has resigned from Oracle, he announced in a blog entry on Friday

Article | 9/04/2010 IBM executive denies open-source sellout

IBM will not use its open-source patents in any potential legal actions it may bring against TurboHercules, an IBM company executive seemingly asserte...

Article | 8/04/2010 Microsoft previews Exchange 2010 SP1

In a recent blog entry, Microsoft offered a glimpse of what will be in the first major update of Exchange Server 2010, due later this year.

Article | 8/04/2010 Many managers see cloud computing as risky business

Despite the hoopla surrounding cloud computing, almost half of U.S. IT managers are still wary of using cloud computing services within their own oper...

Article | 7/04/2010 Sybase updates mobile app for iPad, Android

Enterprise software vendor Sybase plans to update its mobile device enterprise management software, called Afaria, so it can work with iPads as well a...

Article | 6/04/2010 The iPad makes demands on Web developers

Web developers behind the sites on Apple's approved list of iPad-ready online destinations have confronted an issue that the device-maker is forcing t...

Article | 1/04/2010 Microsoft, Ford team on electric car software

Microsoft will expand its Hohm consumer energy management software to work with Ford Motor Company electric cars, the two companies announced Wednesda...

Article | 1/04/2010 Oracle revamps Tuxedo for mainframe rehosting

With the latest version of its Tuxedo online transaction processing (OLTP) middleware, Oracle is hoping to lure IBM mainframe users over to the world ...

Article | 31/03/2010 Red Hat focuses new RHEL 5.5 on multicore

Open-source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its flagship operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to take full advantage of ...

Article | 30/03/2010 Red Hat moves into desktop virtualization

Open source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its virtualization platform, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (REV), to include support f...

Article | 25/03/2010 Microsoft to update communications server

Microsoft plans to release a new version of its Office Communications Server (OCS) by the latter half of 2010, according to Gurdeep Singh Pall, corpor...

Article | 24/03/2010 IBM, Microsoft court SMBs with cloud, appliances

In terms of running IT operations, 2010 may be a good year for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Article | 24/03/2010 British gov't to invest £30 million in Semantic Web

The British government has invested £30 million (US$45 million), in a research center to further develop Tim Berners-Lee's Semantic Web.