AFP - Yahoo and technology giants Intel and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance to advance "cloud computing," backing a trend that would reduce reliance on packaged software.
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - The iA4000 is an upgrade and replacement of the iA3000 appliance. New data migration capabilities include data conversion and profiling tools to accelerate software-as-a-service use. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - A Forrester report telling large businesses to hold off on deploying Windows Vista contradicts earlier reports on the operating system, Microsoft says. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - IBM said the acquisition will strengthen its portfolio of so-called business process management software. -- read full article
PC World - Mobile executives at a Silicon Valley roundtable discussion challenged Symbian, Android and other software platforms to match... -- read full article
AP - Escalating its rancor with rival SAP AG, business software maker Oracle Corp. accused SAP on Monday of knowingly buying and then embracing an illegal operation set up to steal Oracle's products and customers. -- read full article
PC World - Users are questioning Dell's decision to fix the problem of faulty Nvidia graphics cards with a software patch instead of... -- read full article
AFP - Business software giant Oracle claimed Monday that it has new proof that its German rival SAP looted its software libraries for competitive advantage.
NewsFactor - Researchers have released software that exploits the recently leaked flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) software. That may mean IT admins are in for a long weekend of implementing and testing the patch. -- read full article
PC World - Security vendor Sophos plans to acquire Utimaco, a German company specializing in software that aim to prevent sensitive data... -- read full article
AP - Software engineer Keith Brown was conducting a meeting by teleconference at home when he had to call an abrupt halt. Dido, one of the family's two dogs, had just brought in a dead opossum.
AP - Software engineer Keith Brown was conducting a meeting by teleconference at home when he had to call an abrupt halt. Dido, one of the family's two dogs, had just brought in a dead opossum.
