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Critical Flaws Found in Java Development Kit

Two vulnerabilities open to remote exploitation by hackers have been found in Java Development Kit, one of which could be used to take over a compromised system. JDK (Java Development

Primer: Enterprise Wiki

What is it? A wiki is a Web site where content is contributed, edited and organized by its users, who can quickly create pages and links between them. Users typically

Novell and SAP Partner Up

SAP AG and Novell announced May 15 that they have extended their relationship to offer a new joint support solution for customers who run SAP applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise

Oracle’s Agile Buy Could Boost PLM

With Oracle’s intended $495 million acquisition of software maker Agile Software, product lifecycle management may finally have its day. PLM software, which manages a product’s life cycle from design and

Where Will All the IT Cowboys Go?

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Over the next five years, business will become so deeply embodied in technology—and technology so embedded in the business—that it will change the way IT is managed by an

Oracle to Buy PLM Specialist Agile for $495M

Oracle continued its relentless campaign of cherry-picking enterprise application software companies with a May 15 agreement to buy Agile Software, a producer of product lifecycle management products, for $495 million

Enterprise Apps Vendors Vie for Position

The enterprise software market is in flux, with applications vendors morphing into platform providers, service-based architecture concepts ruling development investments, consolidations dominating the marketplace and customers looking for better pricing

Microsoft Research Aims to Make Computing Ubiquitous

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft is doing research on multiple fronts aimed at bringing computing into every aspect of people’s lives and improving the ways that they communicate, said Craig Mundie, the company’s

Gates to Tout First 100 Days of Vista at WinHEC

LOS ANGELES—The 2,700 attendees at Microsoft’s annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference here are going to get an earful about Windows Vista, the upcoming Windows Server “Longhorn” and Windows Home Server—and

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