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Oracle remains mum on support issue
News Oracle intends to focus on its latest software at its upcoming AppsWorld conference, but many customers are hoping the database giant will explain its plans for supporting an aging product.
It's time to end the misery of IE6
Insight perspective For too long, the failings of Internet Explorer 6 have blighted lives of developers--and recent launch of IE8 only makes matters worse, says Opera exec.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Developer, CSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software
Browsing for an attack
Insight While vulnerabilities in Web browsers are unlikely to disappear in the future, this does not mean surfing the Internet can't be a secure experience.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Hacking, Spam and phishing, Security Management, Web browsers
Does IBM's success herald a software comeback?
News IBM's software divisions' success in 2004 is being hailed as a sign of recovery in the software industry as a whole by some, but many analysts are being more cautious.
Tags: Software
Microsoft paints a bleak post-breakup picture
News A confusing landscape of bureaucratic regulations, coupled with a distinct lack of innovation and virtually no tangible benefits to customers: That will be the bleak future of technology in the wake of the government's antitrust case against Microsoft.
RightNow pins enterprise hopes on new CRM
News Provider of hosted applications looks to move further beyond the call center and deliver full-scale CRM to larger customers.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM)
Antitrust case looms over Tandy, Microsoft alliance
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Commentary: Am I a Microsoft lackey or what?
News The great thing about writing about Microsoft is that either way, you get killed. Write a favorable piece, and you're hammered by Microsoft haters. Write a negative piece and you learn that most of your readers really do like Microsoft.
SAP's great succession debate heats up
News CEO Kagermann will be offered a year-long extension, company says, but questions remain about who will step in after 2008.
Tags: Business applications, Leadership
VMware surge puts virtualization in the spotlight
News VMware hits Wall Street in a stunning IPO, highlighting the bright future seen for the software technology.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions
Reaction to Microsoft ruling is swift, mixed
News Reaction was quick and varied yesterday as high-tech executives, politicians and frontline software coders digested Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's order splitting Microsoft into two companies.
PeopleSoft CEO: Oracle failed
News Craig Conway says Oracle's plan to disrupt PeopleSoft's J.D. Edwards deal fell short.
Outsourcing: how far up the value chain?
Blogs The move by India's top IT companies to develop industry specific applications left me wondering about the changing defi...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Business applications
Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL
Techguide Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment.
Is Microsoft the dark horse of biz apps?
Techguide While the industry has its eyes on the SAP-Oracle rivalry in the business applications market, rising contender Microsoft may just be the one to watch out for in coming years.
