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India eyes own open-source license
News Does anyone really need another open-source licensing model? One of the leaders of India's IT movement says yes.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing
IDC: Chinese Linux market grows amid barriers
News The open-source operating system was bolstered in China last year by government tenders and home-grown Linux desktop applications.
Tags: Linux, Linux desktop OS, Software engineering/development, Open source, Government
Oracle considered other acquisition targets
News CEO Larry Ellison says Siebel Systems and BEA Systems are also on Oracle's wish list.
Microsoft takes wraps off CRM software
News After a delay, the world's largest software company enters the multibillion-dollar customer relationship management market currently ruled by Siebel Systems and SAP.
SAP to defend Oracle bid in letter
News The German software maker has its own interests at stake in the merger battle: The acquisition of PeopleSoft would leave it with one less competitor to worry about.
Tags: Business applications
HP, Oracle cooperate on flexible computing
News Their products will work together across a computing infrastructure that can adapt automatically to changing work demands.
Tags: Business applications, Utility computing
Early WiMax vendors to face bumpy ride
News Not only do they have products compliant with pre-WiMax standards, these players now have to compete against well-heeled rivals.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, Next-generation technology/networks
Samsung to pay US$300 million for price fixing
News Memory maker pleads guilty for conspiring with others to fix prices on DRAM.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions
Cambodia leapfrogs to 3G
News New entrant Cadcomm is banking on its QB 3G network to deliver services such as mobile TV and high-speed Internet access, and outshine market incumbents.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, Next-generation technology/networks, ATM, TV, Internet Access, Broadband, 2G, VPN
Open source shapes up as rival to Oracle
News Software maker's stronghold in databases likely to come under threat from open-source competitors, IDC and Gartner predict.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Database management, Business applications, Databases, Open source
CA helps Philippines firms plug into e-commerce
News An estimated 80 percent of Philippine manufacturers still have vague understanding and appreciation of electronic commerce and ebusiness. And this is where Computer Associates comes in.
How open is the new Office?
News Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.
SAP takes Oracle's side in U.S. legal battle
News An SAP executive calls the Justice Department suit against Oracle "misplaced." Still, a prolonged conflict plays into SAP's hands.
MySQL takes cue from the master
News Microsoft made its massive inroads into the database market by being low-priced and easy to use. Now MySQL is following the same path with its open-source product.
Tags: Databases, Open source
China blamed for AP handheld market decline
News A change in consumer buying behavior in the mainland has resulted in a nosedive in Asia-Pacific handheld sales last year, says market researcher IDC.
