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The West Australia Department of Education and Training today revealed it is conducting a technology trial that could lead to the centralisation of enterprise applications for its resource-challenged schools.
United Kingdom online gambling exchange Betfair has chosen to base a major Web site overhaul around Sun's J2EE platform rather than Microsoft's .NET software, claiming the Java product comes with a "proven enterprise track record".
German software giant SAP is going to auction its subsidiary, TomorrowNow, only two years after acquiring the company.
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Oracle's upcoming 10g database is intended to stave off competition from Microsoft in the midsize-business market, Oracle executives said Thursday.
TomorrowNow, a Texas start-up specialising in software maintenance services for PeopleSoft customers, says its phones have been ringing off the hook ever since a recent court ruling gave Oracle permission to continue its hostile pursuit of PeopleSoft.
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