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  • Microsoft documents detail SAP buyout plan

    Nothing has caused more of a sensation during the Oracle antitrust trial than Microsoft's merger talks with SAP.

  • Linux ensnares another European city

    Bergen, Norway, has opted to replace Windows and Unix machines with Linux on servers for its schools and city databases, and could later put the open-source operating system on desktop machines.

  • One city's move to open source

    In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.

  • Penguins: Power to the enterprise

    It started as a small rebellion--a warning shot fired at the Windows monopoly by independent-minded programmers. But the open-source movement traditionally associated with the happy penguin and the pierced, tattooed crowd is increasingly moving into the enterprise, mingling peacefully with commercial and proprietary code.

  • Antivirus insecurity at Black Hat confab

    Experts are warning that the popularity of antivirus software could turn the defensive measure into a security risk.

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  • One city's move to open source

    In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.

  • Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

    Find out why Bergen, Norway's second-largest city, is moving its servers to Linux.

  • Dell and SAP -- what's the attraction?

    Dell last week followed up a 12-month-old formal Oracle alliance with a love-in in New York with enterprise applications giant SAP. But what do all the smiles amount to beyond the teaming of two of the industry's biggest players?

  • Buy or rebuild? Replacing outdated core systems

    One of the toughest decisions CIOs face is what to do when an entrenched system is no longer performing up to par. It’s not an easy call to make, especially when the system is a core application.

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