The company running the German railway system has moved half of its servers to Linux, and expects to have more than 300 Linux servers in operation by the end of this year.
SAP and Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to form a joint lab in Germany in an effort to tie the SAP Business Suite more closely with Microsoft's SQL Server 2005.
Microsoft has released a second free service pack -- a large, recommended update -- for its popular SQL Server 2005 database application.
Serious unpatched security flaws exist in certain Oracle products, according to a German security researcher who said the software maker has not fixed the bugs despite knowing about them for two years.
Flaws in two popular source code database applications could allow attackers to access and corrupt open-source software projects, a security researcher said Wednesday in the US.
Aussie start-up Biarri reckons it has found a way to give even small businesses access to some of the most powerful mathematical modelling tools available.
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Necessity truly was the mother of invention at AGR Upstream Petroleum, a natural resource exploration firm that last year found itself needing a way to co-ordinate a AU$100 million ship refit involving nearly 40 subcontractors in three countries.
During the 64 matches to be played in the 2006 World Cup, an estimated 3.2 million spectators will pass through the 12 stadiums to witness the action first-hand. From arrival to departure, the entire experience will be monitored, streamlined and enhanced by multiple systems from Siemens.
Project Fusion will provide a common basis for all Oracle applications and compete head-to-head with the German rival's NetWeaver middleware.
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OpenOffice.org developers have put the finishing touches on their productivity suite, which provides users and businesses with an alternative to Microsoft's Office suite.
Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.
StarOffice 6.0 is relatively inexpensive, but it's unlikely to win over existing users of Microsoft's Office products.
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