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  • Oracle yet to tip Red Hat

    Oracle is yet to provide evidence Australian customers are switching to its Red Hat Linux support program despite announcing new business deals for the last quarter.

  • Asteron ready for Suncorp IT integration

    The CIO of local financial services company Asteron has signalled his group is ready for the extensive technology integration work due to commence shortly as Suncorp swallows Asteron's parent Promina.

  • Oracle spends US$220m on Portal Software

    Oracle plans to spend US$220 million in cash to buy Portal Software, filling out its applications line with software geared to the communications and media industry.

  • Aviva cuts down back office IT

    Financial services company Aviva Australia has revealed it is in the midst of an extensive back office technology consolidation project, with Oracle software taking centre stage as a number of other platforms are eliminated.

  • IBM to pay US$1.6 billion for FileNet

    IBM has agreed to acquire content-management software maker FileNet for about US$1.6 billion in cash, the companies said on Thursday in the US.

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  • SAP and on-demand: 'The switch is tougher'

    Henning Kagermann, chief of SAP, says new competition, fast-moving tech are driving the company to rethink how it builds its software and how to sell it.

  • Australia: SAP vs Oracle

    SAP's Geraldine McBride and Oracle's Leigh Warren, leaders of two of the world's biggest enterprise software companies, go head to head.

  • Report: Learning is key to grid success

    Though still in its early days, grid computing looks to have a promising future -- if vendors can continue to educate IT departments about its benefits.

  • Survival of software's fittest

    In the flat enterprise software market, the message is clear: It's time to hunt or be hunted.

  • Software licensing: Ready for hardball?

    The Internet is forcing software vendors to come up with a variety of new licensing models. Here are strategies to help you, the buyer, get the most bang for your buck.

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