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.
As of last weekend, it has become a crime in Germany to build, sell, obtain or distribute so-called "hacking tools", which experts say will damage overall computer security by severely curtailing legitimate research and analysis, and prevent "good" hackers from discovering and plugging system security holes.
The chief technology officer of Software AG has laughed off suggestions that Java is a business language.
Security firm F-Secure has discovered a password stealing trojan targeting Commonwealth Bank users -- and the malware isn't being detected by the free antivirus software the bank is offering its online users.
Microsoft has quietly released a second service pack (SP2) for its popular Windows Server 2003 operating system.
Microsoft has released a second free service pack -- a large, recommended update -- for its popular SQL Server 2005 database application.
The French Education Ministry is deploying thousands of Red Hat Linux-based servers while Germany is moving 40 percent of its university students to Suse Linux.
Chinese authorities, with the assistance of the FBI, have cracked a piracy ring allegedly responsible for manufacturing and distributing more than US$2 billion-worth of counterfeit Microsoft software.
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.
IBM claims that its new Blue Gene/P supercomputer, operating at petaflop speed performs more operations than a 1.5-mile-high stack of laptops.
In a test of over a thousand Web sites in Europe, Linux-based servers were found to be faster and more reliable than sites based on Microsoft's IIS Web server software.
Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image?
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.
No other sporting event captures the world’s imagination like the FIFA World Cup. How will local companies be contributing during this month-long extravaganza, both online and offline?
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. This software update definitely increases the security and stability of ISA, and administrators who manage ISA servers need to give it a close look.
Hewlett-Packard is expanding its Linux server software menu with additional wares from SuSE Linux.
Find out why Bergen, Norway's second-largest city, is moving its servers to Linux.
Being a Microsoft or Java fanatic may be admirable in some IT roles. IT development management isn't one of them.
Project Fusion will provide a common basis for all Oracle applications and compete head-to-head with the German rival's NetWeaver middleware.
En route to Melbourne this weekend, Formula 1 team AT&T Williams' lead driver Nico Rosberg hopes to power ahead thanks to a new sponsorship deal with Lenovo.
German Linux seller SuSE has unveiled a version of the open-source operating system tailored for Intel's Itanium chip.
D-Link's 802.11g debutant delivers impressive wireless range and performance for an entry-level router.
Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members.
Microsoft has released its second collection of bug fixes, or service pack, to Office XP, the company has confirmed.
British Airways and other airlines are ready to offer online access to business travellers, despite some ongoing technical hitches.
Festive gizmo not living up to expectations? Don't panic - follow our tinsel-flavoured troubleshooting checklist.
An e-mail announcing a new Trojan horse scanner is itself an Internet worm that could flood e-mail servers with useless mail.
StarOffice 6.0 is relatively inexpensive, but it's unlikely to win over existing users of Microsoft's Office products.
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