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    Linux, having just won the fight for mainstream respectability, has moved to a challenge that's less glamorous but just as important: making itself attractive to the information technology industry.

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    A market research report on database sales last year found that Oracle has the most market share and that revenue from databases overall grew slightly last year.

  • Sapping the on-demand party dry?

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  • Oracle renews battle with Lotus, Exchange

    Oracle is taking on Microsoft and IBM with new e-mail, calendar and messaging software.

  • Oracle outwitted in SME war

    The small- to medium-enterprise market has been described as manna from heaven, but a crucial lack of understanding of the SME psyche is creating costly roadblocks.

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    Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).

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    Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.

  • Security's the message for Exchange

    Microsoft hatches plans for a new Exchange Server e-mail system, with improved security and a facelift for Outlook, in the software's first major upgrade in nearly two years.

  • Microsoft's migration plan

    A deal cinched Wednesday could help Microsoft tackle a long-standing problem: How to sell new software to customers reluctant to give up a 7-year-old version of Windows.

  • Archival survival guide

    In this special report, we review six archival options in the market.

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