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Oracle said on Tuesday that it has acquired open-source database company Sleepycat Software for an undisclosed sum.
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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Small companies can now automatically provide customers with rich online sales information that was previously only viable for large enterprises, according to application service provider NetSuite.
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