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BEA rejects US$6.66bn bid from Oracle

Oracle has offered to purchase rival BEA Systems for US$17 per share, a total of about US$6.66 billion in cash -- but BEA rejected the offer as too low. Read more »

Adobe snaps up document security tools

Adobe Systems is adding new document protection mechanisms to its business workflow software with an acquisition announced on Monday. Read more »

IBM retools Global Services

Big Blue seeks higher, more profitable ground in the market for business computing services. Read more »

Sun relaunches Sparc chip business

Sun Microsystems has launched a new business unit to sell its Sparc processors, a return to an idea it had dropped years ago. Read more »

Web services: Beyond the hype

He still has a tough sell ahead but IBM's Bob Sutor has already collaborated with Microsoft and others to fashion the underlying plumbing necessary to turn his vision of Web services into reality. Read more »

Oracle: Our $6.7bn BEA offer was too high

If Oracle renews its bid for rival BEA Systems, it would come in at a price below its initial offer of US$17 a share, the company told analysts Wednesday. Read more »

Gates looks back on 30 years at Microsoft

If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.Read more »

Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft

For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. Read more »

Oracle eyes industry-based structure, new pricing

Oracle will gradually reorganise itself around specific industries and seek alternative pricing models that are tied to how customers use its software, according to company President Charles Phillips. Read more »

JBoss CEO: Buyout talk got 'out of hand'

Months after a media frenzy over a rumoured Oracle acquisition, JBoss continues to field buyout offers and consider further venture funding, the company's chief executive says. Read more »

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Is it kill or cure for Oracle's database buy?

Purchase of a company with close ties to open-source rival MySQL has people wondering about the database giant's motives. Read more »

The seven deadly sins of integration

Software that is open, approachable and agnostic enables customers to cut costs and increase revenue and business opportunity. Does "on demand" fit that bill or is it just the next fad? Read more »

Model-Driven Development today

Model Driven Design promises to cut development time, reduce bugs, and increase maintainability. Pipe dreams? Maybe not according to Matthew Overington. Read more »

Deliver RSS content with JSP and JavaScript

You can generate RSS feeds for your JSP-based web site easily. We'll show you how. Read more »

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