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Open source grows beyond its roots

One of a growing cadre of open-source companies, Zimbra will add joint document creation and sharing to its messaging and collaboration software at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. Read more »

SAP inks open-source database deal

Business application powerhouse SAP is tapping MySQL's open-source database software in a deal that should let the smaller company accelerate its development plans. Read more »

Economist: Oracle-SAP duopoly would hurt market

An economist testified Friday that an Oracle takeover of PeopleSoft would allow the database powerhouse and SAP to unfairly dominate the market for business software. Read more »

Industry veterans bet on open-source model

A team of computer industry veterans, including a former Microsoft executive, are launching an open-source company that aims to be the Dell of the software industry. Read more »

Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »

Eight strategies for delivering business intelligence on the Web

These strategies will help companies ensure they are distributing the kind of high-quality, actionable BI necessary to make real-time business decisions. Read more »

Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse

Microsoft this year will seek to distance itself from Java rivals with tools designed to streamline how Windows-based business software is built and used. Read more »

IBM Tivoli plan knits in Rational tools

IBM next month plans to highlight products from its Tivoli systems management division meant to reduce glitches in complex business applications. Read more »

Oracle buys open-source database firm

Database heavyweight Oracle has acquired Innobase Oy, a privately held Finnish company with close ties to open-source database company MySQL. Read more »

MySQL backtracks on closed-source plan

Sun has backtracked on previous plans to release important backup features for its MySQL database under a proprietary licence, following widespread criticism from the open-source community. Read more »

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A better model for enterprise software

Business Service Providers are the next generation of enterprise software--a better business model that achieves higher benefits for customers, more quickly and for much less cost. Read more »

Security models made easy

The right level of security to allow end-users access your applications can be a tough job in a dynamic enterprise environment. Here are some tips to help you sleep easier at night. 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 »

MVC design pattern brings about better organisation and code reuse

Using the MVC design pattern's three components for your development, you can open up new levels of robustness, code reuse, and organisation. Read more »

Help business drivers identify the reports they need

Some business drivers may not fully understand the power of database reports. This strategy will help you help stakeholders identify the reports they need, even when they don't yet know they need them. Read more »

A SOA allows for better alignment

An SOA enables organisations to create a more meaningful relationship between services and business processes. Read more »

Digging code: Software archaeology

At first glance, business software developers have little in common with Indiana Jones. But the emerging field of software archaeology applies some of the same skills, if not the dashing adventure. Read more »

Can't J2EE and .NET just be friends?

The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer. But can they play nicely together? Read more »

Web services B2B implementation demonstration: Part 5

In the fifth article of our continuing Web services series, Kevin Koch implements the business logic and Web services associated with Tom's business tier, including the implementation of security protocols and asynchronous notification. Read more »

How to import an Excel file into SQL Server 2005 using Integration Services

Integration Services, which replaces Data Transformation Services (DTS) in SQL Server 2005, is a tool for extracting, transforming, and loading data. Read more »

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CodeGear Q&A

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »

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    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

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    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

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    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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