After three and a half years in operation, Amazon Web Services' RDS is finally generally available. Users can also get a service-level agreement if they choose to run the database in multiple places. The combination of customer adoption, ...
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The business intelligence software market cooled off a bit in 2012 after "a few historic banner years" of spending growth, due to difficult economic conditions and even confusion over industry buzzwords such as "big data," according to a ...
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The NHS has announced that, from 2014, all NHS Trusts and providers must use patient NHS numbers as the primary identifier. The move - which seems simple, but could save a huge amount of unnecessary paperwork - means medical records can ...
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The next version of Microsoft's relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come with a new in-memory OLTP engine, one built ...
SAP is buying privately held Hybris in a bid to build out an e-commerce software offering that connects with customers across multiple "channels, devices and touch points." Terms of the deal, which was announced Wednesday, were not ...
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Dell and Oracle will integrate hardware and software for customers through a strategic partnership, the companies announced on Tuesday. The deal expands the existing partnership between the two companies and will in part be exclusive, ...
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Server revenue worldwide was down 7.7% in the first quarter, as weak economic conditions and server consolidation by customers slowed sales, according to research firm IDC. Revenue in the market dropped to $10.9 billion in the quarter, ...
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Microsoft is updating a number of its IT infrastructure and development tools to work more seamlessly with its Azure hosted cloud services, including Windows Server, System Center, Visual Studio and SQL Server. "You can think of all these ...
Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable technology to end users. The ...
A Gartner report about the security software market out today shows that number-two-ranked McAfee enjoyed the most overall growth last year, Trend Micro slipped but stayed number three, and Symantec held onto its top spot with 19.6 percent ...
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Google threw the gauntlet down before the software industry to clean up its mistakes faster than has been done in the past. Critical vulnerabilities in software programs being actively exploited by hackers should be made public seven days ...
The time to CAPTURE, TRAIN, RIDE and FIGHT hundreds of unique dragons has arrived! Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) announced that Dragon's Prophet has entered its Open Beta period in North America. Players journey through the beautiful, ...
Oracle plans to make changes to strengthen the security of Java, including fixing its certificate revocation checking feature, preventing unsigned applets from being executed by default and adding centralized management options with ...
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Server revenue worldwide was down 7.7 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, as weak economic conditions and server consolidation by customers slowed sales, according to research firm IDC. Revenue in the market dropped to US$10.9 ...
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IDG News Service - Google wants vendors to fix or offer mitigation advice for previously unknown and actively exploited software vulnerabilities within seven days of their discovery. "After 7 days have elapsed without a patch or advisory, ...
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