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Ballmer Talks Up 'Cloud Computing'
by Alex Woodie

Microsoft later this year will unveil new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings that will enable business customers to build and adopt applications that run on large "geo-scale" server farms instead of servers installed on customers' premises, CEO Steve Ballmer announced last week at the company's annual partner conference in Denver, Colorado. Ballmer says Microsoft's partners will be instrumental in the coming wave of "cloud computing," which he also referred to as "software-plus-services." READ MORE >

Opsware Locks Down Server Changes with SolidCore
by Alex Woodie

SolidCore, a developer of real-time configuration management software, has entered into a partnership with systems management software developer Opsware that will see Opsware reselling SolidCore's S3 Control change control software, which continually looks for changes in servers, databases, applications, and network devices, and even has the capacity to block unauthorized changes from occurring. READ MORE >


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Microsoft Ships Windows Home Server
by Alex Woodie

Microsoft this week announced that Windows Home Server, the consumer-variant of Windows Server 2003 designed to function as the central hub in a Windows home network, has been released to manufacturing (RTM), starting the countdown for customer availability. Microsoft also announced it has added two new OEMs to the Home Server program. READ MORE >


Oracle Says 11g Database Is Better, Cheaper, and Faster
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Charles Phillips, president of database and application software supplier Oracle, made a prediction at the launch of the company's 11g relational database in New York City last week. "What normally happens in this process is that, initially, there will be many articles written about how no one needs another version of the database. The pundits are already writing that, and it is typical." But software companies add features to software and change it to address new demands, and Oracle is no different. READ MORE >



 

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But Wait, There's More:

EU Ruling on Microsoft's Appeal Due in September . . . Microsoft Releases Beta of Online Security Solution . . . BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Due in September . . . InfiniBand Gear Maker Voltaire to Go Public . . . Survey Says: Legacy Apps to Get Modernized . . . Study Ranks IT Competitiveness By Country . . .


 

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Editor: Alex Woodie
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
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System i Skills: Building Bridges Over the Generation Gap

Mad Dog 21/21: To Avatar and Avatar Not

The Linux Beacon
Microsoft's GPL v3 Stance Puts Future of Novell Pact in Doubt

Oracle Says 11g Database Is Better, Cheaper, and Faster

NEC, Stratus Flesh Out Fault Tolerant Server Lines

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Four Hundred Stuff
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NGS Takes Deconstructive Approach to Business Intelligence

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Big Iron
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Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

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Four Hundred Guru
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Admin Alert: More Info on SAVSYSINF, Green-Screen Printing, Performance PTFs, and Batteries

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ballmer Talks Up 'Cloud Computing'

Opsware Locks Down Server Changes with SolidCore

Microsoft Ships Windows Home Server

Oracle Says 11g Database Is Better, Cheaper, and Faster

But Wait, There's More:


EU Ruling on Microsoft's Appeal Due in September . . . Microsoft Releases Beta of Online Security Solution . . . BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Due in September . . . InfiniBand Gear Maker Voltaire to Go Public . . . Survey Says: Legacy Apps to Get Modernized . . . Study Ranks IT Competitiveness By Country . . .


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