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IBM aims to connect corporate mashups and BI

News A new service can expose content from IBM's Cognos 8 business intelligence suite as a web service, so the data can then be used in other applications and mashups [28 Oct 2009]

SAP: Days of the database are numbered

News The demand for cloud computing and faster access to data will lead to a future where companies don't need a database, says a top SAP executive [27 Oct 2009]

Microsoft to open up Outlook data format

News The software maker has said it is in the early stages of documenting its .pst file format [27 Oct 2009]

Windows 7 upgrade poses problem for students

News Some students have found they cannot install their downloadable copy of the operating system, offered to students at a significantly lower price [27 Oct 2009]

IBM pitches flexible package at mid-size firms

News The new line-up is aimed at helping smaller companies build a more flexible IT infrastructure that can respond to load increases and decreases [27 Oct 2009]

Apple drops ZFS project

News Apple has cancelled its plans to port Sun's high-volume storage file system to the Snow Leopard release of Mac OS X [26 Oct 2009]

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Google adds batch-export feature to Docs

News People can now use Google Docs to convert multiple files into a choice of document formats in a single batch [26 Oct 2009]

Salesforce, Adobe bring Flash to Force.com

News Businesses that have already taken the plunge into the Salesforce cloud will now find something new: Adobe Flash [26 Oct 2009]

Strong Windows demand boosts Microsoft earnings

News In reporting quarterly earnings, the company says demand for its Windows operating systems and Xbox game console exceeded expectations [26 Oct 2009]

Offline SharePoint tool promised for Mac users

News While Microsoft is not planning to produce a version of Groove for the Mac, the new tool will make SharePoint access much easier for Mac users, company executives say [23 Oct 2009]

Ubuntu Karmic Koala gets release candidate

News Version 9.10 of the popular Linux distribution, which has cloud functionality built in for enterprises and consumers, is almost ready for its final release next Thursday [23 Oct 2009]

Microsoft smooths netbook jump to Windows 7

Microsoft smooths netbook jump to Windows 7

News The software maker is providing a tool that will let people who buy its new Windows 7 to use a USB to boot it on a netbook [23 Oct 2009]


CA moves into eco software market

News Computer Associates plans to unveil an integrated sustainability suite designed to track carbon emissions [22 Oct 2009]

Google's Schmidt sees future in enterprise

News The search engine's chief executive believes business customers are his company's next growth opportunity [22 Oct 2009]

Microsoft releases Windows 7 worldwide

News As Microsoft launches its 'best operating system ever', analysts predict Windows 7 will see significant enterprise uptake and have a positive impact on the PC industry [22 Oct 2009]

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Facebook engineers' motto: 'Move fast, break stuff'

News People spend more than eight billion minutes on Facebook every day, posing challenges of scale in processing content for users, according to the company's engineering chief [22 Oct 2009]

Google forms Twitter search alliance

News Hours after Microsoft announced its partnership with social-networking sites, Google has reached an agreement to begin indexing real-time tweets in its search results [22 Oct 2009]

Microsoft starts selling PCs online

News The company starts selling hardware and third-party software on its online store after revamp [22 Oct 2009]

VMware third-quarter results top estimates

News The company's revenue for the quarter is up four percent on the same period last year [22 Oct 2009]

Microsoft to fix Bing spam bug

News The company announces that it will fix a bug in its search engine that has allowed spammers to bypass filters [22 Oct 2009]

Microsoft forms Bing alliance with Facebook, Twitter

Microsoft forms Bing alliance with Facebook, Twitter

News The software giant's partnership with social networking sites will bring real-time results to its Bing search engine [22 Oct 2009]


Howard Schmidt sees SME appeal in Windows 7 Video icon

Howard Schmidt sees SME appeal in Windows 7

Video The Information Security Forum CEO talks to ZDNet UK at the RSA Conference in London about how businesses will greet Windows 7 [21 Oct 2009]

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Microsoft Windows 7: ZDNet UK special report

Microsoft Windows 7: ZDNet UK special report

Roundup Learn about Windows 7 highlights — and potential pitfalls — and find out what the new operating system could mean for your organisation [21 Oct 2009]

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Teradata unveils cloud strategy

News The data-warehousing giant is outlining its cloud-computing strategy this week, including an internal cloud service and a public offering via Amazon Web Services [20 Oct 2009]

Visual Studio 2010 release date confirmed

News Microsoft has announced it has reached the Beta 2 milestone for its collection of developer tools, and says it is simplifying the number of versions it sells [20 Oct 2009]


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