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Open-Source Community Eager for Cloudscape Code

Going by early feedback, the open-sourcing of IBMs Cloudscape Java database is putting the open-source community on cloud nine. Noel Bergman, chief technology officer at...

IBM to Release Java Database to Open-Source Group

IBM has bequeathed to the open-source movement something it desperately needs: a full-featured, enterprise-ready Java database. The company on Tuesday announced it is releasing its...

Software Warranty Woes

Tony Scott, the chief technology officer of the worlds largest automaker, General Motors, is never shy about using his companys roughly $3 billion annual...

Yahoo Unveils New Local Search Engine

SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Internet giant Yahoo Inc. is unveiling a new search site that promises to provide a more precise guide to neighborhood businesses, making...

CA Pitches Ingres DB with $1 Million Tools Contest

Computer Associates will announce Wednesday at LinuxWorld what its dubbed its $1 million challenge, eWEEK.com has learned from industry sources. The goal: to get...

Online Ticket Vendor Set to Scale with Oracle on Linux

Online ticket vendor StubHub Inc. fits the description of a typical company thats running its Oracle database on Linux: Its cutting-edge, it doesnt want...

Oracles Rocha: Linux Kernel Ready to Rock Databases

Oracle executive vice president Mike Rocha will have a lot to brag about when he gets up to give his LinuxWorld keynote Tuesday in...

PeopleSoft Users Suffer From Takeover Tensions

The latest version of PeopleSofts supplier-relationship management tools is, in the words of one user, "damn good"; customers say the software provides access via...

Case Study: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital

The error was simple. But a newborns life hung in the balance. Baby J needed more potassium chloride, a type of salt that is...

Leading With IT: A NASCAR Case Study

There is a small metal part in a race car engine—a pickup frame, to be precise—that supports a coil of wires in the distributor....