Michael Singer

Now that PeopleSoft and Oracle are coming to terms, their respective support groups are starting to do the same. The International Oracle Users Group (IOUG) and Oracle Applications User Groups (OAUG) each extended an olive branch this week inviting the PeopleSoft communities to work together during the transition period. Oracle itself met with PeopleSoft executives […]

Adobe issued a patch this week that helps prevent multiple flaws found in its products. The fixes clear up problems in Windows and Macintosh systems running Adobe Reader and Acrobat Pro versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.2. The vulnerabilities were found in the products’ embedded Flash, eBooks and PNG libraries. The Web publishing software firm also issued […]

UPDATED: HP is ending its 12-year involvement with the design of the Intel’s Itanium processor, Intel confirmed Wednesday. The chipmaking giant said it has acquired the remaining members of HP’s Itanium chip design team in Ft. Collins, Colo. — a group of about 100 engineers, according to a source close to the arrangements. Intel also […]

Linux is much more popular in the enterprise than previously thought, according to a new report out today. IT research firm IDC combined several of its data studies and threw in a few that it didn’t already track to come up with a number that suggests Linux is a mainstream force with a steady growth […]

E-business standards consortium RosettaNet said it has a new tool in the fight against online fraud. The Santa Ana, Calif.-based group released its RosettaNet digital certificates. The 128-bit, X.509 security algorithms use non-repudiation, digital encryption and identity verification to protect companies against fraud and Internet eavesdropping. In tandem with identity software supplier Identrus, RosettaNet said […]

Two major research facilities have joined efforts to strengthen the link among Internet-enabled devices. Researchers with electronics maker Fujitsu and the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) signed a multi-year, joint research agreement in the field of ubiquitous (sometimes called pervasive) computing. The idea is that almost any device (clothing, tools, appliances, cars, homes, the human […]

Oracle has begun laying the foundation for its eventual marriage with PeopleSoft . In a briefing with reporters, Oracle President Charles Phillips reaffirmed the company’s plans to solidify the deal before Dec. 30. The executive is expected to meet with PeopleSoft brass today to offer an olive branch to PeopleSoft employees, customers, resellers, partners . […]

In the aftermath of the PeopleSoft/Oracle merger, analysts are sifting through PeopleSoft’s past for clues that led to its eventual sale. Nearly 19 months ago, the Pleasanton, Calif.-based company was growing its large-scale contracts while gracefully expanding its Human Resource software business. The No. 2 enterprise application software firm had just purchased the assets of […]

The greatest impact of the Oracle/PeopleSoft merger may be its effect on other software companies — not customers, analysts say. Large and small software providers must now learn how to best deal with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) world dominated by market leader SAP and the marriage of Oracle and PeopleSoft. SAP, Microsoft and IBM […]

AT&T and Intel have paired up to bring more Voice over Internet Protocol to the wireless world, officials confirmed. Craig Miller, Intel’s VoIP platform marketing manager, told internetnews.com that the companies have inked a broad development partnership in which Intel is supplying AT&T with several reference architectures for routers, access points and other communications equipment […]

UPDATE: Now that Oracle has worked out a deal to acquire PeopleSoft , companies are weighing the pros and cons of Oracle’s J2EE database. PeopleSoft and JD Edwards customers specifically have been concerned that their products would be tossed aside. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison promised last week that the company would go out of its […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems is planning to open source more than just its Solaris operating system in the coming year, executives said Friday. Jonathan Loiacono, Sun’s executive vice president of software, said the Santa Clara, Calif.-based systems company is planning on releasing code from some of its enterprise software products to the open source […]