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PHP Eclipse tools released
The Zend Studio for Eclipse IDE plug-in for the PHP scripting language, a cornerstone of the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) stack for Web services development, is now available for download from Zend Technologies Inc. The company is also releasi... News | 24 Jan 2008
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Web services apps without IT
Business users are increasingly able to create mashups out of Web services, writes analyst Dana Gardner, introducing a podcast on the subject. "Tools and online services both are being used to combine external Web services like maps and weather with ... News | 21 Jan 2008
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The SOA implications of Oracle's BEA purchase
The financial advantages of Oracle's purchase of BEA are more concrete than how the two companies' SOA products will integrate, which has analysts and competitors guessing. Article | 17 Jan 2008
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Analysis: Oracle/BEA, Sun/MySQL
Rod Johnson, founder of the Spring Framework, offers his insights into this week's big deals with Oracle Corp. buying BEA Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. acquiring MySQL, all of which have relationships to Spring. He predicts that BEA's WebLog... News | 17 Jan 2008
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SAP unveils new BI
With the completion of SAP AG's $6.7 billion purchase Business Objects, SAP unveiled new business intelligence and business optimization software packages this week. The new tooled developed jointly by SAP and Business Objects include: Financial Perf... News | 17 Jan 2008
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Oracle calms customers after $8.5 billion BEA purchase
Oracle and BEA assured customers that BEA's products will be supported after the completion of the $8.5B deal announced today, but some analysts report hearing rumblings from the BEA customer base. Article | 16 Jan 2008
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Sun acquiring MySQL
Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced that it is acquiring MySQL AB for approximately $1 billion. MySQL, which is at the heart of the Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack, is reportedly the most widely deployed open source database, with more than ... News | 16 Jan 2008
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SAP touts its results versus Oracle
SAP AG's focus on service-oriented architecture (SOA) appears to be paying off as it is reporting its 16th consecutive quarter of double-digit software revenue growth. Analysts said SAP continues to hold an edge against rival Oracle Corp., but those ... News | 16 Jan 2008
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Oracle buys BEA for $8.5 billion
Oracle Corp. finally won its takeover battle with BEA Systems Inc., which has agreed today to be acquired for $8.5 billion, a 14 percent increase over the initial offer price in October, which was rejected by BEA's board of directors. Oracle is now e... News | 16 Jan 2008
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IBM Jazz ready for prime time
This week IBM's Jazz open development community and its first tools were unveiled for all to see, literally. First announce this past June, and now open to anyone who is interested, Jazz is designed to transparently foster new collaboration technolog... News | 15 Jan 2008