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Microsoft Makes Blockbuster Bid for Yahoo

$44.6 billion deal proposed

Mainframe Remains Central to Data Integration Efforts

New survey shows that integration still done with hand-coded scripting

Use of Live Customer Data in Application Testing Still Widespread

Survey shows security is an afterthought when live data is used in business application testing

Free Tool Strips Vista to Bare Bones

Lets users remove feature bloat, and then some

Microsoft Aims To Boost Security With New APIs for Developers

APIs will make security settings easier for developers, particularly for solutions running on Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows XP SP3

HP Rolls Out SOA Governance Model

New products and services help organizations deal with complexities of service-oriented architectures

Enterprise Software's Strength Shows in Latest Microsoft Earnings

Steady growth in company's server and tools business



Microsoft Says SQL Server 2008 Will Be Late

New database will RTM in third quarter

Microsoft, Citrix Team Up on Virtualization

Efforts meant to help compete against Vmware

Strongspace's 10-Day Crash Highlights Web Storage Risks

A recent outage focuses attention on document access

Microsoft Opens Up Vista Virtualization

Company also acquires desktop virtualization vendor

Sun To Acquire MySQL for $1 Billion

Move instantly makes Sun a player in the database market dominated by Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft

Oracle Acquires BEA for $7.2 Billion

The culmination of a diligent and thoughtful process, says BEA chairman

Oracle Databases Go Unpatched, Survey Finds

Most IT personnel have not applied critical security patches