IBM is returning fire to Oracle in an increasingly heated battle over who has the faster stack of middleware.

Teradata said Thursday it plans to buy data warehousing and analtyics startup Aster Data Systems, continuing a run of consolidation in the market for technology that can process ever-growing amounts of "big data."

A Dealmap adatbázisára építve indult el a Microsoft kuponos szolgáltatása. Beszáll a New York Times is.

Gartner on Thursday lowered its growth forecast for worldwide PC shipments in 2011, joining a growing number of analysts who believe Apple's iPad 2 will bridge the remaining gap between laptops and tablets this year.

Qualcomm on Tuesday said it is stepping up its software efforts as its chips begin supporting more operating systems, including Microsoft's upcoming Windows OS, which will be targeted at mobile devices, tablets and PCs.

Later this year, Oracle will begin requiring people interested in gaining Java and Solaris certifications to attend "hands-on" training courses, at an additional cost of thousands of dollars.

At the Cebit show on Tuesday SAP will show off an upcoming application called Sales OnDemand that could be a potential rival to the likes of Salesforce.com and Microsoft CRM Online.

Java.net has been re-launched as the home of Java community projects, featuring a new look and new tools for developers, an Oracle official said on Tuesday.

Intel has completed its US$7.68 billion acquisition of security vendor McAfee, the chip maker announced on Monday.

Paul Devine, a former Apple manager accused of taking kickbacks from the company's suppliers in Asia, pled guilty in a San Jose federal court to wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.

Intel wants the cloud to be a bit smarter.

Google has released three new tools as part of its Google Apps suite, designed to increase collaboration in the enterprise.

Slip-ups by a competitor are usually good for business, but Intel's recent problems with its Sandy Bridge chips won't help Advanced Micro Devices to steal market share from its bigger rival, according to IDC.

SAP wants a judge to reduce the US$1.3 billion award a jury granted Oracle last year in its intellectual property-theft lawsuit to no more than $408.7 million, and also asked for a new trial, according to filings made late Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Microsoft used its annual Public Sector CIO Summit to highlight the use of its cloud services and take a few digs at Google, which has won some high profile public-sector contracts itself.

A hálózati biztonsági szoftver figyeli az adatforgalmat és megakadályozza, hogy a támadások elérjék az Oracle vagy egyéb adatbázisokat

SAP is hoping to gain ground in the increasingly heated market for BI (business intelligence) software, announcing a suite on Wednesday that focuses on areas like mobility and real-time data analysis.

French company 1plusV has accused Google of stopping smaller competitors from generating advertising revenue by abusing its dominant position in the search market. The company said it made the allegations in a complaint filed with European Union antitrust authorities on Tuesday.

Hewlett-Packard reported a jump in profit for the first quarter of its 2011 fiscal year but sales were dragged down by weakness in its PC and services divisions.

Japan's Fujitsu will soon launch a tablet PC for enterprise users that packs security features not available in most consumer machines.