http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbWed, 03 Feb 2010 09:38:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/03/240176/fujitsu-and-symantec-forge-closer-links.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/03/240176/fujitsu-and-symantec-forge-closer-links.htm Fujitsu and Symantec ...Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:38:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/02/240169/in-memory-databases-beat-administrators-on-optimisation.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/02/240169/in-memory-databases-beat-administrators-on-optimisation.htm IT directors and chief information officers should use new technology rather than skilled database administrators to boost the performance of their data...Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:55:20 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/21/240034/oracle-readies-strategy-plan-as-eu-approves-sun-acquisition.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/21/240034/oracle-readies-strategy-plan-as-eu-approves-sun-acquisition.htm The European Commission has approved Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems, following an investigation into the MySQL database owned by Sun. The...Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:08:58 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/12/239918/oracle-patches-vulnerabilities-in-17-enterprise-products.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/12/239918/oracle-patches-vulnerabilities-in-17-enterprise-products.htmOracle is due to release a suite of critical patch updates which it says fixes 25 security issues in its products.Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:11:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/12/239917/datacentres-need-to-do-more-with-less-but-lack-skills.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/12/239917/datacentres-need-to-do-more-with-less-but-lack-skills.htm Businesses are running more datacentre applications with fewer staff and less budget, Symantec's latest research...Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:08:48 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/05/239822/lloyds-banking-group-extracts-value-from-data.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/05/239822/lloyds-banking-group-extracts-value-from-data.htmLloyds Banking Group is using software to help it make better use of complex data to sell to customers more effectively.Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:07:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/05/239815/thousands-sign-petition-to-protect-mysql-from-oracle.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/01/05/239815/thousands-sign-petition-to-protect-mysql-from-oracle.htm More than 18,000 people have signed an online petition to protect the future development of open source database MySQL, which is owned by Sun Microsystems....Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:37:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/28/239747/technology-review-of-2009.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/28/239747/technology-review-of-2009.htmBudgets have been tight, spending has been cut, but the IT industry has not stood still while users tightened their purse strings. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/18/239768/oracle-boosts-software-and-services-revenue-with-sap-business.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/18/239768/oracle-boosts-software-and-services-revenue-with-sap-business.htmOracle has increased its software licence and product support revenue by 14% to $3.9bn for the second quarter of 2009, at the expense of SAP.Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:30:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/16/239735/paper-better-than-computers-for-patient-records-say-ucl-researchers.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/16/239735/paper-better-than-computers-for-patient-records-say-ucl-researchers.htm Paper may be a more efficient medium than computers for delivering essential patient information to doctors, researchers have found. Researchers at...Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:15:23 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/15/239725/oracle-makes-concessions-to-ec-over-sun-acquisition.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/15/239725/oracle-makes-concessions-to-ec-over-sun-acquisition.htm Oracle has made a series of concessions designed to end its stand-off...Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:59:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/15/239720/researchers-question-benefits-of-computerised-health-records.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/15/239720/researchers-question-benefits-of-computerised-health-records.htm US researchers have questioned the savings to be had from computerising healthcare records, raising doubts over the benefits of the NHS's £12.7bn National...Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:24:43 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/11/239680/oracle-accuses-ec-of-manipulating-data-to-block-sun-deal.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/11/239680/oracle-accuses-ec-of-manipulating-data-to-block-sun-deal.htm Oracle has accused European competition authorities of cherry-picking comments from a market survey to support objections to the firm's planned acquisition...Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:15:39 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/09/239640/ibm-sees-no-competition-issues-with-oracles-sun-takeover.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/09/239640/ibm-sees-no-competition-issues-with-oracles-sun-takeover.htm Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems does not raise any significant antitrust issues, according to Oracle rival IBM. Despite objections...Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:13:25 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/27/239483/for-the-sake-of-java-allow-oracle-to-buy-sun-says-user-group.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/27/239483/for-the-sake-of-java-allow-oracle-to-buy-sun-says-user-group.htm The UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) has sent a letter to the European Competition Commission...Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:47:31 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/27/239481/eu-and-oracle-to-meet-soon-on-sun-deal.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/27/239481/eu-and-oracle-to-meet-soon-on-sun-deal.htmOracle is to meet European Union regulators on 10 December in an attempt to win approval of the planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, according to reports. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:07:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/25/239459/bingo-gamesys-datawarehouse-pays-for-itself-in-less-than-a-year.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/25/239459/bingo-gamesys-datawarehouse-pays-for-itself-in-less-than-a-year.htmThe online gaming group behind Sun Bingo has recovered the costs of a major datawarehouse project within a year after using it to monitor and improve the way it interacts with online punters.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:19:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/25/239448/uk-national-id-cards-database-goes-live.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/25/239448/uk-national-id-cards-database-goes-live.htmThe database that underpins the UK's controversial ID card scheme is up and running, according to the government's identity commissioner Joseph Pilling. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:50:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/20/239405/eu-delays-sunoracle-decision.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/20/239405/eu-delays-sunoracle-decision.htm The EU has pushed back its deadline for reviewing...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:24 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/20/235829/email-encryption-the-easy-way.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/20/235829/email-encryption-the-easy-way.htmData Loss is in the news; Keep your emails private. Emails regularly contain valuable business information, intellectual property, pricing information and customer details. Encryption can help ensure this data remains private. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:19:00 GMT