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Database software
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May 14, 2003
14
May'03
Car group Convisint upgrades to XML
Car industry e-services exchange Covisint has launched an IT consortium that aims to replace existing Electronic Data Interchange...
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May 14, 2003
14
May'03
Oracle adds component to Sales software
Oracle is adding a component for creating sales proposals to the latest version of its Oracle Sales software scheduled to be...
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April 29, 2003
29
Apr'03
EDS links purchasing and design software
Electronic Data Systems is integrating its product lifecycle management software with its procurement management software.
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April 29, 2003
29
Apr'03
XML makes it easier to search Which? Online
Which? Online, the internet arm of the Consumers' Association, has embarked on the first stageof a data visualisation project to...
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April 29, 2003
29
Apr'03
Oracle looks to scale management tool
Oracle is to spruce up its Enterprise Manager tool to enable management of greater numbers of databases.
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April 28, 2003
28
Apr'03
Health data net may help combat Sars
A consortium of US public health agencies and health care companies in June plans to launch a three-month test of a data...
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April 23, 2003
23
Apr'03
Macromedia links Flash apps to data
Macromedia's Flash MX Data Connection Kit will provide pre-built connections to data sources for the purpose of boosting...
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April 15, 2003
15
Apr'03
Stock exchange goes live on Windows 2003 data engine
The London Stock Exchange will go live this week with an information service based on Microsoft Windows 2003 and a new...
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April 14, 2003
14
Apr'03
MySQL shows off open source database
MySQL is promoting its open source database as a viable, more affordable alternative to products from Oracle, IBM and the other...
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April 08, 2003
08
Apr'03
Teradata moves to 64-bit Itanium architecture
Data warehousing specialist Teradata used its annual user conference in Florence this week to announce a host of software...
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April 03, 2003
03
Apr'03
Dell and Oracle tout enterprise alliance
Dell chief executive officer Michael Dell and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison shared a stage at Dell's Enterprise Event in New York...
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March 31, 2003
31
Mar'03
Telemetry services gain steam
US telecoms company Sprint has struck telemetry deals with a refuse collection company in the US that includes data collection...
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March 26, 2003
26
Mar'03
Data profiling saves Abbey £15.2m
Abbey National has saved an estimated £15.2m by using data profiling and analysis software to help the bank make better use of...
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March 20, 2003
20
Mar'03
PeopleSoft revamps supply chain software
PeopleSoft will launch supply chain planning software in May in a renewed effort to win market share from rivals including Oracle...
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March 14, 2003
14
Mar'03
Microsoft expands datacentre simplification plans
Microsoft will soon begin delivering software components for an initiative aimed at reducing datacentre complexity, with the goal...
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March 13, 2003
13
Mar'03
Oracle upgrades Warehouse Builder
Oracle's latest version of Data Warehouse Builder will make it easier for database developers and administrators to tie together...
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March 05, 2003
05
Mar'03
B&Q uses .net to cut stock losses
B&Q has cut stock losses by 15% since implementing a database that allows managers to access and analyse shrinkage data from any...
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February 17, 2003
17
Feb'03
Data analysis firm adds supply chain tools
The SAS Institute is expanding its line of business-intelligence software to help users apply in-depth analytics to their supply...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Socitm says Oracle deal will be good for councils
The government's new contract with Oracle for the supply of software to public sector bodies represents value for money,...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Off-the shelf SAP speeds Arco rollout
Safety equipment manufacturer Arco was able to implement data archiving for its ERP system in just a few days, thanks to a new...
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February 12, 2003
12
Feb'03
Special report: Oracle AppsWorld
If you were unable to make it to AppsWorld this month you'll have missed the unique clog-wearing, tulip-scented experience of...
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February 07, 2003
07
Feb'03
Govt will save millions with Oracle agreement
A three-year government deal with Oracle is expected to save tens of millions of pounds on public-sector IT procurement costs,...
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February 05, 2003
05
Feb'03
M&S signs up troubled telco
High street retailer Marks & Spencer has contracted Cable & Wireless to host its new internal datacentre, despite growing fears...
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January 27, 2003
27
Jan'03
Users report success with Oracle 11i
Oracle's promise that its business applications could help users slash costs and boost operational efficiency appears to be...
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January 24, 2003
24
Jan'03
Oracle extends limited support for 10.7 suite
Oracle is to give users of version 10.7 of its applications suite limited support for another year after the 30 June cut-off date...
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January 22, 2003
22
Jan'03
MySQL upgrades open-source database
A version of MySQL open-source database that includes "sub-selects" and other improvements to help enable the database to be used...
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January 20, 2003
20
Jan'03
Oracle and EMC extend service offerings
Oracle and EMC will announce two initiatives intended to make life easier for joint customers who use Oracle's database and...
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January 16, 2003
16
Jan'03
User group calls on Oracle to improve software quality
The Oracle Application User Group has called on Oracle to improve the quality of its software.
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January 03, 2003
03
Jan'03
Sybase hires HP exec to lead infrastructure group
Sybase has appointed a former Hewlett-Packard executive to head a business unit intended to boost its position in the market for...
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December 19, 2002
19
Dec'02
Oracle database sales start to rise again
Oracle has reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter that exceeded analysts' estimates, and said that its database software...
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December 17, 2002
17
Dec'02
Security holes in MySQL, says German expert
Security holes discovered in the MySQL open-source database and client software could allow an attacker to launch a denial of...
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December 17, 2002
17
Dec'02
PeopleSoft releases flurry of enterprise products
Three PeopleSoft products made their debut yesterday, including one for real-time financial data analysis and another for project...
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December 13, 2002
13
Dec'02
Alcatel unveils two switches for enterprise LANs
Alcatel has added two switches designed to carry both voice and data traffic to its OmniSwitch product family.
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December 11, 2002
11
Dec'02
Microsoft smooths path for datacentre managers
Microsoft has rolled out a set of architectural guidelines to help IT managers build and manage datacentres made up of Windows...
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December 09, 2002
09
Dec'02
Hyperion adds data contrasting tools to Essbase
Data analysis software vendor Hyperion Solutions is to develop functionality that will provide a virtual corporate memory to end...
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December 05, 2002
05
Dec'02
Oracle unveils apps and hardware bundle for European midmarket
Oracle yesterday unveiled its E-Business Suite Special Edition, a package of enterprise applications targeting mid-sized European...
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December 02, 2002
02
Dec'02
Oracle looks to Europe with E-Business Suite
Next week, Oracle is to announce a version of its E-Business Suite of enterprise applications for mid-sized European companies,...
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November 29, 2002
29
Nov'02
Oracle raising its game says user group
Customer satisfaction with Oracle products and services has increased significantly during the past year and the recession may be...
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November 28, 2002
28
Nov'02
US immigration database loses the plot in search for terrorism suspects
The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has lost track of nearly half of all foreigners that the US Federeal Bureau...
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November 15, 2002
15
Nov'02
Ellison: Users have bought too many databases
IT vendors have consistently failed corporate chief information officers by delivering software that lacks interoperability,...
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November 14, 2002
14
Nov'02
OracleWorld: No database upgrades until mid-2003
Oracle's next database release will focus on continued improvements in manageability, increased capacity and spreading clustering...
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November 12, 2002
12
Nov'02
Salesforce.com CRM offering goes wireless
Salesforce.com will launch a wireless edition of its online CRM product next week designed to allow users to access customer data...
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November 07, 2002
07
Nov'02
UK travel group rolls out Oracle
Travel group TUI Northern Europe, which owns UK chains Thomsons and Lunn Poly, is planning to roll out part of Oracle's...
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November 01, 2002
01
Nov'02
Oracle improving relations with US user group
Oracle boosted its presence at the Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG) conference with presentations from several executives,...
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October 25, 2002
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Oct'02
Oracle boosts supply chain offering
Oracle has enhanced the execution, collaboration and intelligence functionalities in its supply chain management solution to...
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October 21, 2002
21
Oct'02
New ERP products to target midmarket
Microsoft, Oracle and Baan are readying new enterprise software applications in a bid to capitalise on midmarket demand for...
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October 17, 2002
17
Oct'02
Police IT Organisation defends delays to UK firearms database
The Police IT Organisation (Pito) has defended the decision to further delay the introduction of the UK's long-awaited national...
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October 15, 2002
15
Oct'02
BT plans £1bn B2B exchange on Oracle
BT has dropped Commerce One in favour of Oracle in a bid to enhance its BT Transact business-to-business e-procurement service.
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October 10, 2002
10
Oct'02
UK retailers encouraged to join National Retail Crime Database
UK retailers were last week urged to sign up to the British Retail Consortium's National Retail Crime Database, which is due to...
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October 07, 2002
07
Oct'02
BMC plans integrated database tools
BMC Software has outlined a blueprint for delivering within 18 months an integrated set of database management tools designed to...
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October 02, 2002
02
Oct'02
Oracle and EMC open service centre
Oracle and EMC have opened a service centre designed to provide support and quicker problem resolution for the companies' shared...
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October 01, 2002
01
Oct'02
Cap Gemini and Teradata create CRM platform
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young has partnered with Teradata, a division of NCR, to develop a platform for enterprises to use their own...
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September 24, 2002
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Sep'02
InterSystems adds real-time analysis to database
Software company InterSystems is rolling out a new version of its database that it claims will enable users to run real-time...
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September 23, 2002
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Sep'02
VeriSign tidies records after ICANN rebuke
VeriSign said that it has corrected database inaccuracies flagged by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers...
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September 23, 2002
23
Sep'02
MySQL adds transactional support to database
MySQL, maker of the identically named open source database, is adding transactional support to its database.
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September 20, 2002
20
Sep'02
National address database launched
The Government has launched a joint programme to develop a national infrastructure of address and map data to underpin government...
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September 18, 2002
18
Sep'02
Tough climate mars Oracle results
Oracle yesterday reported first-quarter financial results that were down in both profit and revenue terms from the same period...
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September 16, 2002
16
Sep'02
Alpha Software throws down gauntlet to Microsoft
Alpha Software aims to take on Microsoft's Access software with the latest version of its Alpha database, which has automated...
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September 05, 2002
05
Sep'02
SAP to offer collaborative data management
Enterprise software vendor SAP plans to develop a new collaborative master data management product that will integrate data from...
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September 04, 2002
04
Sep'02
New property database worse than system it aims to replace
A much-hyped land and property database for England and Wales is less accurate than the long-established address file it aims to...
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August 30, 2002
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Aug'02
SAP suite aims to boost company productivity
SAP claims its latest productivity management application will help users share pertinent data rapidly, boost productivity,...
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August 20, 2002
20
Aug'02
Oracle stronghold under threat from Microsoft
A new report on the relational database market has ranked Oracle as the leading database vendor, although Microsoft is expected...
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August 07, 2002
07
Aug'02
Burglars captured by police data mining kit
A police researcher has used data mining software programmed to analyse historical crime reports to identify the criminals most...
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August 07, 2002
07
Aug'02
Dairy firm uses Coda-Intelligence software to boost ERP performance
Associated Co-operative Creameries (ACC) is deploying Coda-Intelligence data mart software as the first stage in a project to...
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August 05, 2002
05
Aug'02
Sybase readies test version of portal software
The next version of Sybase's enterprise portal software is set to reach beta testers this month and promises new tools that...
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August 02, 2002
02
Aug'02
Biomax launches new human genome database
Biomax Informatics has launched a human genome database that is both automatically and manually annotated.
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July 31, 2002
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Jul'02
Data mining boosts drug research at AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca has seen a marked improvement in the standard of its medical research since implementing data mining software across...
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July 24, 2002
24
Jul'02
Aggregation tool is the Lazy way to link disparate databases
Lazy Software has released a data aggregation tool for linking disparate relational databases, writes Eric Doyle.
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July 24, 2002
24
Jul'02
Microsoft tool ties Windows to Oracle database
Microsoft has released a tool that will allow Windows developers to build applications more tightly integrated with data stored...
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July 22, 2002
22
Jul'02
Sybase posts Q2 profit despite weak sales
Database vendor Sybase posted a profit for its second quarter, largely as a result of cost-cutting measures over the past year.
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July 03, 2002
03
Jul'02
Ixiasoft XML partnership eyes broad data access
Awareness of XML (Extensible Markup Language) and the need to use XML databases has grown faster in Europe than in the US, said...
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July 01, 2002
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Jul'02
BMC extends SmartDBA management tool functionality
BMC Software is adding online database reorganisation capabilities to the Space Expert component of its SmartDBA database...
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June 28, 2002
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Jun'02
Microsoft boosts RosettaNet support
Microsoft has bolstered its support for business-to-business data exchange among high-tech companies with the launch of Version...
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June 27, 2002
27
Jun'02
Sybase and Sun partner on data management offering
Sybase and Sun Microsystems have teamed up on a system for data-intensive, small and midsized businesses that need...
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June 27, 2002
27
Jun'02
SAP to resell Oracle 9i Real Application Clusters
German enterprise software provider SAP will resell and distribute Oracle's Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters...
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June 26, 2002
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Jun'02
Oracle expands 9i professional certification
Database software company Oracle has expanded the certification and education program for its 9i database software package across...
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June 25, 2002
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Jun'02
OracleWorld: Compression halves storage costs
Oracle has launched its European OracleWorld event in Copenhagen this week by detailing a new cost saving feature in Release 2 of...
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June 20, 2002
20
Jun'02
Bloomberg's new interface signals technology overhaul
Financial data software will be more user-friendly, writes Nick Huber
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June 17, 2002
17
Jun'02
SAS upgrade simplifies looks to simplify data analysis tools
SAS Institute has upgraded its flagship data analysis tools that includes a series of new features aimed at improving the...
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June 07, 2002
07
Jun'02
IBM beefs up database management line
IBM has announced plans to ship 20 new or upgraded database management tools in a bid to bolster its competitive position in the...
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May 29, 2002
29
May'02
Analysts slate new Oracle tools
A forthcoming report from Butler Group has found that the new Oracle 9i Developer Suite, introduced last week, falls short of...
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May 27, 2002
27
May'02
Oracle courts sceptical 11i users
Oracle executives visiting last week's spring conference of the independent US-based Oracle Application User Group faced...
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May 24, 2002
24
May'02
New 9i Developer focuses on productivity and reporting
Oracle has introduced the latest edition of its 9i Developer Suite, designed to improve developer productivity and business...
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May 24, 2002
24
May'02
IDC: Database software market poised for surge
Worldwide sales of relational and object-relational database management systems (RDBMS) are poised to surge following the...
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May 16, 2002
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May'02
CRM firm boosts data mining tools
Seattle customer relationship management software company, Talisma, plans to improve its CRM product, also called Talisma, by...
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May 16, 2002
16
May'02
Experts call for independent study of land gazetteer
ADDress data experts have called for an independent study into a national land and property database following concerns that a...
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May 09, 2002
09
May'02
Property database is under-used
A national database that was supposed to help end gazumping in the property market is not being used by some of its target...
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May 07, 2002
07
May'02
Gartner: IBM steals database crown from Oracle
IBM has dislodged Oracle from the top of the market for database management software, helped along by its billion-dollar purchase...
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May 02, 2002
02
May'02
Error fears in property system
IT professionals have warned that a database supposed to help end gazumping in the property market could be riddled with errors.
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April 30, 2002
30
Apr'02
Categorisation products tackle content chaos
Documentum and Semio have introduced categorisation technologies designed to bring order to data in portal and content management...
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April 24, 2002
24
Apr'02
Co-op datawarehouse looks to save millions
Convenience store chain Co-operative Retail expects to save millions after implementing a datawarehousing system that allows...
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April 10, 2002
10
Apr'02
Oracle driving users to 11i upgrade
Oracle is working overtime to entice its user base to migrate to its next generation of business applications, using as...
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April 08, 2002
08
Apr'02
Appsworld: Oracle to push users to upgrade
Oracle is expected to use its Oracle AppsWorld conference in San Diego this week to prod users to upgrade to the latest release...
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April 05, 2002
05
Apr'02
McData unveils 2GB switches
Nearly six months after announcing its intentions to upgrade its family of switches and directors, McData has announced the...
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March 27, 2002
27
Mar'02
Gartner joins attack on Oracle licence charges
Leading research company, Gartner Group, has added its weight to the attack on Oracle's database pricing methods that was...
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March 22, 2002
22
Mar'02
Oracle urges users to hand over application management
Oracle is trying to beef up its outsourcing operations with an international campaign to persuade customers to hand over...
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March 20, 2002
20
Mar'02
Oracle preps 9i for IBM mainframe Linux
Oracle will release a version of its 9i database software for IBM mainframe Linux environments in mid-2002, the company said.
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March 07, 2002
07
Mar'02
EDS enhances virtual design tool
Electronic Data Systems' (EDS) has announced upgrades to its virtual prototyping product, Vis Concept.
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March 07, 2002
07
Mar'02
IBM announces XML for DB2
IBM has announced plans to offer a database capable of managing objects, relational data, and XML documents
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February 28, 2002
28
Feb'02
Judge urges settlement in MySQL suit
A hearing in a federal court in Boston, USA, has been adjourned earlier than expected when District Court Judge Patti B. Saris...