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  • MessageLabs Visualises Viruses

    Online security provider, MessageLabs has commissioned a bizarre new method of analysing viruses and other malware: with three-dimensional artistic renderings.

  • Oracle Extends ECM with Captovation

    In a bid to extend its enterprise content management capabilities, Oracle has announced that it will be acquiring document capture solutions specialist Captovation.

  • Quantum Shrinks LTO-4 Drives

    Quantum has introduced a new half-height LTO-4 tape drive which not only boasts grater performance, but increased energy efficiency than full-height drives.

  • Sun Buys MySQL for $1.14B

    In a surprise announcement, Sun will soon be diving into the enterprise database market thanks to a US$1 billion acquisition of the hugely popular open source database developer MySQL.

  • Office 2008 for Mac Released

    After a wait of nearly four years since the last version, this week’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco has seen Microsoft release a new version of its dominating office suite, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.

  • Oracle to Acquire BEA for $8.5 Billion

    Ending months of speculation and jostling over details, Oracle have announced they will be acquiring the software giant, BEA systems for US $8.5 Billion (AU $9.67 Billion).

  • Burton Group: OOXML Best For Enterprises

    A new report from the Burton Group has somewhat put the boot into the Open Document Format (ODF) this week, claiming that large businesses who already use Microsoft Office should stick with Open XML (OOXML) in most situations, and that swi...

  • VMWare Acquires Thinstall

    VMWare is making moves to expand its desktop virtualisation capabilities, announcing its intentions to buy Thinstall and its agentless application virtualisation software.

  • Sepaton and Dot Hill Join Forces for Raid 6 VTL

    Responding to market demand, the high-performance storage specialist Dot Hill and Virtual Tape Library (VTL) vendor Sepaton have announced that they are teaming up to produce a new RAID 6 VTL solution.