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IBM: Ascential Buy Will Fill Hole in Information Integration

As onStrategies analyst Tony Baer puts it, IBMs announcement to buy Ascential Software Corp. for $1.1 billion was clear in hindsight. It means that...

AOL: AIM Conversations Are Safe

America Online Inc. on Sunday moved to quell public criticism of the terms of service for its AIM service, insisting the controversial privacy clause...

Report Casts Doubt on SQL Server 2005 Scalability

SQL Server 2005 will likely be a dud at delivering high-performance computing, according to a new report from Forrester Research Inc.This major upgrade of...

PDF/E Draft Standard Speeds Toward ISO

Professionals working in engineering and CAD across industries—from architecture and construction to manufacturing—could have an international PDF standard in the next couple of years,...

3G Telephony Could Extend Horizons for Publishing

Since the advent of online media, traditional media such as books, magazines and newspapers have had a hard time. Advertising revenues have fallen off,...

IBM to Acquire Ascential Software

IBM announced Monday its intent to acquire data integration provider Ascential Software Corp. for about $1.1 billion, or $18.50 per share. The acquisition, subject to...

Whats Behind the Retek Battle?

The biggest news this month in retail has been the battle between $9 billion SAP and $3 billion Oracle to take over retail software...

Emagias Sarb-Ox Readiness Toolkit Assesses Cash Procedures

Emagia Corporation, which publishes a suite of cash flow management solutions, has made a toolkit and a series of webcasts available to help companies...

AOLs Terms of Service Update for AIM Raises Eyebrows

Editors Note: Since the posting of this story, AOL has clarified its terms of service for its AIM service, insisting the controversial privacy clause...

Fans of the Mozilla Browser Suite May Sustain It

The Mozilla Foundation may be ending development of its application suite, but the open-source combination of a Web browser, e-mail client and Web-authoring tool...