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Oracle Corporation has announced that Intelligent Enterprise magazine has awarded Oracle Applications and the Oracle database the 1998 Readers' Choice Awards in the packaged application and database server categories. The awards were based on a web-based voting process among 100,000 IT and business leaders who create and manage
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Sun Microsystems, a leading provider of open network computing solutions, has established itself as a preferred choice for institutions worldwide to power their campus administration systems. The company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions, running on the Sun platform, have been instrumental in streamlining administration processes, increasing productivity, and
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AOL's acquisition of Netscape has sent shockwaves through the Internet industry, with the latter's exit strategy yielding a £2.5 billion share swap. This deal highlights the peculiar economics of the Internet, where companies manage to generate massive profits despite not actually making a profit. Netscape&
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AOL has emerged as a powerful force in the internet commerce space, striking a coalition with Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems against Microsoft. The company's resurgence is a testament to its focus on simplicity and user-friendly services, which has enabled it to build a massive customer base of
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Ascend Communications, Inc. has been chosen to provide ATM equipment for the China Post Multiservices Network, a next-generation public network that will serve over 100 cities and 31 provinces. This multiservices network, financed by China's postal department, will provide IP data services, as well as voice, video, and
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Ascend Communications, a leading provider of wide area networking solutions, has announced the immediate general availability of its Ascend SS7 Gateway (ASG), a first-of-its-kind commercial solution that addresses the growing problem of Internet congestion on voice networks. The ASG, currently in field trials with several network service providers, including Thrifty
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Data General Corporation, a leading provider of Windows NT midrange server solutions, has unveiled a powerful demonstration of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 scalability with a multi-Terabyte data warehouse called TeraCLIN. This project, developed in collaboration with Microsoft, showcases the enterprise-readiness of SQL Server 7.0 for a wide variety
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NTUC FairPrice, the leading grocery chain in Singapore, has selected the Oracle Retail software suite to manage its retailing and backoffice operations. This strategic move aims to maintain a leadership position in the Singapore market and prepare for future expansion. With Oracle Retail, NTUC FairPrice can streamline operations, provide actionable
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NETg, a global leader in technology-based training, and Oracle Corporation have partnered to make available 282 new IT courses supporting Oracle's industry standards-based Reusable Content Objects (RCO) format. These courses, which will be deployed via the Oracle Online Learning Application (OLA), are designed to provide professionals worldwide with
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Major software vendors, including IBM, Unisys, and Oracle, have submitted a proposal to establish an industry standard for storing and sharing object programming and design information, called the XML Metadata Interchange Format (XMI) standard. This standard aims to enable development teams using various tools from multiple vendors to collaborate on
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Gates' testimony, taped in August, has finally been made public, offering a rare glimpse into the mind of the software billionaire. Though the audio-only option is recommended due to poor video quality, fans of Apple and Netscape can indulge in watching Gates squirm under Justice Department questioning. The testimony,
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates repeatedly denied knowing of key internal documents that implicated him in the company's bid to use its Windows monopoly to divide markets and crush competitors. The testimonial exchange between Gates and Justice Department lead prosecutor David Boies highlighted Gates' memory lapses and vague
