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Oracle Patch Set Plugs Widespread Server Holes
Oracle issued a security alert and downloadable patch release Tuesday to plug multiple vulnerabilities scattered across its database server products. The patches are designed to lock down exploits affecting a variety of Oracle’s Database, Application Server, Collaboration Suite and Enterprise Manager products. According to the alert, the new patches eliminate security flaws in the Database…
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Oracle Delivers First Monthly Patch Rollup
Oracle on Tuesday delivered its first-ever monthly rollup of security patches, addressing more than 30 vulnerabilities discovered by Next Generation Security Software Ltd. between January and February, and also tackling more than 20 vulnerabilities that eWEEK.com has learned were recently discovered by Application Security Inc. Oracle Corp. issued notice of the patches late in the…
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Veritas to Purchase E-Mail Archive Vendor KVS
Veritas Software Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire KVault Software Ltd., a maker of policy-based e-mail archive software, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $225 million. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of September, according to officials of Mountain View, Calif.-based Veritas. Once the purchase is finalized,…
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HP Still Working Out Compaq Kinks
More than two years after Hewlett-Packard Co. merged with Compaq Computer Corp., integration of the two companies’ IT systems is still causing HP headaches. The Palo Alto, Calif., company expects to announce next week the results of an internal investigation into how a bungled integration of separate HP and Compaq implementations of SAP AG’s enterprise…
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Canon, Dell Printers Target SMBs
New color laser printing products coming from Canon Inc. and Dell Inc. next month are priced with small and midsize businesses in mind. Canon in September is expected to unveil a color laser MFP (multifunction printer) priced at $999, according to sources. The ImageClass MF8170C can print at 16 pages per minute in monochrome and…
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Orion Workstations Act as Single-Box Clusters
A startup company is rolling out a family of workstations aimed at the technical computing space that offer clusterlike capabilities inside a single box. Orion Multisystems Inc. on Monday will launch as a company as well as unveil its first two products—a 12-node desktop workstation that offers up to 36 gigaflops of performance, and a…
