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Colt picks up Tibco for cloud services

Real-time deployment and management for high performance apps

My-Channels launches Nirvana for .NET Compact Framework

Allows developers to add messaging capabilities to existing .NET Compact Framework apps

Zircon unveils new version of zNet pattern-oriented middleware

Offers real-time high-performance computing environment

Oracle to acquire SOA management vendor AmberPoint

To strengthen Fusion Middleware SOA capabilities

CA extends web security to JBoss Enterprise Middleware

Offers organisations secure access management for web applications and services deployed on open source JBoss

Software AG Q4 revenues up 38% to €292.1m

Expects total revenue growth of 25-30% for FY 2010

Oracle releases Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g

Allows developers to build Java EE and web services applications for Oracle Fusion Middleware platform

Oracle releases Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g

Allows developers to build Java EE and web services applications for Oracle Fusion Middleware platform

Inside Contactless unveils open-source NFC protocol stack

Offers NFC middleware for mobile phones, embedded products and other devices

Systime, Oracle unveil new process integration packs

Integrates Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Software AG Q4 revenues up 38% to €292.1m

Expects total revenue growth of 25-30% for FY 2010

Comments & Opinion

Cloudy skies?

Jason Stamper looks beyond the ‘cloud computing’ hype to ask what it really is, and just as crucially, what it is not.

CBR Thought Leaders: IT in a Cold Climate

Is paring IT investment back to the bone the best strategy for surviving the downturn? Dr Richard Williams argues the case against.

Central Station: the rise of the CMDB

Interest in the configuration management database (CMDB) is helping to drive a wave of interest in business service management, or BSM. But is there real value behind the CMDB acronym?

Is the Enterprise Ready for Cloud Computing?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the IT waters, yet another beast emerges from nowhere to potentially baffle and confuse -- cloud computing. But is cloud computing a shark or a whale: is it a trend that should strike fear into the hearts of senior IT professionals or one that they should embrace?

Dealing with the 2.0 enterprise

The Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum has been launched to promote the secure use of Web 2.0 in business environments. The start point for addressing 2.0 enterprise issues must involve gaining a proper understanding of what Web 2.0 tools and products are present in the enterprise, and what impact they may have on existing IT rules and usage policies.

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