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		<title><![CDATA[EU Warms to Oracle's $7 Billion Purchase of Sun]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Foo Yun CheeBRUSSELS (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - EU regulators signaled they could clear Oracle Corp's ORCL $7 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc JAVA, after the U.S. software company promised measures to ease competition concerns.The European Union's executive European Commission said it was optimistic a "satisfactory outcome" was possible. It had...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:41:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MySQL Founder in Web Campaign Against Oracle-Sun]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Michael Widenius, creator of MySQL database, which could become the stumbling block for Oracle in its Sun takeover, has launched an Internet campaign trying to line up MySQL users to stop the deal.The European Commission EC has objected to Oracle's $7 billion bid for Sun, saying the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:25:44 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC and Oracle Continue Tango]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dance between Oracle, which seems to badly want to buy Sun Microsystems, including its MySQL database (and, really, why else would it want the company), and the European Commission, which has appeared to be relatively hostile to the concept largely over said MySQL, continues, with signs of moderation on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:42:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ACT Report Rejects Airport's Concerns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A planned residential development in Canberra should be allowed to go ahead and is not likely to hamper operations at the nearby airport, a report says.The Access Economics report found that the South Jerrabomberra SJ development, near Queanbeyan and about 10 kilometres south of Canberra Airport, should proceed despite...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:02:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft buys IT automation firm for USD60m]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft has acquired IT automation firm Opalis Software in a deal that is reportedly worth USD60m, although this sum has not yet been officially confirmed. Microsoft will integrate Opalis with its data management system, System Centre.          Microsoft's corporate VP Brad...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:13:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Top 10 Data Disasters | BTalk Australia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[podcast] What's the most surprising data recovery episode you've ever experienced. In today's BTalk we hear how dropping a hard drive in the ocean or having a cat vomit on it is not enough to make the data unrecoverable, at least some of the time. by Phil Dobbie]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:59:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reveal the power of information]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1205093]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Concealed facts can badly affect decision-making. The duplication of knowledge is expensive. Our digital future needs efficient data management. Learn how enterprise search can increase the return on your information investment. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Digital Publishing Venture Boasts Access To 144 Million-Plus Audience]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Expanding BI's role]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's economic downturn, organizations are looking for ways to improve the way they do business to keep ahead of the competition and grow revenue.    The path to success in all of these areas, traditionally, has been to use business intelligence BI information to make decisions. Increasingly,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reaping the Benefits of Next Generation Dashboards]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1200499]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The need for timely and succinct business intelligence BI continues to grow as executives demand critical information to seize opportunities faster than competitors and to address potential problems in the making.    But increasingly, it is not just C-level executives and upper management who need access to business...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM buys database protector Guardium]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Computer products and services firm IBM is buying database security firm Guardium, which provides security and monitoring services for databases, for an undisclosed amount. IBM will add Guardium to its information management software portfolio, giving IBM customers greater security over accessed data. by Editorial]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:54:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Data Replication: Do More with your Data]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1198157]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you leveraging your data assets across your global enterprise?  Sybase Replication Server moves and synchronizes data across the enterprise to meet a host of competing challenges in the enterprise, such as heterogeneous data replication and synchronization, real-time reporting, and disaster recovery and high availability.  View our interactive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Replication for Dummies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1198159]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for information on Database Replication, then Replication for Dummies is the resource for you.  Database replication, which is the distribution of information across a series of database servers that may be located in the same place or scattered across the globe, was once reserved for large, sophisticated organizations...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM to Buy Start-up Guardium - Report]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2407-14061_23-368643.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TEL AVIV (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - IBM IBM, the world's biggest technology services company, is expected to announce this week the acquisition of database security start-up Guardium for $225 million (136.2 million pounds), Israeli financial newspaper TheMarker reported.The deal is due to close on Monday and will then be announced to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:00:51 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM to Buy Start-up Guardium For $225 Million: Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEL AVIV (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - IBM IBM, the world's biggest technology services company, is expected to announce this week the acquisition of database security start-up Guardium for $225 million, Israeli financial newspaper TheMarker reported.The deal is due to close on Monday and will then be announced to the public, TheMarker said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:00:32 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC grants Oracle extra week for USD7.4bn merger]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The European Commission EC is granting Oracle a one-week extension to its deadline for the approval of its proposed USD7.4bn merger with Sun Microsystems. The deadline is now January 27. Oracle requested the extension because of the disruption caused by Thanksgiving to business schedules.     ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:42:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU and Oracle Should Just Say We Want Sun Dead]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the way the EU and Oracle are going over the Sun acquisition, maybe it's time to arrange a funeral for Sun -- and MySQL. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:53:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of downtime, period! Job No. 1 for database administrators DBAs is making sure that the data they're responsible for is available all the time.That's because for anyone who implements database systems with Microsoft SQL Server, be it 2000 or 2005, data availability quickly becomes mission-critical. This is why...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle and Sun: Monty Widenius Advisor on the Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got an email from Florian Mueller, an advisor to MySQL creator and founder Monty Widenius, WHO THINKS THAT Oracle has been refusing to understand the importance of MySQL independence to the EU. But I still think something a bit more intentional is going on, with a multi-faceted strategy to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:54:59 -0800</pubDate>
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