Eric Lai

When the Indiana Department of Education rolled out PCs running Linux to schools last year, it installed open-source antivirus software on the servers connected to the desktop systems to scan incoming e-mail. But it didn

Consolidating disparate databases for easier management and moving to Linux to save money are among the top issues for Oracle database users, according to a recent survey of members of the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG).

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To Kay Palmer, promoting techies into management jobs solely because they have a neat appearance and some people skills isn

Multimedia developer Jered Cuenco calls it the "gray box application" phenomenon: when a developer, befuddled by a graphic designer's computer-drawn mockups and unclear instructions, comes back with a prototype full of generic gray buttons, plain white backgrounds, oversize headlines in blinking Times New Roman text and other such crimes against user interfaces.That's the problem that Microsoft Corp., with its upcoming suite of Expression design software, hopes to solve.

Checking rates online for a room at a Sheraton or Westin hotel is no longer a fingerdrumming experience. And Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, the owner and operator of that online reservations system, gives credit in large part to a humble little object database from Progress Software Corp.

Computer Associates International Inc. Monday announced plans to buy iLumin Software Services Inc., a move designed to give CA a stake in the fast-growing market for software that manages and archives e-mails and instant messages.