James Niccolai

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VMware sales up 37 per cent on continued demand

Licencing sales and services revenue now each count for about half of VMware's business, it said. The company expects revenue for the first quarter -- the one that ends March 31 -- to be between US$800 million and $820 million

Oracle awarded US$1.3 billion in SAP lawsuit

The amount is slightly less than Oracle's damages expert recommended but far more than SAP had said it should pay

HP picks former SAP chief Apotheker as new CEO

The former CEO of German software vendor SAP Leo Apotheker's appointment is effective Nov. 1

HP offers path from HP 9000 to new hardware

HP also rolled out a new storage array that scales to 2,000 small-form-factor drives. The HP 9000s are based on HP's now-defunct PA-RISC processor, and the newer Integrity servers use Intel Itanium chips

Yahoo opens ‘chicken coop’ green data centre

The data centre in New York state is wind-cooled and runs on hydro power, making it Yahoo's most energy-efficient

Oracle signals the end for OpenSolaris

The company will no longer release binaries for Sun's open-source OS. Solaris 11 is the next major update to the Solaris operating system, which Oracle has said will be released next year

Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android

The complaint says Google's phone OS infringes Oracle patents and copyrights. Oracle is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages

HP says prefab data centre cuts costs in half

The sheet-metal structures can be built in four to six months and are highly energy efficient, HP says. The company came up with the idea after talking with some of its large customers

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