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Users of the Windows OS should install an unofficial security patch now, without waiting for Microsoft Corp. to make its move, security researchers at The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC) advised.

As Oracle Corp. works to create its Fusion best-of-breed application suite, it should make sure rival IBM's hardware and software are an integral part of the road map, according to a survey of former PeopleSoft Inc. users.

Several of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows platform products have achieved a Common Criteria certification of 4+, a rating that bolsters their profile among government and other vertical-market customers that have high-security needs for IT products, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

Just in time for the holidays, a worm called Dasher has hit the Internet. The malicious software, which primarily targets Windows 2000 systems, is one of three new attacks targeting Microsoft Corp.'s software that has emerged in the last 24 hours. Two other recently posted attacks can crash or gum up the Internet Explorer (IE) browser.

IBM iron still seems to be the preferred choice over client-server farms for some businesses with huge volumes of information to crunch fast. It was what 407 Express Toll Route (ETR)

Microsoft Corp. has spent a considerable amount of time, money and energy trying to convince corporate IT shops that moving from Windows to Linux servers wouldn

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IBM last month launched middleware offerings the vendor says will help enterprises deal with the incomplete data scattered various databases and formats. The software is designed to accelerate the adoption of service oriented architectures (SOA) and to help customers remove the traditional barriers to information sharing.