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The majority of global financial institutions have had an external attack on their information technology systems within the last year and many of these breaches resulted in financial loss, according to Deloitte

Continuing its focus on service-oriented architectures (SOAs), BEA Systems Inc. is mapping out the next version of its WebLogic Platform product suite, code named Diamond.

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In a case that could have forced Linux vendor Lindows Inc. to change its business name worldwide, a Netherlands court on Thursday ruled that Lindows' current limited use of the Lindows name does not violate Microsoft Corp.'s Windows trademark.

MIT researcher Erik Brynjolfsson has long held that IT has had a significant effect on corporate productivity.

Much has been said and written about the need for software that aligns with and supports the processes and policies of the business using it. The goal is to make IT systems, and the companies that run them, more responsive to ever-changing market threats and opportunities.

BEA Systems Inc. will distribute an early test version of Quicksilver, a messaging product designed to help customers deploy a services oriented architecture (SOA), with the next major release of its WebLogic server software, company officials said Tuesday.

Long the exclusive domain of AI (artificial intelligence) research, statistical probability analysis got its real start during World War II, when military intelligence wanted a way to predict possible outcomes. Throughout the 1950s, the field was continued by mathematicians such as John Nash, and now this complex discipline is becoming the stuff of ordinary business applications.