New Business Objects user group forming Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT The Americas' SAP Users' Group is starting up a new global community for customers of Business Objects, the BI firm bought by SAP earlier this year.

Ex-CA CEO Kumar points to others in accounting coverup Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT Former CA CEO Sanjay Kumar has made more allegations against board members over a high-profile accounting scandal.

Oracle app dev chief leaves, raising questions on Fusion Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT Jesper Andersen, Oracle's senior vice president for application development, is leaving the company to run a network management team at Cisco Systems, raising questions about the future of Fusion, Oracle's next-generation applications suite.

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 vs. Windows* Server Costs and Benefit Considerations When Migrating from NetWare Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT (Source: Novell) To assist NetWare customers looking to chart their next move, Novell has produced a white paper that identifies key factors involved in upgrading to Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 on Linux versus migrating to a Windows Server environment. Data for this paper was drawn from actual customer experience, research conducted by Novell Consulting, and discussions with resellers who deploy both Novell and Microsoft server platforms. If you're looking to build the business case for upgrading to Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 on Linux, this paper is an essential resource.

Microsoft liberalizes desktop virtualization options, but they will cost you Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT Microsoft released its Application Virtualization 4.5 software and also announced several licensing changes around virtual desktops and application virtualization, while omitting a long-anticipated one.

Judge raps Ellison over missing e-mails Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:00:00 GMT A federal judge has ruled that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison did not properly preserve e-mails tied to a shareholder suit.

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