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* OPENWORLD NEWS:
Oracle takes on VMware, others, with its own hypervisor, 11/12/07: Oracle is going after its piece of the hot virtualization market by introducing an open source Xen-based hypervisor to compete against those from Novell, Red Hat and VMware.
Show kicks off with SNL skits, mellow Ellison, 11/12/07: Oracle’s public image may be that of a sharp-elbowed sales competitor and insatiable eater of terrified companies.
Cisco helps speed up Oracle 11g, 11/13/07: Cisco did its part for Oracle users as the OpenWorld conference opened Monday, announcing a protocol it developed with the software company for running Oracle databases over larger server clusters.
HP CEO: Further industry consolidation likely , 11/13/07: Count HP CEO Mark Hurd among those who believe the tech industry could be on the cusp of another major wave of consolidation.
Siebel On Demand to become ‘social CRM’, 11/13/07: At its OpenWorld show this week, Oracle is expected to announce an upcoming version of its Siebel CRM On Demand service that will include social networking features reminiscent of consumer portals such as Facebook or MySpace.
* 3GSM ASIA NEWS:
China Mobile in talks with Apple to sell iPhone, 11/13/07: China Mobile is in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in China, the company’s CEO said Tuesday. But he’s not keen on the type of revenue-sharing model that Apple has insisted on elsewhere in the world.
* AMR RESEARCH EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE NEWS
Taking business and IT alignment to the next level, 11/13/07: You’ve heard that IT must align itself with business goals, but that’s just the beginning: IT and business users must in some cases merge operations and become experts in each other’s fields, technology executives and analysts said Tuesday.
* TECHED IT FORUM CONFERENCE NEWS:
Microsoft offers up stand-alone virtualization server, 11/12/07: Microsoft Monday tweaked its virtualization strategy by unveiling a stand-alone virtualization server that won’t require users to run the Windows Server 2008 operating system.
Windows Server 2008 pricing revealed
Microsoft Monday outlined pricing on eight versions of Windows Server 2008 that are slated to ship early next year.
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