PeopleSoft’s announcement yesterday that it will acquire J.D. Edwards was all about size, experts say. When you’re competing against Oracle and SAP for business application dollars, it helps to be huge. The question is, will users see any benefit, other than having another large – and presumably more stable – vendor to choose from? PeopleSoft to buy rival J.D. Edwards for $1.7 billion http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602peoplebuy.html?netPeopleSoft’s announcement yesterday that it will acquire J.D. Edwards was all about size, experts say. When you’re competing against Oracle and SAP for business application dollars, it helps to be huge. The question is, will users see any benefit, other than having another large – and presumably more stable – vendor to choose from?PeopleSoft to buy rival J.D. Edwards for $1.7 billionhttps://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602peoplebuy.html?net Novartis telecom director: VoIP is the cure for all illsIf you’re thinking about moving your voice to IP, you’ll want advice from someone who has been there. Pharmaceutical company Novartis recently got about 600 IP phones, and in this week’s Your Take Q&A the company’s telecom director told us what the technology does and doesn’t do. https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602yourtake.html?netDISA fortifying military’s IT defensesThe Defense Information Systems Agency, which provides the military with technical help on software and telecom projects around the world, is taking new steps to improve network security at bases and in the field.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602disa.html?netMicrosoft aims roadmap at reducing IT complexityMicrosoft Monday opened its annual TechEd conference refuting recent debates that IT doesn’t matter any longer by offering a roadmap of the products targeted at proving that point. https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0602msit.html?net Related content news analysis Western Digital keeps HDDs relevant with major capacity boost Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD). By Andy Patrizio Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Storage Data Center news analysis Global network outage report and internet health check Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes, which tracks internet and cloud traffic, provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. By Ann Bednarz and Tim Greene Dec 06, 2023 286 mins Networking news analysis Cisco uncorks AI-based security assistant to streamline enterprise protection With Cisco AI Assistant for Security, enterprises can use natural language to discover policies and get rule recommendations, identify misconfigured policies, and simplify complex workflows. By Michael Cooney Dec 06, 2023 3 mins Firewalls Generative AI Network Security news Nvidia’s new chips for China to be compliant with US curbs: Jensen Huang Nvidia’s AI-focused H20 GPUs bypass US restrictions on China’s silicon access, including limits on-chip performance and density. By Anirban Ghoshal Dec 06, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Technology Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe