Oracle races onto server virtualization highway; are speed traps ahead?

Server virtualization technology enters the Oracle world with the announcement Monday of Oracle VM. But has the company already walled itself off?

OpenWorld: Siebel On Demand to become 'social CRM'

We've all heard about social networking; how about social software-as-a-service? Oracle's upcoming changes to its Siebel CRM On Demand service will provide salespeople with work tools reminiscent of features found on the likes of Facebook or MySpace.

IT Forum: Microsoft beefing up app virtualization program

The product now sports more native-language support, better scalability and improved security, Microsoft says.

IBM hopes its second Symphony beta hits an even higher note

IBM today unveiled the second beta of its Lotus Symphony desktop office suite with a raft of improvements and bug fixes.

Microsoft fixes WSUS malfunction in time for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft Corp., for the second time in two weeks, apologizes for blunders made by the application that enterprises rely on to deploy the company's security patches and other updates.

Leopard knocks out some MacBook Pro keyboards

Some MacBook Pro users who upgraded to Leopard are reporting that their notebook's keyboard and trackpad have gone on the fritz. The only apparent solution: Reboot the machine.