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TOP STORIES - March 26, 2009 • Oracle-Red Hat Acquisition Rumors Swirl After Reports • Recession Causes Enterprises to Rethink Open-Source • Oracle Acquires IT Health Services Provider • Wozniak Joins Search Engine DeepDyve • Ellison Confident in Oracle's Business Model, Despite Economy SPOTLIGHT eWEEK Labs: IE 8 Is a Must-Upgrade Based on tests of this final release and the previous RC and beta code,IE 8 is the best Web browser since IE 5. See why. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Apple Shows Off iPhone OS 3.0 • Microsoft's 10 Lucky Breaks • The Future of Database: Mostly Cloud-y • Cutting the Cable on Cable TV FEATURED VIDEO Project Management Tips IT project managers need to understand how the down economy impacts them. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • 10 Must-See Finance Apps for iPhone • How to Install Apps on Ubuntu Linux • Up Close with Dell's Superthin Adamo • How Not to Get a Job via Twitter IN THIS ISSUE Oracle-Red Hat Acquisition Rumors Swirl After Reports A recently surfaced report claims that an Oracle-Red Hat merger might "[make] sense." Even as the note cautioned that the acquisition wouldn't happen "now," other reports have Oracle and Hewlett-Packard recently in unsuccessful talks to snatch up Sun Microsystems. READ MORE >> Recession Causes Enterprises to Rethink Open-Source Budget limitations and continued improvement in software and associated services are making open-source software alternatives such as MySQL, SUSE Linux, OpenOffice.org and plenty of others look mighty good to IT managers and CFOs. READ MORE >> Brought to you by St. Bernard Cut Your Web Filtering Expense, Make the SWITCH! You need the iPrism Switch Kit--the fast, easy way to get the #1 Web Filtering appliance and ditch those high-priced renewals. The Switch Kit makes it easy to switch your current Web filter to iPrism. Find out what's included in the Switch Kit now. Click here. ADVERTISEMENT Oracle Acquires IT Health Services Provider Acquiring Relsys International will position Oracle to deliver a suite of software applications specifically designed for the growing field of health care IT, including clinical development, post-market surveillance and patient care apps. READ MORE >> Wozniak Joins Search Engine DeepDyve Steve Wozniak, co-founder and former chief technologist of Apple Computer, reveals that he is joining DeepDyve, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based search engine startup, as an advisory board member. READ MORE >> Ellison Confident in Oracle's Business Model, Despite Economy Oracle CEO Larry Ellison feels that his company is making broad-based gains against its competitors, even as the global recession weighs down the IT industry. READ MORE >> Deploying Server Virtualization: A Forrester Report As organizations continue to deploy server virtualization, questions have shifted from "if" to "how" you should deploy. If you are considering or are in the process of implementing server virtualization, this white paper can outline the questions you should be asking. DOWNLOAD NOW >> 5 Benefits of Virtualization and Service Automation The mere word "virtualization" being thrown around by vendors across the IT landscape today, there is the risk of being caught up too far into the technology itself rather than figuring out its proper fit into the environment. This guide intends to illustrate that virtualization and service automation are designed to go hand in hand. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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