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Computerworld Enterprise Software
August 19, 2004
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In this issue:
* Ford Kills 'Everest' Procurement Software System
* Microsoft Details Conflicts In New XP Update
* Researchers Find Holes In XP SP2
* Web Services Special Report:
* Web Services Hurdles
* Book Excerpt: What Are Web Services?
* Book Excerpt: When To Use Web Services
* QuickStudy: COM
* Turmoil At BEA Casts Cloud Over Its Future
* Getting Personal (Again)
* Certification Rarely Required As Linux Job Market Grows
* Circuit City Chooses Linux For Cash Registers In 600 Stores
* Pentagon Turns To Linux For High-end Battlefield Simulations
* Microsoft Readies Host Integration Server 2004
* Motorola Rolls Out Database Management Software
* PeopleSoft To Launch Mobile Synchronization
* HP Puts Part Of The Blame On SAP Migration
* Oracle Gives CRM Another Shot
* Lite A Fire
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Ford Kills 'Everest' Procurement Software System
Ford Motor Co. has decided to stop work on a major procurement software
system built around Oracle's 11i E-Business Suite of apps and plans to
move back toward its original custom-written, mainframe-based
applications.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95335,00.html?nlid=ES
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Microsoft Details Conflicts In New XP Update
Microsoft has published a list of nearly 50 applications -- including
developer and backup tools, antivirus software and an FTP client --
that may not work correctly after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows
XP.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95297,00.html?nlid=ES
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Researchers Find Holes In XP SP2
Security researchers found two software flaws in the Windows XP Service
Pack 2 that could allow virus writers and malicious hackers to sidestep
new security features in the operating system.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95325,00.html?nlid=ES
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Web Services Hurdles
Editor's Note: We take a sober look at the challenges of implementing
service-oriented architectures, including security, governance and
reliability.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95201,00.html?nlid=ES
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Book Excerpt: What Are Web Services?
This excerpt from "Web Services Explained" by Joe Clabby offers an
in-depth look at the distributed computing architecture.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,94720,00.html?nlid=ES
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Book Excerpt: When To Use Web Services
This excerpt from "Web Services: A Manager's Guide" explains what tasks
are a good fit for the technology, and when it's best to stick with
other types of middleware.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,94886,00.html?nlid=ES
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QuickStudy: COM
Component Object Model is a Microsoft-developed, language-independent
architecture created in the 1990s that lets developers build
applications from reusable, binary software components.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95208,00.html?nlid=ES
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Turmoil At BEA Casts Cloud Over Its Future
Questions continued to swirl about BEA as the company issued a
second-quarter revenue report that fell short of expectations on the
heels of resignations of some top executives.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95260,00.html?nlid=ES
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Getting Personal (Again)
Personalization technologies haven't lived up to the hype that started
during the dot-com boom, but some companies are taking another look.
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Certification Rarely Required As Linux Job Market Grows
While employers are increasingly looking for workers with Linux IT
skills, they're not necessarily seeking those with Linux certification,
according to online IT job board Dice.com.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95281,00.html?nlid=ES
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Circuit City Chooses Linux For Cash Registers In 600 Stores
Circuit City last week bucked the trend of retailers opting for
Windows-based point-of-sale systems when it announced plans to migrate
to Linux-based IBM cash registers at its 600 stores.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95269,00.html?nlid=ES
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Pentagon Turns To Linux For High-end Battlefield Simulations
As part of its technology update program, the Defense Department has
chosen two 256-processor Linux Networx Evolocity cluster
supercomputers to improve complex computerized battlefield
simulations.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95309,00.html?nlid=ES
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Microsoft Readies Host Integration Server 2004
The newest edition of Host Integration Server, which replaces the 2000
version, is designed to make it easier for users to link Windows
systems with IBM mainframes and midrange iSeries servers.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95315,00.html?nlid=ES
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Motorola Rolls Out Database Management Software
Motorola is using the Application Data Management suite from OuterBay
Technology to manage data growth in its Oracle e-business
applications.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95318,00.html?nlid=ES
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PeopleSoft To Launch Mobile Synchronization
PeopleSoft Inc. will use Intellisync data synchronization
technology, Intellisync Mobile Suite, to allow enterprise
users deployed on PeopleSoft's Enterprise and EnterpriseOne
product suites to wirelessly update data and work off-line while
disconnected from the corporate server.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95287,00.html?nlid=ES
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HP Puts Part Of The Blame On SAP Migration
HP last week said a problematic SAP supply chain system migration
contributed to its enterprise group's revenue shortfall.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95276,00.html?nlid=ES
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Oracle Gives CRM Another Shot
Oracle hopes to finally make good on its CRM investment with an upgrade
that offers salespeople a carrot to get them to adopt sales force
automation tools.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95273,00.html?nlid=ES
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Lite A Fire
Frankly Speaking: Frank Hayes has a message for those who hate
Microsoft's bloatware: Stop buying it, and maybe you'll be offered XP
Lite, too.
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