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Computerworld Data Management
August 25, 2004
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In this issue:
* Backing Up The Edge
* Actuate Moves To Take Enterprise Reporting To Open-source
* Ford Abandons Oracle Procurement System
* Oracle Moves To Monthly Patching Schedule
* IT Hurdles Complicate Intelligence Overhaul
* A Six-step Recipe For Adopting ILM Over Time
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Backing Up The Edge
Companies are beginning to throw out tape drives at branch offices in
favor of network backup technologies that centralize backup functions.
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Actuate Moves To Take Enterprise Reporting To Open-source
Business intelligence software vendor Actuate is teaming up with the
open-source movement in an effort to give its applications more
exposure in the marketplace.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95456,00.html?nlid=DM
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Ford Abandons Oracle Procurement System
The automaker has decided to stop using a procurement system that's
based on Oracle's databases and business applications and return all of
its purchasing processes to what it described as a "proven" set of
custom-developed mainframe software.
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Oracle Moves To Monthly Patching Schedule
After coming under criticism for sitting on patches for multiple holes
in its database software, Oracle has announced that it will move to a
monthly patch release schedule, though it hasn't said when.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95388,00.html?nlid=DM
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IT Hurdles Complicate Intelligence Overhaul
Congressional hearings last week raised more questions than answers
about a proposed overhaul of U.S. intelligence agencies, with some
government officials saying that the organizational changes wouldn't
succeed without IT modifications.
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A Six-step Recipe For Adopting ILM Over Time
OPINION: The software to make information life-cycle management a practical
solution is still four or five years away, says Peter S. Kastner of
Aberdeen Group, but there are steps your company can take today to get
ready.
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