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========================================================= Sponsored by ProClarity New ProClarity 6 With real-time analytics capability Analyze, understand & act on current information Out-of-the box and custom analytic capabilities http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127267-1 ========================================================= September 22, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: PeopleSoft, IBM Strike $1B Deal for Middleware 2. News: Microsoft Fixes VPN Flaw in XP SP2 3. Analysis: Utility Computing: Good to Go? 4. News: Copyright Battle Erupts over Open-Source 'Mambo' Code 5. Analysis: RSS Makes Enterprise Headlines 6. News: E911 Hampered by Wireless Carriers' Secrecy 7. News: Ask Jeeves Gets Personal 8. News: Financial Industry Insiders Warm Up to Sun's New Initiatives For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127270-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: PeopleSoft, IBM Strike $1B Deal for Middleware PeopleSoft announced at its annual PeopleSoft Connect user conference on Tuesday a $1 billion partnership with IBM, which CEO Craig Conway called "the most ambitious, aggressive announcement from PeopleSoft and IBM ever." Get the details on this deal here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127273-1 Enterprise Resource Planning http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127276-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft Fixes VPN Flaw in XP SP2 Microsoft has issued a patch for a flaw in Windows XP Service Pack 2 that appeared almost immediately after the update's release. A hotfix was issued last month for the flaw, which affects virtual private network users. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127279-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Analysis: Utility Computing: Good to Go? Executive Editor Matthew Rothenberg cuts the ribbon on eWEEK.com's new Utility Computing Center. How much mature technology is under the tinsel? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127282-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Copyright Battle Erupts over Open-Source 'Mambo' Code The latest copyright tussle is between the Mambo Group and Furthermore, an online publishing venture and a division of the Literati Group. At the heart of the dispute is ownership of the code behind the Mambo operating system. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127285-1 Open-Source Licensing http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127288-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Analysis: RSS Makes Enterprise Headlines RSS can improve a range of corporate communications, but it's a technology in need of a vendor. Take a closer look here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127291-1 Internet Futures http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127294-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: E911 Hampered by Wireless Carriers' Secrecy The push for enhanced 911 services for wireless users has hit a wall due to wireless carriers' claims that some basic characteristics about their network performance are proprietary. Get the latest on this logjam. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127297-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Ask Jeeves Gets Personal In an attempt to leapfrog its bigger competitors such as Yahoo and Google, Ask Jeeves on Tuesday launched a series of personalization features for its search engine. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127300-1 New Frontiers for Search http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1124-2-3-308321-127303-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Financial Industry Insiders Warm Up to Sun's New Initiatives Analysts and customers welcomed Sun's return to Wall street, especially over advances in the Solaris architecture and the company's new grid computing program. 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