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November 4, 2004
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In This Edition
Lisa Vaas: Is IBM the Grid King in Financial Services?
2. News: Oracle's 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer
3. News: What's Next for PeopleSoft Customers?
4. News: J.D. Edwards Users Brace for Yet Another Takeover
5. Interview: IBM's Database VP: Our Grid Scales Better
6. News: Visa Wraps Databases Up Tight for Holiday Shopping
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Lisa Vaas
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Is IBM the Grid King in Financial Services?
Big Blue rules when it comes to grid in financial
institutions. But as far as comparison to Oracle grid effort
goes, first we need to define just what grid is, say some
experts.
Read the rest of Lisa's column here.
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Database Update
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1. News: Oracle's 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer
In what it says is its final offer, Oracle upped its bid to
$24/share, up from $21. The new deadline for a majority of
shares to be tendered is Nov. 19. Read more about the
amended offer.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1339-11-22-40036-148164-1
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2. News: What's Next for PeopleSoft Customers?
According to experts, Oracle's challenges post-merger will
be far more critical than its recent regulatory hurdles.
Find out what PeopleSoft customers could be facing.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1339-11-22-40036-148167-1
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3. News: J.D. Edwards Users Brace for Yet Another Takeover
Former J.D. Edwards & Co. customers, who've weathered a
sometimes bumpy transition to becoming PeopleSoft customers,
are now waiting to see if they'll have to go through the
whole process again if Oracle succeeds in its hostile
takeover bid for PeopleSoft.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1339-11-22-40036-148170-1
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4. Interview: IBM's Database VP: Our Grid Scales Better
Bob Picciano, vice president of database technology at IBM's
Toronto lab, told eWEEK.com that he doesn't know why Oracle
gets so much attention for its grid efforts, considering
that IBM has been in on over 100 new grid implementations
this year alone. Read more of his thoughts here.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1339-11-22-40036-148173-1
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5. News: Visa Wraps Databases Up Tight for Holiday Shopping
Visa has hooked up with database security vendor Application
Security to make sure it has the latest and greatest
protection for its databases. That's good for customers
spooked by all the recent headlines concerning identity and
credit card number theft, and it's also good for member
businesses seeking compliance with Visa's card holder
protection program, CISP.
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