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BEA bulks up Web portals

December 7, 2005 First it bought Plumtree; now the software infrastructure company fills out its portfolio of Web development and collaboration tools. TAGS: Plumtree Software, BEA AquaLogic, BEA Systems Inc., BEA WebLogic, portal, Web portal, Java application, application server, collaboration, Java, server, Microsoft Corp.

BEA pitches to the business crowd

April 14, 2006 Facing larger competitors and open-source alternatives, BEA is pitching new software to assemble, rather than code, business applications. TAGS: BEA AquaLogic, BEA Systems Inc., business analyst, BEA WebLogic, J2EE, middleware, SOA, business application, outsourcing, software company, Java, open source, information technology, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft sues over Google hire

July 19, 2005 Lawsuit is response to defection of Kai-Fu Lee, who has been focusing on new search technologies for Redmond. TAGS: Kai-Fu Lee, China, Google Inc., BEA Systems Inc., hiring, R&D, Dr., vice president, worker, Microsoft Corp., agreement

Microsoft looks to extinguish LAMP

June 15, 2005 After years of beefing up its software for corporate use, the software behemoth is threatened by a cut-rate, open-source challenger. TAGS: TechEd, TCO, Web server, open source, Apache Web server, Apache Software Foundation, BEA Systems Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft SQL Server, acquisition, Microsoft Windows Server, combination, server, Microsoft Corp., Linux, database

Oracle shifts multicore licensing model

July 14, 2005 Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. TAGS: multi-core processor, Oracle Corp., multi-core, policy, BEA Systems Inc., middleware, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., application server, pricing, dual-core processor, software company, database, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Microsoft takes stand on 'virtual' licensing

October 10, 2005 The software giant revamps its software licensing to tackle "virtualization" technology, which could shake up the industry. TAGS: virtualization, policy, BEA Systems Inc., software company, server software, pricing, server, instance, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Borland names new CEO

November 8, 2005 Tod Nielsen, who has worked at Oracle, BEA and Microsoft, takes the helm at the struggling software company. TAGS: Borland Software Corp., BEA Systems Inc., middleware, development tool, CEO, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

What's Microsoft's next move in fight for Yahoo?

February 11, 2008 After a resounding "no" on its unsolicited buyout offer for Yahoo, Redmond will either up the ante or ready a one-two punch. TAGS: shareholder, investor, BEA Systems Inc., bid, Yahoo! Inc., punch, fight, offer, proposal, buyer, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Eclipse lights up Java crowd

February 28, 2005 The open-source Eclipse project steps out of IBM's shadow to become the center of Java tools innovation. TAGS: Java tool, EclipseCon, BEA Systems Inc., Java company, Eclipse open-source, Java, Sybase Inc., Borland Software Corp., IBM Corp., innovation, open source, center, conference, Microsoft Corp.

Open source's next frontier

November 22, 2004 Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others. TAGS: open source, Apache Software Foundation, server software, BEA Systems Inc., content management, open-source software, portal, consortium, middleware, server, database, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools

January 31, 2006 The release of IBM's free DB2 database points to the downward price pressure from open-source programmers' tools. TAGS: IBM DB2, James Gosling, Oracle Corp., software developer, programming tool, IBM Corp., database, open source, database server, BEA Systems Inc., free version, vendor, software company, Microsoft Corp., server

Ajax sets off tools race

January 26, 2006 Established development software makers look to get a leg up in the trendy Web development arena. TAGS: AJAX, BEA Systems Inc., Web development, Internet application, development, IDE, developer, software company, open source, Java, IBM Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Sun, Microsoft tout fruits of cooperation

May 13, 2005 The companies bridge a networking-system rift, while customers hope more such collaborations are on the way. Photos: Ballmer, McNealy find common ground TAGS: cooperation, Steve Ballmer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, BEA Systems Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Perens joins start-up SourceLabs

June 8, 2005 Open-source advocate to lead developer relations at start-up founded last year by former Microsoft and BEA employees. TAGS: Bruce Perens, developer relations, open source, BEA Systems Inc., open-source software, start-up, Microsoft Corp., server

HP, Intel tussle with Oracle over dual-core chips

February 11, 2005 As more cores end up on each chip, software licenses will increase in cost--but out of all proportion to the cost of the hardware. TAGS: Oracle Corp., multi-core, Intel Itanium, dual-core processor, software license, hardware maker, BEA Systems Inc., two-processor, Intel, Intel Pentium, dual-core, software company, CPU, HP, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft says Indigo is the color for spring

February 8, 2005 Company says new Web services technology will be previewed in March. More or less, that is. Photos: Scenes from VSLive TAGS: Microsoft Indigo, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Web service, preview, BEA Systems Inc., Microsoft Longhorn, developer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft's answer to Linux

January 31, 2005 Despite threat of Linux and open source, software powerhouse's Server and Tools division brings home double-digital revenue growth--again. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, business intelligence, Microsoft SQL Server, server software, development tool, server, open source, entertainment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Where's the simplicity in Web services?

October 5, 2004 As the number of Web services specifications proliferates, some developers advocate a return to a simpler approach. TAGS: Web service, WSDL, BEA Systems Inc., specification, Simple Object Access Protocol, XML document, XML, application development, simplicity, protocol, approach, HTTP, IP, IBM Corp., method, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Snuffing out OS bugs

November 16, 2007 Microsoft and Apple release dueling OS updates, while Oracle looks to the past and future. Also: Going green in the garage. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Week in review, BEA Systems Inc., bug, Microsoft Windows Live, reader, patch management, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Apple Computer, conference, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Corp.

Software: No longer business as usual

November 17, 2005 Microsoft's eyeing free, ad-supported products while companies dump "big beast" software projects in favor of hosted. TAGS: TRW, software industry, annuity, software-as-a-service, SAP AG, shift, Salesforce.com Inc., BEA Systems Inc., consultant, Oracle Corp., software company, open source, Microsoft Corp.