Triple-play provider Homechoice and ISP Tiscali are on the verge of announcing a merger, according to press reports. Homechoice, which is owned by Video Networks, will reportedly take shares in Tiscali, creating a business worth at least £500m.
Getting suppliers engaged in electronic marketplaces, which have often been seen purely as a means for buyers to drive down prices, has been an issue due to which many of these projects in the private sector have failed in the past.
HP is engaged with other vendors to close that final 20 per cent, if you will, of the marketplace," Sorenson said. Sorenson said the difference between today's deal and the one with EMC is that, in the long term, HP and IBM are committed to...
Incorporating the Java 'write once, run anywhere' programming language, it also includes a development kit and support for middleware protocols EJB and Corba as well as the all-important XML. Can be used like middleware to 'e-enable' legacy...
HP has confirmed it is in negotiations with BEA Systems as it attempts to take a larger chunk of the middleware market. We're making an investment now so that we become stronger in middleware in two to three years time," he said.
Oracle on Monday launched PeopleTools 8.48, an upgrade designed to offer web services functionality and serve as an entry point into Oracle's Fusion Middleware. Oracle's latest PeopleSoft tools upgrade also is designed to allow users to certify...