Technology & Business Daily Scoop - March 7, 2005

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IN THIS ISSUE

* In Brief: Digital Evolution changes its name to SOA Software * SAS, Informatica buff ETL * Oracle announces availability of BI upgrade * EU ministers sign off on proposed patent law * VoIP players gear up for fast-growing market * Intel, VMware team on virtualization

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IN BRIEF: DIGITAL EVOLUTION CHANGES ITS NAME TO SOA SOFTWARE

Digital Evolution, a provider of enterprise class Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services security, management, and provisioning solutions, on Monday announced it has changed its name to SOA Software. The company said in a statement that it changed its name to better reflect its mission of providing comprehensive products and services to help enterprises deploy, manage, and secure SOAs. SOA Software's SOA Fabric product set includes the Service Manager, Registry, and XML VPN offerings.

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SAS, INFORMATICA BUFF ETL

Data warehousing took center stage as SAS and Informatica announced extensions to ETL (extract, transform, load) products last week.

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ORACLE ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF BI UPGRADE

Oracle on Monday released its stand-alone Business Intelligence 10g product, which offers tools for queries, reporting and analysis, data integration and management, and application development.

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EU MINISTERS SIGN OFF ON PROPOSED PATENT LAW

BRUSSELS -- The European Union (E.U.) has taken a step closer to agreeing on controversial new legislation that could make it easier for technology companies to patent their inventions in Europe. The development came as a blow to critics of the proposed law, who argue that it could drive small software developers out of the market.

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VOIP PLAYERS GEAR UP FOR FAST-GROWING MARKET

Vendors and service providers this week will celebrate VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) breaking into the mainstream of telecommunications with a slew of new and upgraded products at one of the young industry's biggest trade shows.

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INTEL, VMWARE TEAM ON VIRTUALIZATION

Intel and VMware helped push virtualization technology further into the limelight last week by announcing plans to work together to optimize VMware's server product with Intel's future chip-level virtualization technologies.

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