Joris Evers

Oracle Corp. plans to deliver a major update to its Collaboration Suite before the end of this year, adding instant messaging capabilities, improving integration with enterprise applications and enhancing other features, company executives said Tuesday.

A U.S. federal judge ruled Friday that Oracle Corp.'s in-house lawyers will get access to confidential information the U.S. government collected from third parties as part of its antitrust review of Oracle's proposed takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc.

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday announced test versions of several of its management products, including a new, lower-cost, "Express" version of its Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) product.

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced it will work with governments and community groups to make Windows XP and Office 2003 available in more languages, a move that could be seen as a response to the advent of open source products.

Microsoft Corp. is about to stir the speech recognition market with the launch of its Speech Server products next week. The vendor promises speech recognition for the masses, but analysts warn that speech-enabling applications is not easy.

Microsoft Corp.'s latest set of updates for Office XP is causing headaches for users of two junk mail filtering products.

A federal judge told Oracle Corp. on Wednesday that it must provide the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with information about discounts it has provided to customers, which could serve as evidence in the DOJ's suit to block Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft Inc.

Stirring up its Windows Server product road map, Microsoft Corp. said Friday it plans to ship an updated version of its Windows Server 2003 product before a Longhorn version of the server operating system, expected by about 2007.