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Pure-play ECM won’t survive either (Oh yes it will!)

With BEA and Cognos gone, the question shifts from who’s going to get bought next to which sector if ripe for consolidation? The answer...

Canadian MySQL users sceptical of Sun takeover

Jonathan Schwartz sees an opportunity to gain a bigger foothold in the Web community by paying US$1 billion for the open source database firm. Local experts comment on the deal

The BEA-all and the end-all

This seems like a weird moment for Larry Ellison to stick to the script.After a long-winded battle to take over the largest independent middleware...

Family comes first

I realize that most people are just getting back from the holidays, but I have to take a brief hiatus on blogging until the...

Reitmans tries on business intelligence application

The Canadian retailer is hoping to unlock the data in its merchandizing systems through a project with QuantiSense. No worries about industry consolidation here

Big Think, small audience

A few weeks ago I was interviewed on CBC Newsworld, discussing Facebook as the technology story of the year. At one point the host...

The Personal Internet needs to keep its professional distance

No offence to Paul Otellini, but I’m not sure I want what he calls the Personal Internet.The president and CEO of Intel this week...

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