Stacy Cowley

Oracle Corp. and Akamai Technologies Inc. planned to announce their first technology collaboration on Monday, a jointly developed markup language dubbed Edge Side Includes (ESI) that is intended to speed delivery of dynamic Web pages.

IBM Corp. announced in April that it will acquire Informix Corp.'s database business, Informix Software Inc., in a cash transaction valued at US$1 billion. The move is intended to strengthen IBM's distributed database business and dethrone chief rival Oracle Corp. as the industry leader.

After nearly a year of delays, Lotus Development Corp. began shipping its Lotus Discovery Server worldwide on Wednesday. The server is the linchpin in Lotus' knowledge management strategy.

IBM Corp. said Tuesday it would acquire Informix Corp.'s database business, Informix Software Inc., in a cash transaction valued at US$1 billion.

More than two-thirds of tech industry professionals over the age of 45 say age discrimination is a "significant problem" in the industry, according to a survey by IT industry jobs Web site techies.com Inc.

Amidst a dreary earnings season, IBM Corp. stood out by meeting analyst estimates in posting earnings per share of US$0.98, the consensus figure of analysts polled by First Call/ Thomson Financial.