BEA rejects Oracle buyout offer; New iPhone lawsuit; Best tech stories from The Onion

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Akamai Tolly Group: Web Acceleration Testing In this whitepaper learn the results behind Tolly's extensive tests pertaining to improving performance for Web applications. Read it today. Network World Daily News: PM, 10/12/07 By Jeff Caruso BEA rejects Oracle buyout offer BEA’s board of directors has refused Oracle’s unsolicited bid to buy the company saying the offer significantly undervalues BEA Systems. (An update to Oracle offers $6.7 billion to buy BEA Systems.) How The Onion tackles tech Where satire site The Onion gets its ideas for technology stories. Plus: See the best tech "stories" from The Onion. Today's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Executive Guide: Stay ahead of the data growth curve Get real-world advice on how to best deal with the explosion of data across nearly every enterprise today. This informative executive guide offers IT professionals detailed information on new technologies such as ILM and FANs, specific pitfalls to avoid when deploying ILM, as well as solid case studies. Download This Executive Guide Wal-Mart eyes $287 million benefit from RFID Wal-Mart Stores could increase sales by $287 million by fixing just a small portion of its inventory problems using RFID technology, and ... Microsoft adds event planning to Live services Microsoft is adding an event planning offering to its expanding Windows Live suite of services. New iPhone lawsuit seeks $2.6B in damages A class-action lawsuit targeting Apple and AT&T, filed last week in federal court, accuses the companies of illegally conspiring to tie iPhone customers ... Google vows to increase Gmail storage limit People using Google Inc.'s Gmail service are sucking up storage space faster than the company can add it. IT JOB OUTLOOK How one manager deals with dwindling IT talent pool Research from the Society for Information Management revealed IT managers worry most about attracting, developing and retaining IT talent. James Kritcher, vice president of IT at White Electronic Designs, weighs in. CASE STUDY Process makeover keeps BART on track BART is in the midst of a $25 million project to upgrade back office systems such as payroll, HR and finance, but while it can demonstrate significant IT ...

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