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If there was a certain amount of hand-wringing at this year's IOUG conference over how Sun would integrate into Oracle’s (news, site) portfolio from a technology perspective, from the financial side there were no such discussions. The deal is being cited as one of the principal reasons why the software giant has seen its profits grow by 25% in the fourth quarter.

The strategic partnership between Open Text (news, site) and SAP (news, site) seems more like a marriage then a partnership by virtue of the amount of agreements they have made. The latest is the expansion of the reseller agreement that will now include employee file management capabilities.

Welcome to the June installment of our what's coming from the open source projects in the next month.

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SAP is making agreements all over the place these days. The latest is an expanded reseller and integration agreement with EMC (news, site) to deliver a well rounded set of solutions for Financial Services Institutions.

With the launch of Office 2010 out of the way Microsoft has turned its attention to improving its email service Hotmail and document sharing abilities. There have also been a number of releases to improve data storage, not least of which is NetApp's new offering for SharePoint 2010.

In a move that is likely to cause Oracle (news, site) some discomfort, SAP (news, site) has announced that it has agreed to acquire Sybase for US$ 5.8 billion and in doing so extend its reach into the mobile business application market.

This week Google addressed the concerns about issues raised by information commissioners in ten different countries over privacy and Buzz, while data protection in federal agencies is also a concern.

The big news, if it really is news, this week will be the business launch of Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Everyone will be watching in the coming weeks to see what happens with Google Docs, while IBM adds text analytics for social media to SPSS’ Modeler.

Today, EMC (news, site) made several important announcements about their Enterprise Content Management group and its main product Documentum at the EMC World conference in Boston. The most important of which is that the group's new name is now the Information Intelligence Group (IIG).

The recent release of WorkSimple’s Goal and Performance management platform is the first time an entire platform has been dedicated to creating a results-based environment where enterprise managers can access and create enterprise objectives in real-time rather than the usual quarterly or even yearly reviews.

Only a couple of weeks after it went after local business dollars, Google is back with new tools for SMBs. And yes, a new study shows that SMBs are much more aggressive about taking on new technology than their larger counter parts.

Anyone who has ever combed through the help files provided with many software programs knows that it can often be a frustrating experience. The search results are usually too generic or it takes too much trolling to finally pin down the answer you’re looking for.

Author-it Software Corp. (news, site) is now offering a solution called Author-it Assist, designed to help users help themselves.

Who’s not using social media? Probably very few. But while you’re using it, research shows chances are you are being monitored by your employer. Your iPad is also being watched, not by your employer but by hackers trying to get into your PC.

Only a week after it announced the general availability of its business collaboration application StreamWork, SAP (news, site) has said that it is taking its on-demand business intelligence application to Japan using Fujitsu’s cloud environment.

After two months in beta SAP (news, site) has made their real-time business collaboration application StreamWork -- known as 12Sprints in beta -- generally available enabling up to 30 users to get together virtually to analyze data from across the enterprise and from different applications.