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High anxiety: Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo! has Google searching for cover

It's clear that Google is at least a bit worried about what might happen if Microsoft absorbs Yahoo!. Why else would Google executives be blogging about the "troubling questions" the bid raises? Read more

Divergent views: Some workers question IBM's business strategy

Ask any official at IBM to describe what is happening to the computer company today and you're likely to hear about something called "free enterprise." Pose a similar question to any IBM worker in the U.S. and you're likely to hear horror stories about the company's cost-cutting efforts and growth in far reaches of the globe at the expense of domestic workers. Both tell you the tale of IBM today. Read more

Total control: New SOA suite pinpoints links between services and business processes

Progress Software claims the latest version of its Actional suite of service-oriented architecture (SOA) management software offers unprecedented ability to understand and manage the relationships between individual services and complete business processes. Read more

Successful expansion: ILOG supply chain solutions appeal to new groups of customers

Supply chain management solution supplier ILOG says its forays into areas beyond financial services—and most notably into the manufacturing arena—are starting to show dividends in the form of new sales growth. Read more

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