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Only a carrier could trumpet $500 per gigabyte as a price cut
AT&T has announced that it is cutting the price of data access for prepaid customers -- those who don't sign contracts but instead pay as they go -- to $5 for 10MB of data access on select smartphones, a major cut from the previous $5 for 1MB. But press reports haven't done their math: The costs are 50 times what so-called postpaid customers -- those who sign a contract and get a bill each month -- are charged. Read More


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Oracle cautiously pushes Fusion Applications to enterprises
Oracle is continuing to take a cautious approach in pushing its new Fusion Applications to enterprises. At the Collaborate 11 user show, a senior company executive said that enterprises that want to immediately implement Fusion Applications can do so, by taking advantage of Oracle's early adopter program. However, Oracle will also continue to fully support its existing business application portfolio for customers that don't want to immediately migrate. Read More

IBM, Akamai to speed enterprise access to public apps
IBM and Akamai have teamed to try to speed up access to public cloud applications for enterprises and application providers. IBM's WebSphere Application Accelerator for Hybrid Networks is designed for enterprises that want to improve the reliability, performance and security of applications delivered as a service or hosted in a public cloud. Read More

Apache Camel gets a GUI
Potentially making a lightweight enterprise integration tool even easier to use, FuseSource has released a GUI for the Apache Camel messaging framework. With the graphical user interface "you can create, edit, and test out your routes" without writing the code by hand, said Debbie Moynihan, FuseSource vice president of marketing. Read More

Microsoft previews Internet Explorer 10
Preaching the mantra of HTML5, Microsoft began offering on Tuesday a preview of its planned Internet Explorer 10 browser, which emphasizes the critical Web specification and its visual effects. Read More

VMware unveils open Cloud Foundry platform
VMware announced today a new cloud application platform called Cloud Foundry, designed to provide developers and organizations alike with ample choices in how cloud applications are created, delivered, and maintained. The company is also making available an open source version of Cloud Foundry, as well as a virtual appliance that developers can run on their Macs and PCs. Read More



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