The announcement, made at the Business Objects Influencer Summit on Tuesday, follows the companies' goal of tightly integrated product lines while letting Business Objects remain independent.

The company, complete with online marketplace, joins other open-source data integration vendors, including Talend, XAware and SnapLogic.

In a lawsuit filed quietly in a federal court in Texas that is seen as a favorable venue for patent suits, Sybase is charging start-up Vertica Systems with infringement.

The company said it helps users ultimately make better business decisions by applying data to interactive graphics like dials, charts and gauges to convey business cases and illustrate "what if" scenarios.

(Source: Oracle) This IDC white paper presents a preemptive approach to IPC. It discusses the growing internal threats to business information, the impact of government regulations on the protection of data, and how enterprises must adopt database security best practices to prevent sensitive customer data or company information from being distributed within or outside the enterprise in violation of regulatory or company policies. This white paper also highlights how Oracle provides security products that enterprises can leverage to protect themselves from costly data breaches.

Datallegro, a maker of data warehousing appliances that Microsoft is buying, was sued for allegedly using intellectual property patented by the founder of a company called XPrime.

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