Tech Companies Go On Sale

Monday, enterprise applications vendor PeopleSoft announced it's plan to acquire mid-market competitor J.D. Edwards. While the channel was digesting that, word came of Palm's plans to acquire Handspring, reuniting some of Palm's founders with their original company, and creating an immediately stronger competitor to Microsoft in the mobile computing market.

Today, Oracle stepped into the fray, announcing plans to bid for PeopleSoft, regardless of whether the J.D. Edwards deal goes through or not. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison spells out his plans for PeopleSoft in an interview with CRN, and you can keep up to date on all the activity in our Financial News Center.

Microsoft's TechEd

A quick glossary: Yukon is the next generation of SQL Server. Titanium is the next Exchange messaging server version; Kodiak the one after that. Voyager is the next version of the BizTalk application integration server; Jupiter the one after that. Longhorn is the next major revision of Windows. Expect all of them to slip their shipping dates. Now you're ready for our Microsoft TechEd News Center.

SCO's Linux Gambit

Analysts taking a look at SCO's claims to own code improperly included in Linux say the company has a case; meanwhile, T.C. Doyle says you can't understand where's SCO is coming from unless you understand Utah.

Best of the Week

Good news from Intel: the chip giant reported sales at the "high end" of its seasonal range.

VARBusiness editors brought along questions from Cisco solution provider partners when they sat down for a Face-To-Face with Cisco CEO John Chambers.

Secret Agent Man: More and more vendors and solution providers are embracing 'agent' sales models, where the solution provider resells services provided by their vendor partner. But there are risks to go with the opportunities, as CRN reports.