<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>...thought people on the list might find this interesting<br><br>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Oracle-Cisco-on-Path-to-Challenge-IBM-HP-in-Enterprise-Data-Centers-763649/<br><br><span class="Article_Date" align="center" style="font-weight: bold; display: block; float: right; padding-top: 10px;"><strong>News
Analysis: Oracle and Cisco Systems are working on entirely separate,
but similar tracks in long-term efforts to become full-service systems
providers on par with IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Oracle, a 32-year-old
vendor of database and enterprise application software, will get a lot
closer to that goal if it gets final regulatory clearance to close its
$7.4 billion acquisition of server and storage manufacturer Sun
Microsystems. Meanwhile, networking equipment vendor Cisco Systems, at
25, is focusing on its Unified Computing System initiative to expand
its presence and influence in corporate data centers.<br><br></strong></span><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>"Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt<br><br></div></body></html>