IT executives could negotiate better software license prices following Oracle's recent earnings announcement, according to one expert.Managers could use the software company's poor sales results to get cheaper licensing deals, said Software Licensing

Despite current economic fears in the UK, IT managers are not planning to cut back their spending on software this year.A study from Forrester Research has shown that 79 per cent of the respondents intend to upgrade some, or most, of their software i

Hackers managed to access CVs submitted onto an Irish job website, gaining personal details about applicants.The CVs were downloaded in bulk last Thursday due to a security breach, meaning clients of Jobs.ie are now at risk from identity fraud and ph

Open source software is the future of the industry, offering more flexibility, value for money and freedom, according to a new study.The research from North Bridge Venture Partners said that open source is a more attractive software option, reports M

A small software company has carried out a raid on Sony BMG and found it is using a pirated license for software.Point Dev, the French firm, said that following the investigation it found the illegal installation of the software on four servers in th

A business in Huddersfield is being investigated by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) for alleged piracy.The architectural firm is being inspected for possessing illegal copies of autoCAD, 3D studio max and Adobe's creative suite software, reports

A leading security expert has said that information loss is set to increase if companies do not secure it at data level.McAfee, the security software vendor, has said that business directors are increasingly approaching their IT departments with the

A dental health maintenance organisation (HMO) has released the details of 75,000 patients on the internet, in the US.Included in the information were social security numbers, names, phone numbers and other personal details, which remained online for

The release of Oracle's third quarter results has raised concerns in the software market.Oracle's stock price dropped after the release of the results for the three months to February, showing that revenue on new software licenses had not hit expecta

Data encryption should be implemented more by companies after recent high profile data loss cases and success stories of encryption, according to a source.Cases like the government's loss of HM Revenue & Customs details and TK Maxx's loss of 45 m