Stories about: Global Distribution

Six weeks after Oracle bought Finnish software developer Innobase Oy, MySQL AB is working to provide its customers with an alternative to the open-source InnoDB database engine often used at the heart of its product, a MySQL executive said Tuesday.

Two years ago, Japanese Linux server operating system developer Miracle Linux decided it needed to better promote its local Linux distribution. It developed two aims, according to Miracle's president, Takeshi Sato.

In an ascendancy that shows CIOs and IT managers really can scale the corporate ladder to claim the CEO's chair, the former CIO of airline Regional Express (Rex) Hans Van Pelt, has taken out the top job at upstart and business-class only airline OzJet.

A boardroom spill at Qantas has seen CIO Fiona Balfour bounced out of the race to become the airline's next CEO and unceremoniously parked sideways - along with her IT division - to report to chief financial officer, Peter Gregg.

Linux software vendor, Red Hat has officially launched its local partner program, with the introduction of a new hosting offering as well as its ninth Australian partner.

To help retailers increase the efficiency of their IT systems and improve the customer experience, IBM and German business software vendor SAP have agreed to form a global, nonexclusive technology alliance.

There are dozens of ways to search for flights, and I tried them all. I carefully worked each of the three big Web travel sites at the same time, juggling multiple browser windows. Orbitz's Web site, Sabre Holdings' Travelocity and Expedia's site each offered different results. I tried alternative dates and airports. After more than an hour, I emerged from my office and called in my wife to confirm the final choice, bragging that the savings had been worth the time spent. But when I made that last mouse click to commit the transaction to my credit card, the reservation didn't go through.

VeriSign has been awarded a contract to manage a key component of a coming global distribution network that uses electronic product code (EPC) technology, according to a joint announcement by VeriSign and EPCglobal, a non-profit organization.

The BBC reports that the end of the Internet world is near. The news organisation is not the first to do so, nor will it be the last, but its story caught my eye the other day.

In the 17 years since I started work in the IT industry, I have seen Internet Protocol (IP) emerge as a myth, develop as a geek-niche, explode onto the business scene and finally become a consumer-friendly shop window open globally, and on a 24/7 basis.

Budget airline Virgin Blue will stick to its stand-alone bookings system OpenSkies and a Web-based sales model despite interfacing difficulties when processing inter-line bookings from other overseas airlines and travel agents.