Oracle broadens software use

Oracle has released the first version of the Coherence in-memory data grid software since it bought the vendor of that software, Tangosol, earlier this year, says Computerworld.

Over time, Oracle hopes to dramatically widen the appeal of the product. Data grid software is middleware that manages data objects in-memory across multiple servers.

By storing data in memory and not in slower back-end systems, it is able to provide users with very fast access to frequently used information.

One of the best security defences you can have is a fully patched computer. Not just the OS, but all applications should be completely up to date, reports ARNNet.

Many patch management tools only check to see that the latest installed software versions are patched. Make sure your patch-scanning tool combs the hard drive looking for old application versions.

However, Secunia's Software Inspector will inspect your hard drive and validate the patch status of more than a thousand popular applications. The Software Inspector comes in a free online Java-based version.

More evidence is emerging that Apache is suffering against Redmond, after a survey revealed that Microsoft's Internet Information Services Web server is out-serving Apache on Fortune 1000 Web sites, says Macworld.

According to Port80 Software, which periodically surveys the public sites of Fortune 1000 companies to determine their use of Web and application hosting technologies, Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 Web server (IIS 6) gained 9.5% since August 2006, and passed IIS 5 to lead the survey for the first time, "out-serving the open source Apache server and all other Web servers among Fortune 1000 sites".

Apple includes Apache on Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server - it's part of Darwin, Mac OS X's core foundation.