Oracle released 33 patches for its database software as part of an overall effort of 88 fixes. Several are easy for attackers to exploit, resulting in data integrity breeches. Also, there were 14 flaws for its application server, 13 for Collaboration Suite, 22 for e-Business Suite, and just one for enterprise manager software. Another six patches came for various PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards software.

For more on the patch barrage:
- read this IDG News article

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Back in April, SAP announced CRM 2005 but said it won’t ship until late October. Now that time frame is imminent. The big changes in CRM 2005 are new levels of customization, based on new back-end modularity, a precursor to the next generation or two expected to be fully service-based. Meanwhile, SAP still isn’t revealing its hosted CRM plan. We wonder, is it merely vaporware?

For more on the software update:
- see this Computer Business Review article

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