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GoldenGate Software, a provider of high availability and real-time data integration solutions, announced that its software has been validated to run on the HP BladeSystem. www.goldengate.com

SHARE has announced that Helene Armitage, vice president of Systems Software Development and Lab Based Services for IBM’s Systems & Technology Group, will present the keynote address titled "Virtualization and the Future of the Datacenter" at the upcoming SHARE conference. The conference will be held August 10-15 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. Go here.

The call for presentations for the Oracle BIWA Summit 2008, which aims to provide a forum for sharing information and best practices, discovering innovative practices, and exposing issues and limitations concerning Oracle products, is going on now. Abstracts for presentations (50 minutes) or hands-on technical workshops (110 minutes) may be submitted. Go here.

The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), announced it has formed a strategic integration alliance with the community of Hyperion applications users, a partnership supported by Oracle Corp. www.oaug.org

Sybase announced that Sybase Information Anywhere Suite's Afaria management and security solution will be enhanced with antivirus and firewall technology, addressing growing concern over an increase in malware, viruses, hackers and spam targeting handheld devices. Go here.

Progress Software Corp., a provider of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, and IONA Technologies, a supplier of software integration technology, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Progress Software has agreed to acquire IONA in a deal valued at $162 million. www.progress.com

Cognos, an IBM company, and a provider of business intelligence and performance management solutions, announced that IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software is now available, for the first time, for Linux on System z. Go here.

Melissa Data, a developer of high-performance mailing technology solutions, announced that the company has published The Melissa Data Guide to International Address Formats – a source of information about international addressing for over 140 countries and territories, including examples of postal-code and address formats. This new resource will help companies save money on international postage, decrease delivery times due to inaccurate address formats, and reduce undeliverable mail.  www.melissadata.com

Fortinet, a provider of unified threat management solutions, announced it has acquired IPLocks' database security products and technologies as part of a strategy to broaden Fortinet's network security portfolio. Fortinet has purchased IPLocks' vulnerability assessment tool, source code and related physical assets, as well as a broad license to IPLocks' database monitoring and auditing tools. www.fortinet.com

HiT Software, a player in the data integration and access (DIA) market, announced that its prominent real-time data replication product, DBMoto v6.2, has gained validation for IBM Informix Dynamic Server. www.hitsw.com

ParAccel, provider of the ParAccel Analytic Database, a high-speed columnar database management system, and Pentaho Corp., a commercial open source alternative for business intelligence, announced a partnership to deliver a high performance, integrated database platform and BI environment for analytic applications. decision-making. www.paraccel.com and www.pentaho.com

Vertica Systems has launched a new partner program,“Powered by Vertica,” to make it easy for enterprise software and hardware partners to embed the Vertica Analytic Database into their solutions. Go here.

Tidal Software, a leading provider of application scheduling and performance management software for the intelligent automation of IT Operations, today announced that LTD Commodities has standardized on Tidal Enterprise Scheduler to increase IT efficiency by streamlining the flow of its SAP-centric solutions. The increased automation provided by the enterprise scheduler will improve IT productivity for greater agility to help the business achieve aggressive corporate goals. www.tidalsoftware.com