Daily news beat for June 17, 2008

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Jun 17, 20081 min

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday will roll out an ambitious IT automation strategy that melds products gained through acquisitions, supports SOA, and steps up to the SaaS plate.

BI vendors trying to reach the rank-and-file. An analyst says that there’s an increasing awareness that business intelligence tools should be pushed out to more people and that vendors will focus on doing so in the next decade. It’s just a question of how.

Adobe Systems on Tuesday plans to upgrade its process automation software, Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, with an open source content repository, the ability to convert data into a PDF, and support for AIR.

Mobile versions of .Net and Java rank atop the list of preferred platforms for wireless application developers, according to a new survey, which also suggests that Mac OS and Android will pick up steam.

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And a new strain of Gpcode.ak malware surfaced last week. Security firm Kaspersky published advice on recovering files encrypted by it. But there’s a catch.