Oracle buys Global Knowledge Software. Oracle continues gobbling up companies, this time acquiring the maker of enterprise software training automation tools, with which it intends to provide training content modules for all its applications. Sun joins the RIA wars with a preview of the JavaFX SDK, which one official describes as the presentation layer for Java. The SDK as of now lacks features such as 3-D vector graphics and streaming video and Sun is about a year behind Microsoft’s Silverlight — but analysts say it’s still early in the fight. Visitors are now being shown a new redesigned Live.com page, though the differences may not be significant enough for anyone to notice. With analysts asking CEO Steve Ballmer how the company will clarify its confusing online branding, Microsoft is promising that there’s more to come. Adobe says that its Flash is gaining traction in the enterprise. Since Adobe’s Flex and its related integrated development environment, Flex Builder, came on the market a couple of years ago, one analyst says that it’s only natural that there is an uptick in businesses using Flash for internal-facing applications. And Sustainable IT author Ted Samson wonders if some software can actually be greener than other software? Yes, according to one writer, who explains that developers building Web 3.0 will embrace social responsibility and sustainability in the Web applications they produce. Coding green for the future. Software Development