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The state with the third largest data center market in the U.S. will soon exempt data centers from paying sales taxes on equipment used in the facilities.

Oracle’s decision also is a maneuver meant to preserve the company’s lucrative database business and make its software applications more attractive to companies interested in moving more of their information technology needs to cloud services like Microsoft’s Azure.

Organized crime groups are selling access to the computer networks of financial firms like Bank of America Corp. and hacking tools targeting these companies.