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Oracle Corp. last week announced the latest version of its Oracle9i Application Server, which the company claims eliminates the need for costly middleware integration and includes enhancements for business intelligence […]

After Dale Richardson finishes designing a database for McCain Foods Ltd., the arduous work really begins: creating row upon row of bogus test data to put the database through the […]

San Francisco Informix Software, Inc. and its database users have been among the most devout worshipers at the Unix altar. But even they are starting to heed the call of […]

Databases designed expressly for decision support can keep end users from twiddling their thumbs while running queries. But they also make information systems managers jump through different hoops from what […]

Microsoft Corp. released SQL Server 2008, about three months behind schedule but well within its three-year window for developing the database. The previous release, SQL Server 2005, took five years […]

Oracle Corp. has unveiled the first major revision of the TimesTen in-memory relational database since it acquired the technology in June 2005. The new version, Release 7, offers increased integration […]

Kevin Kline is president of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), an independent group for users of Microsoft Corp.'s flagship database. PASS is holding its annual conference in Seattle […]

BMC Software Inc. last week unveiled its second-generation configuration management database, along with updates to its systems management offerings, including three new discovery tools and related products. The BMC Atrium […]

New usability enhancements, including table data entry, number formatting, query building and autoscrolling, are among the added features in Version 2.8 of Teranode Corp.'s XDA informatics software, which is available […]

MySQL AB is eyeing a November release for Version 5.0 of its open-source database, a major upgrade that the company hopes will help it become a realistic alternative for corporate […]

Db4objects Inc. in San Mateo, Calif., has announced Version 4.5 of its db4o open-source object database for Java and .Net. The release features true object-oriented replication that enables mobile and […]

DataFlux Corp., a subsidiary of SAS Institute Inc. in Cary, N.C., last week announced the newest version of its data quality integration suite. Version 7.0 of the DataFlux Data Quality […]

IBM LAST WEEK said it's ready to ship the next version of its DB2 Universal Database software, which offers self-management capabilities that are designed to reduce administrative overhead even as […]

LOOKING to boost the reliability and availability of its open-source database, MySQL AB last week said it plans to add clustering support to the software later this year. At its […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced identity management software for Windows systems. Sun Identity Manager for Microsoft is a new version of a tool set that Sun acquired when it bought Waveset […]

Microsoft Corp. last week shipped software that adds reporting capabilities to SQL Server 2000, rounding out the line of business intelligence tools the company integrates with its relational database. SQL […]

NEARLY A YEAR after it bought Informix Corp.'s database operations, IBM continues to make moves that are keeping members of the installed base it inherited happy --- though not without […]

IBM last week detailed a series of upcoming enhancements to its DB2 databases at the annual North American conference of the software's user group. Users at the conference showed enthusiasm […]

Indianapolis Data warehouse vendor SAS Institute Inc. last week added support for wireless-access devices, a capability that users said could be useful to mobile workers if security concerns are overcome. […]

By Robin RobinsonOracle Corp. last week unveiled two security features for its 8i Release 2 database aimed at businesses that conduct e-commerce. A new data encryption feature was designed to […]

Oracle Corp. last week rolled out its Oracle8i Lite database on two key mobile platforms -- the Palm OS and Psion PLC's EPOC -- and updated a version for Windows […]

By Stewart Deck and Carol Sliwa IBM last week made several e-commerce-related announcements geared to help customers gather and analyze business data and build and manage Web applications. IBM updated […]

Informix Corp. will announce a full Linux support program for its flagship Dynamic Server database suite at a partner forum in Las Vegas this week. The company, in Menlo Park, […]

Microsoft bundling planb raises concern about bulk, administration Industry watchers are seeing more troubles than advantages in Bill Gates' latest idea of embedding database functions into the Windows operating system. […]

At its recent user's group meeting in San Diego, NCR Corp. announced that it would begin to add tools and features to its Teradata data warehousing line that will let […]

On the first anniversary of the release of its DB2 Universal Database, IBM last week announced several tweaks to the enterprise database, along with related data warehousing news that users […]

IBM will extend DB2 to manipulate and manage the contents of Extensible Markup Language-based documents, Hypertext Markup Language documents, World Wide Web documents and meta data. David Sonnen, an analyst […]

NCR Corp. next week will announce plans to turn its Teradata database into a turbocharger for OLAP and data mining applications, sources close to the com- pany said. NCR is […]

Oracle Corp. is rolling out a human resources application module with a built-in workflow system that will let users include corporate policies in their software system. Available now, the release […]

At last week's Database and Client/Server World conference, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Arbor Software Corp. introduced a packaged version of its Essbase online analytical processing software tailored for financial users. Pricing starts […]

Oracle Corp. in Redwood Shores, Calif., is shipping a new version of its desktop query tool with a redesigned user interface and a client-level cache for storing frequently accessed data. […]

Business Objects Inc. in San Jose, Calif., has introduced a 32-bit version of its BusinessQuery add-in query tool for Microsoft Corp.'s Excel. BusinessQuery for Excel integrates Business Objects' query technology […]

Tandem Computers, Inc. officials last week said the company would add object-enabled data-mining capabilities to its ServerWare database. The technology will help users run complex queries against an entire set […]

Taking a little-acorns-into-large-oaks approach, IBM plans to scale up its integrated data mart suite in the next few months so users can use it to build and manage full-fledged data […]

International Software Group, Inc. in Burlington, Mass., last week shipped a version of its ISG Navigator data access middleware that supports Microsoft Corp.'s new ActiveX-based client interface. The support for […]

After falling off the map in workgroup databases and OLAP tools, Informix Software, Inc. is making a determined bid to gain ground on rivals Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp. Informix […]