http://www.eweek.com Database - RSS Feeds en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:09:08 -0500 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:09:08 -0500 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:13:09 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Former-CEO-MySQLs-Installed-Base-Will-Keep-It-Independent-232577/?kc=rss - While Oracle tussles with the European Commission over sanctioning its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems and the future development of the Sun-owned MySQL, industry stakeholders are posting pro and con opinions mostly con, as it turns out about whether Oracle can ever be a suitable ho...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Former-CEO-MySQLs-Installed-Base-Will-Keep-It-Independent-232577/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:33:42 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/EC-Might-Lodge-Formal-Objection-to-Oracle-Acquisition-of-Sun-709231/?kc=rss - Two prominent European business publications, the U.K.'s Financial Times and Germany's Handlesblatt, reported Nov. 4 that a so-called quot;formal objection quot; to the proposed Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems soon may be forthcoming from the European Commission. The EC, the antitrust...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/EC-Might-Lodge-Formal-Objection-to-Oracle-Acquisition-of-Sun-709231/?kc=rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:39 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Microsoft-to-Deliver-New-SQL-Server-2008-R2-Editions-622695/?kc=rss - Microsoft announced Nov. 3 that it has two new premium editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 in store for users and remains on track to release a community technology preview for the database in November. At the PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) Community Summit, in Seattle, Ted Kummert, M...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Microsoft-to-Deliver-New-SQL-Server-2008-R2-Editions-622695/?kc=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:05:57 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Withdraws-Petition-to-Russian-Antitrust-Commission-288426/?kc=rss - The European Commission's roadblock slowing the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems has led to another international problem for the world's second-largest software company. Oracle on Oct. 30 withdrew its petition to obtain antitrust clearance to do business in Russia after the addition of...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Withdraws-Petition-to-Russian-Antitrust-Commission-288426/?kc=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:40:18 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/EU-Strategist-Claims-an-Oracleowned-MySQL-Cannot-Be-Competitive-456718/?kc=rss - MILLBRAE, Calif. Open-source advocate, European Union policy strategist and former MySQL business adviser Florian Mueller, representing European interests in the anti-competition issues surrounding Oracle's proposed $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, told a small group of journalists ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/EU-Strategist-Claims-an-Oracleowned-MySQL-Cannot-Be-Competitive-456718/?kc=rss Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:29:55 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Why-Oracle-Must-Decide-Soon-About-Keeping-MySQL-178999/?kc=rss - As of Oct. 24, Oracle has been unable to convince a key European Commission antitrust regulator that it will develop and promote the freely available, open-source MySQL database as well as it would one of its homegrown -- and much more expensive -- parallel database products. This conflict...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Why-Oracle-Must-Decide-Soon-About-Keeping-MySQL-178999/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:49:50 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Stallman-Urges-EC-to-Stop-Oracle-Acquisition-of-Sun-581470/?kc=rss - Two software industry groups, along with free and open-source software community leader Richard Stallman, said Oct. 19 they are opposed to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems and urged European Commission regulators to block the $7.4 billion deal. If the transaction, which was an...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Stallman-Urges-EC-to-Stop-Oracle-Acquisition-of-Sun-581470/?kc=rss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:22:18 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Greenplum-Offers-New-Database-Software-for-Free-436760/?kc=rss - Greenplum Software has released a free version of its database software to appeal to data analysts. The new version shares much of the same capabilities as Greenplum Database 3.3, except it can only be run on a single node. “This product is for the new class of power user data anal...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Greenplum-Offers-New-Database-Software-for-Free-436760/?kc=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:24:58 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Sharpens-Exadata-Database-Machine-Pitch-at-OpenWorld-865619/?kc=rss - While much of the talk at Oracle OpenWorld focused on applications, Oracle's database business had its share of the spotlight as well. During his keynote Oct. 14, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison extolled the virtues of Oracle Exadata Database Machine Version 2. Pitched by Oracle as the “foundation for...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Sharpens-Exadata-Database-Machine-Pitch-at-OpenWorld-865619/?kc=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:26:46 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Hits-Back-on-IBM-pureScale-Technology-707865/?kc=rss - IBMraised a few eyebrows last week when it announced plans for DB2 pureScale, a feature IBM officials said would challenge Oracles Exadata technology. But sitting at the Oracle OpenWorld conference, Oracle executive Robert Shimp told eWEEK that IBMmay be getting ahead of itself. “(That was) a ve...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Hits-Back-on-IBM-pureScale-Technology-707865/?kc=rss Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:10:21 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/IBM-Preps-New-DB2-Feature-to-Improve-Performance-for-Power-Systems191205/?kc=rss - IBM is developing a new, optional software technology for IBMPower Systems to help organizations increase database transaction capacity while cutting the cost and risk associated with growing systems. The new feature is called DB2 pureScale, and is slated to be ready for Power 550 Express an...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/IBM-Preps-New-DB2-Feature-to-Improve-Performance-for-Power-Systems191205/?kc=rss Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:55:32 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Ingres-Targets-Database-Rivals-With-New-Release-603989/?kc=rss - Ingres is taking a direct shot at MySQL users in its pitch for the latest version of the companys flagship open-source database. With Ingres Database 9.3, the company has built in technology to make it easier for businesses to migrate off of MySQL, as well as from databases from Oracle, Microsoft a...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Ingres-Targets-Database-Rivals-With-New-Release-603989/?kc=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:54:37 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Survey-Microsoft-SQL-Server-Tops-All-Databases-in-Emerging-Markets-621198/?kc=rss - According to a recent Evans Data study, Microsoft SQL Server is the most used database in the emerging markets of China, India, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The survey of more than 400 developers also showed that the open source database MySQL is closing the lead that SQL has in emerging mark...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Survey-Microsoft-SQL-Server-Tops-All-Databases-in-Emerging-Markets-621198/?kc=rss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:07:56 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Database-Administrators-Developers-See-Salaries-Rise-Despite-Recession-400067/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Database-Administrators-Developers-See-Salaries-Rise-Despite-Recession-400067/?kc=rss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:34:38 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Databases-The-Next-Big-Virtualization-Thing-197097/?kc=rss - Youve virtualized your servers, improved your hardware utilization, reduced your server administration costs and optimized your energy consumption. Youve even moved part of your workload to the cloud, taking virtualization to the next level. You might even have virtualized some of your infrastru...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Databases-The-Next-Big-Virtualization-Thing-197097/?kc=rss