http://www.eweek.com Database - RSS Feeds en-us Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:22:28 -0400 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:22:28 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:53 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/PostgreSQL-84-Comes-with-New-Features-Development-Strategy-437259/?kc=rss - The PostgreSQL 8.4 database has hit the streets, bringing with it a host of new features. But perhaps just as important is what is going on behind the scenes. As the open-source database has trucked along, the amount of work required to get the database production-ready has grown. To make sure ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/PostgreSQL-84-Comes-with-New-Features-Development-Strategy-437259/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:41:20 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Pushes-New-Data-Modeling-Tool-488423/?kc=rss - Oracle has released a new tool designed to help developers more easily design data models for the Oracle database. Dubbed the Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler, the standalone tool supports logical, relational, multidimensional and data type modeling, and with it, users can build and modify data...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Pushes-New-Data-Modeling-Tool-488423/?kc=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:07:08 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/EnterpriseDB-Pushes-Performance-Oracle-Compatibility-With-New-Database-350422/?kc=rss - EnterpriseDB launched the latest version of its Postgres Plus Advanced Server database June 16 with an eye toward improving performance and scalability. In Postgres Plus Advanced Server Version 8.3 Release 2, the company has added a feature called quot;infinite cache. quot; Built on Memcached...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/EnterpriseDB-Pushes-Performance-Oracle-Compatibility-With-New-Database-350422/?kc=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:47:20 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Google-Fusion-Tables-Eases-Data-Management-in-the-Cloud-879988/?kc=rss - Google has pulled the covers off an experimental, cloud-based data management system designed to ease the process of data integration and collaboration. Dubbed Fusion Tables, the technology is in the alpha phase and is focused on “fusing” the areas of data management and collaboration - merg...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Google-Fusion-Tables-Eases-Data-Management-in-the-Cloud-879988/?kc=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:28:16 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Aster-Data-Systems-Takes-MapReduce-to-Microsoft-NET-Developers-628511/?kc=rss - Aster Data Systems made a play for Microsoft . NET developers June 9 by enabling them to write applications using MapReduce. In Version 3.0.2 of Aster nCluster and nCluster Enterprise Edition, developers can now write MapReduce functions in C# (PDF) and have them execute in the database. The mov...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Aster-Data-Systems-Takes-MapReduce-to-Microsoft-NET-Developers-628511/?kc=rss Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:45:26 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Greenplum-Pushes-Enterprise-Data-Cloud-Initiative-622165/?kc=rss - Greenplum is changing its pitch around its data warehousing technology, talking up what the database company calls its quot;enterprise data cloud quot; initiative. The idea behind pushing an EDC (Enterprise Data Cloud) platform is to enable enterprises to create and manage data warehouses an...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Greenplum-Pushes-Enterprise-Data-Cloud-Initiative-622165/?kc=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:41:31 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/How-to-Protect-Sensitive-Data-using-Database-Encryption/?kc=rss - Many businesses today are struggling to overcome the numerous challenges associated with database encryption. Organizations today are most concerned about key management, regarding it as the biggest challenge in database encryption. Enterprises are also grappling with issues such as how to sepa...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/How-to-Protect-Sensitive-Data-using-Database-Encryption/?kc=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:44:44 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/iLuminate-40-Overcomes-Data-Warehouse-Hurdles-221148/?kc=rss - Every organization creates data in the course of its operations, often in such large quantity and variety that it can be challenging to store it all, let alone make it available for analysis. Data warehouses offer organizations a means of storing and exposing their data for mining, but setup an...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/iLuminate-40-Overcomes-Data-Warehouse-Hurdles-221148/?kc=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:00:43 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/iLuminate-Takes-a-New-Data-Warehouse-Tack-257495/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/iLuminate-Takes-a-New-Data-Warehouse-Tack-257495/?kc=rss Wed, 27 May 2009 16:06:40 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Ingres-Bundles-Database-and-Red-Hat-Middleware-197199/?kc=rss - Ingres has bundled its database software with Red Hats JBoss middleware in a nod to application developers. With the release of the Ingres Development Stack for JBoss, Ingres is combining its database with JBoss Developer Studio and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. The offering include...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Ingres-Bundles-Database-and-Red-Hat-Middleware-197199/?kc=rss Thu, 21 May 2009 12:29:29 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Microsoft-Changes-Stance-on-Virtualized-SQL-Server-Failover-Clusters-501548/?kc=rss - Microsoft has done a 180-degree turn and decided to support failover clustering for SQL Server running in a virtual machine. “Last October I posted on our updated policy for support of SQL Server in a virtualization environment,” Microsoft Product Manager Bob Ward wrote in a blog post. “One fairl...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Microsoft-Changes-Stance-on-Virtualized-SQL-Server-Failover-Clusters-501548/?kc=rss Wed, 13 May 2009 17:00:44 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/How-to-Use-DatabaseDriven-Analytics-to-Flourish-Despite-Economic-Crisis/?kc=rss - Two fundamental shifts are occurring in the commercial world: the data environment is integrating and gravitating to the center of every business, and the roles of the analytics practitioner, the business analyst and the IT specialist are fusing. The emerging skill set is a multidimensional one...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/How-to-Use-DatabaseDriven-Analytics-to-Flourish-Despite-Economic-Crisis/?kc=rss Tue, 12 May 2009 13:18:53 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Microsoft-Readies-Madison-Data-Warehouse-Appliance-CTP-101923/?kc=rss - Microsoft plans to release its first community technology preview for quot;Project Madison quot; in early July. Project Madison is the code name for Microsoft's new data warehousing technology for SQL Server. Madison builds off technology Microsoft acquired when it purchased DATAllegro in 2...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Microsoft-Readies-Madison-Data-Warehouse-Appliance-CTP-101923/?kc=rss Mon, 11 May 2009 10:16:58 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Sybase-Updates-Replication-Server-With-Eye-Towards-Performance-445682/?kc=rss - Sybase has launched an updated version of Replication Server with a focus on enhancing performance and manageability. According to Sybase, those two areas were the driving force behind Replication Server 15.2. In addition, the company has added heterogeneous database replication capabilitie...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Sybase-Updates-Replication-Server-With-Eye-Towards-Performance-445682/?kc=rss Thu, 07 May 2009 10:41:21 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Managing-the-Data-Warehouse-518825/?kc=rss - Audio Podcast Content....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Managing-the-Data-Warehouse-518825/?kc=rss