Brian Fonseca

As regulatory compliance pressures extend beyond the realm of the database administrator, IBM is taking steps to empower non-IT experts to properly define data administration and management policies related to record retention. Toward that goal, IBM last week unveiled its autonomic Policy Based Data Management tool on the IBM AlphaWorks Web site. The tool is […]

As it organizations deploy varied flavors of provisioning and authorization software, Oracle Corp. is trying to enable its identity management offering to co-exist with non-Oracle platforms. The company last week said it is integrating its OIM (Oracle Identity Management) infrastructure with security software from Netegrity Inc., Entrust Inc. and Thor Technologies Inc. The move will […]

MySQL AB on Monday released Version 4.0.17 of its MySQL open-source database software. The update features a number of cleaned up code defects that were recently sniffed out by an independent inspection company. Available in source code and binary form, the MySQL 4.0.17 maintenance release for the current MySQL production version corrects all valid bugs […]

Oracle Corp. on Wednesday announced that it is extending the reach of its Oracle Identity Management infrastructure beyond Oracle platform borders by partnering with a trio of security companies in the identity management arena. Oracle has decided to integrate its OIM technology with Netegrity Inc., Entrust Inc. and Thor Technologies to give customers the freedom […]

IBM on Tuesday offered a preview of its new Policy Based Data Management tool on its alphaWorks Web site. The tool is geared towards assisting non-technical IT administrators and senior managers with automating routine data administration tasks. IBMs Policy Based Data Management tool is designed to assist people untrained in the intricacies of database management […]

To provide database administrators with improved failover options wrapped around better management and performance, Sybase Inc. is readying new capabilities for its Replication Server software. Replication Server 12.6, due this month, allows DBAs to more easily prepare and set up multiple redundant standby sites, allowing the disaster recovery site database to function in warm-standby mode […]

Oracle Corp.s warning of a major vulnerability in its enterprise DBMS has placed database security under the microscope and led some customers to consider the role of third-party developers for database auditing and vulnerability assessment needs. Less than four months after Microsoft Corp.s SQL Server database management system was slammed by the second worm this […]

SQL tool developers Adept SQL Tools, ApexSQL and Red Gate Software Ltd. are upgrading their respective wares to help database administrators avert programming mishaps and clean up the clutter in production and testing environments using Microsoft Corp.s SQL Server database. Adept SQL last week released Version 1.5 of AdeptSQL Diff, which features new capabilities to […]

Sybase Inc. on Thursday announced that its Adaptive Server Enterprise relational database management system can run on Intel Itanium 2 processor-powered platforms with HP-UX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OSes. The move will free up the database to process much bigger workloads on smaller machines and still maintain enterprise-level throughputs, officials said. Sybase unveiled its […]

The Winter Corp. has identified some emerging database trends in its Winter TopTen Program study. The results of the study, unveiled last month and detailed by Winter this week, identify the worlds largest and most heavily used databases. Measuring actual database size—meaning the total disk used for user tables, indices, summaries and aggregates—and not total […]