Chris Preimesberger

Enterprise database and storage software maker Sybase announced April 25 that it has ported its data mirroring system—which combines transactional and storage replication capabilities to enable, in effect, a full-featured live backup database—to work with Oracles enterprise databases. Sybase Mirror Activator, which debuted for use on the companys ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) database in 2004, […]

Information Builders, makers of enterprise software for business intelligence and real-time operational reporting, on April 25 launched a new “process-driven BI” product, WebFocus Power Painter. Power Painter produces reporting and analytics in a thin-client, Web-based environment. The New York-based company made the announcements at its annual users conference in Orlando, Fla. Process-driven BI utilizes the […]

The long wait for the production version of database mirroring is finally over for SQL Server 2005 fans. Microsoft on April 19 introduced Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, the servers first major update since its launch Nov. 7, 2005. SP1 encompasses several new features besides database mirroring, including SQL Server Management Studio Express […]

Computer Associates may not be going open-source with its product offerings, but it is using the open source distribution model—free downloads for basic functionality, payment for added functions and services—as an example of how it wants to do business in the future. The IT management company, based in Islandia, N.Y., will introduce on April 24 […]

PHP creator Zend Technologies on April 12 introduced upgraded software that helps protect application code written in open-source PHP from hackers and intellectual property pirates. Zend Guard 4 enables independent software vendors, developers and businesses—anybody who does original PHP programming—to protect intellectual property written in the language. By combining encryption and code obfuscation with license […]

Novell and Oracle on April 4 agreed to combine forces to speed up the slow-but-steady development of grid systems for enterprise data centers on Linux. The two companies announced the availability of a new accelerator service designed to help enterprise customers streamline the deployment of grid infrastructures for data centers that run on Novells SUSE […]

Red Hats Fedora Project on March 21 announced the release of Fedora Linux Core 5 (code-named Bordeaux), which offers several new desktop applications, advances in security, better localization tools, improved software installation and management facilities, and tighter Java integration, according to the Project. Fedora Core 5, which includes a 2.6.15 kernel and optional desktop, server […]

For years, its all been about what The SCO Group could discover about IBM, Linux and Unix. The shoes on the other foot now, as the U.S. District Court in Utah has revealed that IBM has launched discovery motions against Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard and BayStar Capital. In general, IBM is looking for detailed information […]

Red Hat, which launched the “Security in a Networked World” initiative for Linux/open-source security last August, announced plans to fortify its enterprise desktop Linux platform. “Security” in this context, however, is about identity management and authentication, rather than the typical Windows concern with viral/worm protection. Red Hat said the new release of its Certificate System, […]

CodeWeavers and Linspire Inc. on Feb. 8 jointly announced the release of CrossOver Office 5.0 for Linspire, a specially optimized version of the product for the Linspire Linux distribution. CrossOver Office enables Linspire users to run Windows applications natively from their Linspire desktop. “Businesses tell us they want to switch to the desktop Linux operating […]

Novell, through its CoolSolutions community-relations Web site, is conducting an online public survey to determine which Windows-only applications are most likely to keep Windows users from migrating to Linux. The company also wants to know which Windows-only apps would be most popular on Linux desktops if they were ported to Linux. “The end result is […]

Google has announced it has opened up its new instant messaging service, Google Talk, to all other IM networks that utilize the XMPP protocol, which originally was developed for Jabber. This enables Google users to communicate directly with users of Linux IM clients GAIM and Psi, Apples iChat, Jabber, Gizmo Project, Tiscali, Netease, Chikka, MediaRing […]