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The car company Mazda has hooked up IBM DB2 Information Integrator to automatically connect multiple Microsoft SQL Server databases with a DB2 server, thereby enabling sales staff to click on real-time sales information at dealerships across the country. For the full story, go to SearchDatabase.com. /zimages/1/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms Database Center at http://database.eweek.com for the latest […]

Theyre not necessarily hopping on the grid train, but beta testers of Oracle Database 10g are finding things they like, including HTML DB—an application development tool that lets users with little or no programming experience create applications on the fly—and 10gs new support of regular expressions to simplify search strings in the database. The challenge […]

Oracle Chairman Jeff Henley said that the companys takeover of PeopleSoft is “not highly probable” at this point. For the full story, go to the LA Times (free registration required). /zimages/5/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms Database Center at http://database.eweek.com for the latest database news, views and analysis. Be sure to add our eWEEK.com database news feed to […]

The European Commissions probe into Oracles takeover of PeopleSoft is facing another delay, as the EC in mid-April halted proceedings and asked Oracle to provide more information on discounts. The verdict was originally due May 11. At this point, U.S. courts will hear the case first, on June 7. For the full story, go to […]

SEATTLE—Microsoft Corp. spent much of Day 2 of its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here refuting a published report claiming the company has axed its Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) security technology. “NGSCB is alive and kicking,” said Mario Juarez, a product manager in Microsofts security and technology business unit. NGSCB—the hardware/software security system […]

With so much of Windows clients future in flux at the moment, you can bet the guy in charge of Windows marketing, product management and product planning is busy. And, indeed, Tom Button — the corporate VP in charge of the Windows product management group — is a tough man to pin down. We recently […]

The law may be an ass, as Mr. Bumble famously said in Charles Dickens “Oliver Twist,” but its a hardy beast that can carry its load over many kinds of terrain. Indeed, people have been dealing with one another, protecting themselves against one another and making it possible to get along with one another under […]

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. on Monday announced its Connectra Web security gateway. Connectra integrates Web security protection with network connectivity and protects organizations against attacks that are introduced via Web applications accessed remotely. The product is the Web component of the previously announced Perimeter, Internal and Web Security strategy. Read the full story at […]

iPolicy Networks Inc. has introduced its first global security management software system. The Unified Security Manager for the Enterprise, or USM Enterprise, is a three-tiered environment that allows for scaling security control across multiple dimensions. The packet-inspection specialist has offered gateways and firewalls for security applications in the past. Read the full story at CommsDesign

The U.S. Commerce Department last month announced a deal with China to tighten export-control procedures on U.S. dual-use technologies shipped to China. The deal on exports creates “procedures to strengthen end-use visit cooperation and help ensure that U.S. exports of controlled dual-use items are being used by their intended recipients for their intended purposes,” the […]

AT&T on Monday announced a new virtual private network offering via the carriers multi-protocol label switching-enabled core IP network. MPLS uses digital shorthand to label data packets, allowing network routers to run at faster speeds because they dont need to examine each one as closely. The companys IP VPN service provides online usage reports and […]

Adaptec Inc. reported its fourth quarter and end-of-the-year results last week. In the quarter ending March 31, income was $24.9 million, or 22 cents per share, versus a loss of $3.7 million, or 3 cents per share, a year ago. Income for the fiscal year was $62.9 million or 54 cents a share. The company […]