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Data management software maker Embarcadero Technologies Inc. this week will roll out a new tool for data extraction, transaction and loading, the beginning of what the company said will be a busy product road map for this year. DT/Studio, which is software for Oracle Corp., IBM, Microsoft Corp. and Sybase Inc. relational databases, includes an […]

The information in databases is like gold to most enterprises. BakBone Software Inc. this month released a module designed to protect the data in Oracle9i databases. The Oracle Online Application Plugin Module, or APM, provides fast online backup for Oracle Corp.s 8, 8i and 9i databases running on Unix, Linux, Windows NT and Windows 2000 […]

The more, the better For developers, the more data they can bring into the mix the better. iWay Software next month will roll out the iWay Enterprise Connector for J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) Connector Architecture, or JCA. Officials with the New York company—an Information Builders Inc. company—said the connector will enable Java developers to […]

Intel Corp. Monday will release faster Xeon processors incorporating a new technology, as well as a server chip set aimed at helping the company reclaim customers it lost due to a bad bet on an unpopular memory solution. The announcements are among a series of product launches expected this week during the chip makers four-day […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday introduced a new eight-way server designed to shore up its position as the top seller of midrange Unix servers. The HP Server rp7410, offered at a base price of $69,000, can handle up to eight 64-bit PA-8700 processors (running at speeds of 650MHz and 750MHz) and offers some of the same […]

Storage switch maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. will announce its first low-end 2GB product this week, officials said. On Tuesday, the San Jose, Calif., company will debut the SilkWorm 3200, an eight-port version of its flagship 128-port SilkWorm 12000, said Steve Beer, director of volume hardware platforms. Except for the size and the lack of […]

Samuel Palmisano, president and chief operating officer of IBM, was named the eighth CEO of the Armonk, N.Y., company Jan. 29 and assumes those duties this week. During his 29 years at IBM, Palmisano has headed the PC, server and services businesses at the company. Following a speech to IBMs business partners at PartnerWorld in […]

Microsoft Corp. and Red Hat Inc. are planning to add new storage management software to their respective platforms, moves that promise to give more flexibility to enterprise administrators. Microsoft is expected to discuss the bundling of storage technologies—including Fibre Channel and RAID drivers, iSCSI support, data shadowing, host bus adapters, and APIs—into Windows .Net servers […]

Compaq Computer Corp.s enterprise customers are increasingly uneasy about the proposed takeover by Hewlett-Packard Co. With the shareholder vote on the proposed merger less than a month away, some Compaq customers have begun switching vendors. Others said they are prepared to jump ship if product lines are eliminated or services disrupted. “Since the merger announcement […]

eWEEK has announced the winners of this years eXcellence Awards program, 15 products that exemplify the steady evolution of e-business technologies. Judged by eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners–representing both technical rigor and real-world practicality–the eXcellence Awards program honors the products and services released in 2001 that show innovation and the potential to increase […]

Check that all columns where searches or sorts take place are indexed unless tables are very small or have high levels of updates. One place where indexes are overlooked (and very necessary) is on the parent column of a foreign key relationship. Consider adding to an index all the columns needed by frequent queries so […]

Legato Systems Inc. on Thursday announced its acquisition of OTG Software Inc. for $403 million, or $11.13 a share. “Todays announcement represents further expansion of our core strategy,” David B. Wright, chairman, president and CEO of Legato, in Mountain View, Calif., said in a prepared statement. The vendors “share a common vision about how the […]