Lisa Vaas

Oracle ate the database market—again—in both Gartner and IDC numbers, here in PDF form, released May 24. According to Gartners numbers for the worldwide RDBMS (relational database management systems) market for 2005, Oracle sat on the biggest slice—48.9 percent—of the $13.8 billion pie, which grew 8.3 percent over 2004 numbers. IDC says the 2005 database […]

That headline isnt an exaggeration. Some tech-heads are showing up for job interviews unprepared, unpressed and, for pitys sake, even unbathed. “I had a client say that a candidate showed up with big sweat circles under his arms,” Angelica Schmiedecke, a retail account manager and recruiting manager for Harvey Nash, a global IT, financial and […]

On the occasion of its one-year anniversary of Oracles purchase of Oblix, Oracle has achieved a bragging right. Namely, Oracle announced on May 8 that Gartner has plugged its Oracle Identity Manager tool into its Leaders Quadrant in the 1H06 User Provisioning Magic Quadrant report. Gartner arranges vendors in its “Leaders” quadrant according to the […]

The recent Oracle security “news” is about as new as my 1995 truck. No, forget the truck—this stuff is as “new” as the dirt in my trucks phenomenally filthy bed. To wit: Item: Oracle didnt ship the full April CPU. Item: Oracles update didnt plug a hole or multiple holes. Item: Security researcher David Litchfield […]

Oracles new database Vault technology restricts data access rights of even powerful users, while its new encryption technology, Secure Backup, encrypts data to tape. Oracle introduced two new security tools on April 25: Database Vault, which restricts data access rights of powerful users such as database administrators, and Secure Backup encryption technology, which ensures that […]

Oracles new Database Vault technology restricts data access rights of even powerful users, while its new encryption technology, Secure Backup, encrypts data to tape. Oracle introduced two new security tools on April 25: Database Vault, which restricts data access rights of even powerful users such as database administrators, and Secure Backup encryption technology, which ensures […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Yes, befitting tradition, MySQL cofounder Monty Widenius once again brought vodka chocolates to the MySQL Users Conference here, apparently ever-committed to shocking sensitive U.S. palates with chocolate-swathed booze. I didnt hit him up for any Russian confections during the State of the Dolphin keynote. I was too busy tapping my foot, waiting for […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Hewlett-Packard is turning itself into a one-stop support shop for MySQL database users. On April 25, HP plans to announce at the MySQL Users Conference here that it is expanding its support for the open-source database with consulting, integration, support services and reselling of MySQL Network subscription services by HPs channel partners. MySQL […]

Any lingering doubts about MySQLs ability to cook up its own darn storage engines in the wake of Oracles having bought two out from under it are now deader than doorknobs. To wit: MySQL opened its Users Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., on April 24 with a veritable gusher of storage engine goodness. First off, […]

Oracle came to talk telecom, out-lining the companys first foray into a vertical market for its middleware. To wit: Oracle on April 18 an-nounced yet another acquisition. This time, its Net4Call, a Norway-based provider of Parlay and SLEE (Service Logic Execution Environment) technology. Oracle execs also outlined a road map for a comprehensive, standards-based SDP […]