Lisa Vaas

The heavy metals primed: 64-bit boxes are ready and waiting for SQL Server 2005s Monday debut, with Fujitsu pledging support with PrimeQuest servers, NEC plugging Itanium systems and AMD out with Opteron support for the next-generation database. Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. on Monday announced that its PrimeQuest line of servers will support Microsoft Corp.s SQL […]

What the hell is going on? Harry You was in the role nine months. Greg Maffei was in the job four months. Whats Oracle doing to its CFOs that makes them jump ship at this alarming rate? Rick Sherlund is the financial analyst with the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and author of a note, put […]

Attackers can easily crack even strong Oracle database passwords and gain access to critical enterprise data because of weak password protection mechanisms, researchers have warned. In the most recent of Oracles security woes, Joshua Wright of the SANS Institute and Carlos Cid of the Information Security Group at the University of Londons Royal Holloway College […]

Open-source database updates are in the air, with Sleepycat Software releasing a new version of Berkeley DB XML on Monday and the PostgreSQL Global Development Group putting out Version 8.1 at OpenDBCon in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday. PostgreSQL 8.1 includes performance improvements and advanced SQL features that will support bigger data warehouses, higher-volume transaction processing […]

Embarcadero is answering the clustering craze, putting out an update to DT/Studio—its ETL technology—thats been re-architected in its design piece, its engine and its management console. The company on Tuesday will announce DT/Studio 3.0, an update that features new, advanced data modeling capabilities, improved performance and scalability, and extended task management and monitoring. With clustering […]

CAs move to divest itself of Ingres, its well-respected, 30-year-old RDBMS, is just the next logical step in the companys reorganization machinery, said both officials and analysts on Monday. “I think CAs strategy over the last year, where weve organized by business unit, and those units represent strategic markets our customers are asking for with […]

CA on Monday announced it has spun off its recently open-sourced database, Ingres, putting it in the hands of Garnett & Helfrich Capital, a private equity firm. Computer Associates International Inc. released code for its Ingres Enterprise Relational Database in May 2004. It followed that move by pitching a $1 million challenge to spur developers […]

When it comes to new features, SQL Server 2005 has enough oomph to get almost a third of database users to consider switching from another DBMS platform, according to a new report. Edgewood Solutions LLC surveyed 462 IT pros between August and September, 95 percent of whom said their proficiency with SQL Server is medium […]

Its here. After five long years in development, after delay upon delay, after the Blaster worm threw the SQL Server team for a paradigm-shifting tizzy, after the miraculously rubbery feature list contracted and expanded like Gumby on a rabid bronco, its here: SQL Server 2005. Microsoft will launch officially on Monday the three products that […]

Oracle Corp.s stock plunged up to 5.8 percent on Thursday as a financial analyst pondered the status of CFO and co-president Greg Maffei. Oracle announced later in the day that Maffei had indeed resigned. “…Greg Maffei has been away for over two weeks now, leading to the cancellation of the companys analyst meeting on Oct. […]

Oracle on Thursday announced it has wrapped up the acquisition of G-Log, aka Global Logistics Technologies, a logistics and transportation management software developer that Oracle announced it was buying in September. G-Logs software allows users to plan, optimize, execute and analyze supply chains. Users can also chart and execute logistics planning—a process still conducted, in […]

NEWTON, Mass.—Ron Hovsepian began his first day as Novells newest president and chief operating officer with a humble plea to enterprises looking to push open source into the data center: “Challenge us as a company to help you with your business,” he said during his Wednesday keynote here at the Open Source Business Conference. The […]