Lisa Vaas

EnterpriseDB has updated its PostgreSQL-based database to include a free, integrated debugger; improved Oracle capability; and a new DBA Management Server for better database administration. Advanced Server 8.1, which the company announced Feb. 14 at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco, is based on the latest version of the open-source PostgreSQL database, 8.1.2. […]

MySQL snagged $18.5 million in funding on Feb. 13, and its a darn good thing, because the open-source database company needs all the help it can get to fend off Oracles yen for open-source tidbits. To wit: Oracle on Feb. 14 told the world what it already knew. Namely, that it is buying Sleepycat and […]

Oracles buy of the open-source embedded database company Sleepycat boils down to two things: deeper reach into the lucrative embedded database market, and deeper reach into the theoretically lucrative open-source community. “Theres two driving reasons: The first is theyre the market leader in their category, embedded database software,” said Robert Shimp, vice president of technology […]

Oracle is set to release details about the first update to Oracle Identity Management 10g that ties together the identity technology it gobbled up in November—Thor Technologies cross- platform provisioning technologies and OctetStrings virtual directory software. Beyond adding new compliance features and support for emerging and existing standards, the companys also sticking to its guns […]

A new database security gadget that allows for proactive hack blocking has hit the market, with Crossroads Systems announcing its StrongBox SecurDB on Feb. 13. With database breaches topping 100 in 2005 and the number of individuals affected reaching into the hundreds of millions, the time of the database security appliance is upon us. Crossroads […]

Oracle is set to announce details about the first update to Oracle Identity Management 10g that ties together the identity technology it gobbled up in November—Thor Technologies cross-platform provisioning technologies and OctetStrings virtual directory software. Beyond adding new compliance features and support for emerging and existing standards, the companys also sticking to its guns when […]

So, you got a bargain. You got Windows software for a song. What difference does a little piracy make? Microsoft has plenty of money, right? Maybe so, but every piece of pirated software makes a lot of difference to the little guys—to channel players like Joe Stopski. “[The] perception in the past was its strictly […]

Business Intelligence giant Business Objects is plunking down $69 million in cash for data-quality player Firstlogic, it announced on Feb. 8. This is the fourth—and, the company claims, final—buy for Business Objects in its quest to build what it calls a complete EIM (enterprise information management) offering. To wit: It bought Acta Technology for its […]

Software AG made it easier to squeeze data out of its Adabas high-performance database and into a service-oriented architecture by unveiling an SOA gateway Feb. 7. The Adabas SOA Gateway lets developers work in their familiar environment—be it Java/Eclipse, .Net or AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)—without having to know Adabas or the mainframe. Joe Gentry, […]

Open-source database company Ingres has snapped up a financial whiz to be chief financial officer. The company announced Feb. 6 that it had tapped Tom Berquist for the role. Berquist is currently managing director with Citigroup, where he follows medium-to-large capitalized software companies such as BEA, Microsoft and Oracle. Terry Garnett, Ingres chairman and CEO, […]