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MySQL AB has teamed up with Pogo Linux Inc. to put its open-source database into a box. The Uppsala, Sweden, database maker announced the partnership on Monday and will preview the integrated hardware/software database appliance at the OReilly Open Source Convention, on July 9-10 in Portland, Ore. Dubbed the DataWare 2600 Server, the turnkey appliance […]

PeopleSoft Inc. has thrown a security blanket around its customers during the ongoing drama of Oracle Corp.s attempt to acquire it. To minimize business loss and mollify queasy customers, PeopleSoft on Thursday created a so-called customer protection plan that would spike its purchase price by some $354 million were Oracle to slack off on selling, […]

Pervasive Software Inc. is pairing full-text search software with its Pervasive.SQL embedded database. The company is expected to announce on Monday that it has licensed the technology from Abacus Research A.G., of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Pervasive, of Austin, Texas, plans to release the search software as a separate product sometime this year and also plans […]

Lakeview Technology Inc. and OuterBay Technologies are coming out with ways to juggle data replication and management while retaining real-time access to that data. Lakeview, of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., is getting ready to roll out OmniReplicator 4.0, a major update to its data replication software that reflects an important architecture overhaul with the introduction of […]

Software AG Inc. is releasing an upgrade of its Tamino XML Server that includes a new indexing tool for metadata searches on non-XML documents such as Microsoft Corp. Word and Sun Microsystems Inc. StarOffice files, the company announced Tuesday. Tamino XML Server 4.1.4s Non-XML Indexer is a plug-in module that extends Taminos set of searchable […]

PeopleSoft Inc.s board of directors on Tuesday again snubbed Oracle Corp.s attempt to take it over, releasing a letter to shareholders that called Oracles tender offer an underbid and a business destabilizer. Oracles attempted hostile takeover, which it launched earlier last month, “poses extraordinary risks,” the letter stated, and is “destructive to stockholder value.” Danger […]

Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions Inc.s latest update of SQL Anywhere Studio will bring sophisticated technologies to the small devices that run the mobile database. SQL Anywhere Studio 9, announced last week, includes XML import and export capabilities; SQLx functionality, for coding in the combined SQL and XML languages; and HTTP server and Simple Object […]

Pervasive Software Inc. has released an extension for its Pervasive.SQL embedded database that will connect to remote Linux-based devices such as desktops, point-of-sale systems, set-top boxes and medical equipment. Remote Data Requester for Linux is now available as a free download from the companys site. Michael Doty, senior systems engineer for Flexible Solutions Inc., a […]

Quest Software Inc. is rolling out a version of its database management tools for the Oracle Corp. database that sports new memory management capabilities and automated advice that can help get database administrators out of tight spots, company officials said. Quest Central for Oracle 2.7 enables database performance tuning, administration, performance diagnostics and space management […]

Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions Inc.s latest update of SQL Anywhere Studio will bring sophisticated technologies to the small devices that run the mobile database. SQL Anywhere Studio 9, unveiled on Monday, includes XML import and export capabilities, SQLx functionality, and HTTP server and SOAP support that enable the creation of database-powered Web services. It […]

PeopleSoft Inc.s board of directors on Friday unanimously rejected Oracle Corp.s revised bid of $19.50 per share. The board reiterated its previously expressed concern that the offer is not in stockholders best interest, saying in a statement that the proposed takeover would face “substantial regulatory delays and a significant likelihood that the transaction would be […]

Connecticut on Thursday shrugged off a conciliatory letter sent the day before by Oracle Corp. Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison, as Attorney General Richard Blumenthal vowed to continue to seek relief and to consult with consumers and other states on its antitrust suit against Oracle. “Nothing we have learned so far has diminished our determination […]