Lisa Vaas

Open-source use is going strong, in spite of a spate of lawsuits brought by the SCO Group Inc. According to a new report from Forrester Research Inc., a full 60 percent of respondents said theyre currently using or plan to use open-source technology. /zimages/5/73370.gif Forrester surveyed 140 large North American companies on their open-source plans […]

On the last day of MySQL ABs second-annual user conference, eWEEK.coms Database Center Editor Lisa Vaas caught up with MySQL co-founder and chief technology officer Michael “Monty” Widenius to find out whats on the technology roadmap for the open-source database maker. In the interview, Widenius tells us that his vision for the open-source database is […]

Analysts say big database vendors must be feeling the heat from open-source database providers such as MySQL AB, which on Wednesday rolled out its version of database clustering. /zimages/3/28571.gifClick here to read analysts take on the MySQL Cluster announcement. That type of high-end database technology, offered at no cost under the free software/open-source GNU General […]

With Wednesdays release of MySQL ABs MySQL Cluster version of its open-source database, the little Swedish company is beginning to swim in the same pool as the big, enterprise-class database vendors, analysts say. “MySQLs announcement on this clustering [technology] definitely reaffirms their commitment to rolling into the enterprise environment,” said Noel Yuhanna, an analyst with […]

I was tickled pink to read last week that the U.S. Justice Department and the state of Michigan were enterprise-sized hypocrites. Heres a recap of the news: Both of these governmental bodies are suing Oracle Corp. for antitrust violations in its pursuit to take over PeopleSoft Inc. (As are a slew of other states, the […]

With Tuesdays announcement that Oracle will package Oracle Database 10g on Dell servers, the database price wars got a whole lot more interesting. If theres one advantage Microsoft has had over Oracle in this war, its been on the channel side. Try as it might to grab small to midsize business (SMB) market share away […]

Oracle Corp.s announcement Tuesday that it is bundling its Standard Edition One database prepackaged on Dell PowerEdge servers formed the latest salvo in the ongoing database price war launched against Microsoft Corp. and its low-cost SQL Server database. Predictably, Microsoft was dismissive of the move. “They did the same thing back with Standard Edition One,” […]

Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers: If the quantity of data that eventually pours out of RFID technology is half as voluminous as the recent spate of vendor announcements and their concurrent hot-air hype, every DBA in the land should take cover. To wit: As Renee Ferguson reported Monday in her story “Taking on RFID Challenge,” TIBCO, WebMethods, […]

While Oracle Corp. on Tuesday rolled out technology geared toward helping companies cope with the oceans of data that Oracle hopes will soon flow from RFID tags and readers, some say that vendors havent yet proved that anybody needs it. “Its a technology in search of a problem right now,” said Jeff Woods, an analyst […]

The database price war is heating up, with Oracle launching worldwide initiatives aimed at getting its wares into the hands of SMBs in the Middle East, Africa and the European Union, for example. The database kingpin is launching bundling initiatives with Sun Microsystems and bolstering its channel by offering partner discounts. Its all part of […]