Lisa Vaas

In an article in this months issue of the Harvard Business Review, author Nicholas Carr claims that, due to technology commoditization, “IT doesnt matter” as a strategic advantage. “By now, the core functions of IT—data storage, data processing, and data transport—have become available and affordable to all,” the article claims, turning expenditures on such technologies […]

Spending on relational databases slid 6.9 percent, from a total of $7.1 billion in 2001 down to $6.6 billion in 2002, according to a report released Wednesday by Gartner Inc. At 36.2 percent, IBM had the biggest share of new-license revenue for the worldwide RDBMS (relational database management systems) market. Oracle Corp. pulled in second, […]

The open-source MySQL database is getting souped up for x86 technology. MySQL AB announced Tuesday that the database has been optimized for Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s 64-bit Opteron processor, which is designed to be the backbone for a unified 64-bit computing infrastructure thats compatible with x86 technology. The Uppsala, Sweden, company also announced that the […]

BMC Software Inc. is rolling out support for IBM DB2 Universal Database in its SmartDBA data management software family of products, the company announced Monday at the International DB2 Users Group conference, in Las Vegas. The tools include SmartDBA Performance Management for DB2 UDB 2.5, which provides event management, diagnostic, visualization, administration, space management and […]

ANTs Software Inc. last week jumped into the ring of high-performance, high-workload database applications with the launch of ANTs Data Server. ANTs Data Server 2.0 is a SQL DBMS thats designed to deliver dramatic performance improvements over standard relational databases, according to company officials, in Burlingame, Calif. It targets applications that require intense updating, such […]

Softbase Systems Inc. is putting out a version of its test-data management tool that supports VSAM and QSAM, as well as DB2 on distributed platforms such as Unix and Windows, the company plans to announce at the International DB2 User Groups annual North America conference on Monday. Data Generation Facility 4.1 is a tool that […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday pushed forward with its low-end strategy by announcing a tighter partnership with database giant Oracle Corp. and rolling out two new low-cost servers. At an event in San Francisco, Scott McNealy, president, chairman and CEO of Sun, and Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison spoke about how many data centers […]

Database users who rely on Linux operating systems are drooling over the list of features promised by the 2.6 kernel. As reported by eWEEK last week, the Linux production 2.6 kernel, to be released likely by the fall, will move the operating system into a position of handling big, enterprise-class database applications by putting powerful […]

IBM will announce general availability of its much-heralded DB2 Information Integrator software on Tuesday, at the same time that Striva Corp. announces that it will extend Information Integrator by enabling it to access mainframe data sources. The news will be delivered at two forums: the IBM Software Symposium in Munich, Germany, and at the International […]

President George W. Bush on Thursday appointed Microsoft Corp. SQL Server architect Pedro Celis to serve a two-year term on the Presidents Information and Technology Advisory Committee. This 25-member committee is made up of information infrastructure experts from industry and academia. The committee advises the president on how to maintain U.S. pre-eminence in information technology, […]

IBM is launching a beta program for a T Rex version of its DB2 8 database that will run mainframe applications faster, explosively grow potential address storage and revolutionize the alteration of databases. The Somers, N.Y., company on Tuesday announced T Rex, its next-generation mainframe. Starting with 32 chips, the eServer z990 will grow to […]

Use of careers Web sites for recruiting is now nearly ubiquitous among the Global 500, pointing to the creation of a truly global work force, according to a new report from iLogos Research. The report, “Global 500 Website Recruiting 2003 Survey,” found that 94 percent of the worlds largest companies are recruiting online, up 3 […]