Lisa Vaas

Citrix Systems Inc. Monday announced a new certification, the CCIA (Citrix Certified Integration Architect), along with a corresponding training course, CTX-6100 Citrix Core Technologies and Architecture. The new architect-level certification is targeted at systems integrators and architects who want to demonstrate Citrix product knowledge and competency in designing and implementing Citrix architectures. Officials at Citrix, […]

IT salary increases shriveled in 2002, with women IT workers suffering the worst, according to a new study from Brainbench, an online skills testing company in Chantilly, Va. According to the 2002 IT Salary Survey Report, women in almost every major salary category lost ground virtually across the board, making more than men in only […]

(ISC)2, pledging to help its constituents keep up with recertification needs, yesterday announced a new program wherein CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credits submitted from “trusted” sources wont be subjected to audit. The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, which is based in Framingham, Mass., named Symantec Corp. as the first trusted partner in the new […]

Databases and DBAs got a double body-blow over the past week, with the news that hackers grabbed up to 8 million credit card account numbers and, separately, that Oracle Corp. released five advisories to cover six Oracle 9i Release 2 vulnerabilities. Data Processors International Inc., a credit card transaction processing firm, confirmed Wednesday that its […]

Two database management software vendors—Embarcadero Technologies Inc. and Quest Software Inc.—are expanding support for additional platforms, thus enabling database administrators to manage multiple database platforms from a single console. Embarcadero on Tuesday rolled out deeper support for IBM databases in updates of DBArtisan and Rapid SQL, its database administration tool and integrated database development environment, […]

Microsoft Corp. continues to scramble to plug vulnerabilities in its SQL Server database that were exploited by the SQL Slammer worm last month. The company early this month released new versions of tools designed to help SQL Server users figure out whether they are at risk. In addition, the company planned to put out a […]

DB2 Information Integrator, a family of data integration products that IBM shipped in beta last week, holds the promise of saving enterprises time and money by averting the need for deploying application integration or data warehousing projects. DB2 Information Integrator Version 8.1 and DB2 Information Integrator for Content, the two members of the family, are […]

Veritas Software Corp. and BMC Software Inc. are each rolling out tools for managing DB2 databases on IBMs high-end servers. Veritas, of Mountain View, Calif., this week will première a version of Veritas Database Edition for DB2, its volume management and file system software, on the IBM AIX platform. The product has a cached feature […]

XML database maker Ixiasoft Inc. is coming out with a new version of its TextML Server, an XML content server whose purpose is to store, index and retrieve XML content. TextML Server 2.3, to be released this month, adds easier access to XML Namespaces, which serve as indexes to XML indexes. Essentially, the support provides […]

InterSystems Corp. on Monday targeted the hospital market by introducing a version of its Caché “post-relational” database that works on Tablet PCs. Post-relational databases are also known as “extended-relational,” “nested relational,” “object relational” or “4NF” (fourth normal form). Whatever the term used, the idea is that these models retain the basic relational table and query […]

Microsoft Corp., still scrambling to help customers glue their systems back together following the SQL Server “Slammer” worm, on Friday will put out a new version of tools designed to help users figure out whether theyre at risk. In addition, the company plans to put out a third version sometime next week. There are three […]

Microsoft Corp., trying to make up for the disappointing uptake of Windows Server 2000 and that softwares headache-inducing Active Directory installation process, is expected to announce today tweaks to technology, programs and services for Windows Server 2003. Bob Ellsworth, director of Microsofts Windows Server Product Management Group, in Seattle, said that a key motivation for […]