Lisa Vaas

iAnywhere Solutions Inc. and SuSE Linux have forged a technology alliance that will give the mobile technology company access to ongoing Linux developments, iAnywhere officials announced on Monday. iAnywhere, a Sybase Inc. subsidiary in Dublin, Calif., will also work with SuSE to optimize SQL Anywhere Studio for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8. That product is […]

Pervasive Software Inc. is buying Data Junction Corp. in a deal worth $51.7 million, company officials announced on Monday. Pervasive, an Austin, Texas, maker of embedded database technology and other data-management solutions, will purchase Data Junction for $22.1 million in cash and 5 million shares of Pervasive common stock. The total transaction value is based […]

Open-source database maker MySQL AB launched the first MySQL database appliance, the DataWare 2600 Server, on Tuesday at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. The appliance is a preconfigured, integrated hardware/software gadget that packages the MySQL database with hardware from Pogo Linux Inc. The jointly developed product is designed to be a turnkey solution that delivers the […]

Database maker Sybase Inc. has joined with two companies to push its data out in real time, announced Chairman, CEO and President John Chen during the opening keynote of Sybases TechWave conference. As part of the real-time data push, Sybase also announced Tuesday at the Orlando, Fla., conference that it has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance. […]

Oracle Corp. is putting the finishing touches on an upgrade to its flagship database that is designed for use on computer grids, giving users higher levels of scalability and management, according to early beta testers. Oracle 10G, which will be unveiled at OracleWorld in San Francisco Sept. 7, sets the style for computing that will […]

Despite the current brouhaha over Linux that IBM finds itself in, the company is moving forward with its Linux product offerings, support and services. IBM last week announced a Linux-based clustering package using its DB2 database and a new server; extended Linux support for its Lotus Software divisions Lotus groupware client and server; and rolled […]

Database maker Sybase Inc. is giving it all away. The Dublin, Calif., company on Monday announced a program to give customers a sneak peek at the upcoming update of its enterprise database, Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1. It also announced it will hand over a copy of a Developer Edition of SQL Anywhere Studio 9—the companys […]

The California Attorney Generals office on Friday confirmed that it has signed an agreement to cooperate with 29 other U.S. states in launching an antitrust probe of Oracle Corp.s hostile takeover attempt of PeopleSoft Inc. The agreement, reported earlier in the day by the Wall Street Journal, is for the states to share information, costs […]

MySQL AB is joining forces with two players in the field of clusters, Veritas Software Corp. and SGI, MySQL officials announced Thursday. MySQL is teaming up with Veritas to integrate, market and support the open-source MySQL database and Veritas Cluster Server. MySQL, of Uppsala, Sweden, will offer a Veritas-qualified MySQL agent on Cluster Server thats […]

Oracle Corp. has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to postpone, indefinitely, a hearing for its case against PeopleSoft Inc. The case is an attempt by Oracle to prevent PeopleSoft from exercising its so-called poison pill—which is a stock-related maneuver that would torpedo Oracles attempted takeover. Oracle began the hostile takeover attempt in June. In a […]