Matthew Hicks

Aiming to make database archiving easier for enterprises, Princeton Softech Inc. is planning to launch new application-specific versions of its archiving software later this year. Princeton Softech has been focusing on what it calls “active archiving” through its Active Archive Solutions, which provides the ability to not only archive raw database data but also include […]

Oracle Corp. on Tuesday reported that its fourth quarter earnings dropped 23.3 percent from a year ago, as the company continued to face slack software sales. For the quarter ended May 31, the Redwood Shores, Calif., software maker recorded a net income of $656 million on revenues of $2.8 billion. A year earlier, Oracle earned […]

If theres any doubt that enterprises are facing a data explosion, consider the next major threshold on the horizon for large databases. Within 18 months or so, experts say, a company or organization somewhere in the world will reach a petabyte of storage for a database. More than likely, it will be for a massive […]

Native XML database developers X-Hive Corp., Excelon Corp., Ipedo Inc. and Software AG are adding more support in upcoming releases for emerging standards for such functions as querying. Much of the focus for the developers with their latest crop of XML databases is on bolstering querying capabilities through the XQuery XML data retrieval standard. X-Hive, […]

3Com Corp., Citel Technologies Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. are attempting to remove one of the biggest stumbling blocks that enterprises face when moving toward IP telephony: the lack of interoperability between old proprietary systems and IP-based ones. 3Com, of Santa Clara, Calif., last week became the first IP PBX vendor to support Citels recently […]

The 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard, after three years of work, has become official and is helping to pave the way for broader adoption of the networking technology. The IEEE Standards Association Standards Board last week ratified the IEEE 802.3ae specification for 10 Gigabit Ethernet during a meeting in Piscataway, N.J., announced the 10 Gigabit Ethernet […]

SAN FRANCISCO–Keynote Systems Inc. is pushing its Internet performance management services deeper into enterprises with plans to provide two performance monitoring and alerting services in July. Keynote, which completed its third Global Internet Performance Conference here this week, announced its Data Pulse and SNMP Adapter services to specifically target the increased need among enterprises to […]

Cisco Systems Inc. is adding new security features to its local area network switches in an attempt to help enterprises prevent internal security threats. Cisco, of San Jose, Calif., announced today a series of IOS system software enhancements to its Cisco Catalyst 3550 and 2950 Series Ethernet switches. They focus on making network administration more […]

Oracle Corp.s push toward more extensive support for Linux may help propel the open-source operating system into broader enterprise use, although some Oracle customers may be slow to commit to running the companys database on Linux. Oracle in an event at its headquarters here last week announced its first certified configurations of the Oracle9i database […]

Networking vendors Nortel Networks Corp. and 3Com Corp. are diving deeper into the metro Ethernet market to help service providers offer the connections to enterprises. Nortel at the Supercomm conference in Atlanta last week expanded its offerings with two new optical Ethernet modules, the OPTera Metro 1400 and 1450, for service providers to deploy Ethernet […]

3Com Corp. is boosting the capacity of its IP PBX system and, in a partnership, is adding an option for customers to use legacy, non-IP telephone handsets on its system. 3Com on Monday is launching an upgrade to the system software for its NBX IP telephony platform. The biggest enhancement is a doubling of the […]

Two days after Oracle Corp. Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison brushed aside suggestions of layoffs, the software maker is facing renewed projections of cutbacks from Wall Street analysts. The latest analyst, George Gilbert of Credit Suisse First Boston, wrote in a research note on Friday that “industry sources” are saying that Oracle is in the […]