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SAP, IBM Tailor DB2 Database to Oracle Customers

Seeking to grab Oracle customers, IBM and SAP announced on Tuesday a version of IBMs DB2 database thats optimized to run SAP applications. The...

Tool Kit Irons Out Wrinkles in Oracle E-Biz Suites API Functions

SmartDB Corp.s latest version of its tool kit, SmartDB Workbench 10.0, promises to help systems integrators get their hands around the new API capabilities...

Oracle: Gradual Fusion Rollout

Looking to assuage customer concerns over costly and problematic upgrades, Oracle Corp. will gradually roll out the first deliverables in Project Fusion—its plan to...

Whidbey, Yukon Combo Provides BI Development Platform

While the integration of Microsofts Visual Studio 2005 development-tools suite with its SQL Server 2005 database is geared at helping developers more easily build...

Oracle to Take Gradual Approach with Project Fusion

NEWTON, Mass.—Oracle Corp. will gradually roll out the first deliverables of its Project Fusion plan to unite its various business applications families in stages...

MySQL Founders: Kill All the Patents

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The patent wars are red-hot.The OSI (Open Source Initiative) board earlier this month issued a statement condemning open-source license proliferation as "a...

Linuxs Next Frontier: Database-Intensive Apps

NEW YORK—Database-intensive applications are the next frontier for Linux, but those applications need to be ported to the open-source operating system, Deborah Williams, the...

Red Hat, MySQL to Partner on Clustering

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Theres a Swedish word, "lagom." It means not too little, not too much, and its what MySQL AB CEO Marten Mickos wants...

MySQL 5.0 Stars at Users Conference

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Oh, if only the whole despicable idea of software patents would crumble as quickly as the fudge cake that MySQL users scarfed...

Open-Source CVS Project Plugs Security Leaks

Security researchers on Tuesday issued a warning for multiple vulnerabilities in the open-source CVS, a popular program that allows developers to keep track of...