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Pervasive Looks to Open Source for Corporate Databases

Embedded-database company Pervasive Software Inc. is breaking out of devices and into the mainstream corporate database market with the open-source database PostgreSQL. The Austin, Texas,...

Oracle Ousts Its Own Execs

In the midst of swapping out executives at recently acquired PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp. is also making some internal adjustments. The company quietly replaced...

Oracle Lite 10g Mobilizes Data

In an effort to better tie mobility to its grid computing-based flagship database server infrastructure and application development capabilities, Oracle Corp. on Monday introduced...

Oracle-PeopleSoft: The Deal Is Done

Finally, after 18 bitter months of battle, with 97 percent of outstanding stock in hand, Oracle Corp. on Friday will seal the deal on...

IBM Buys Identity Company to Nail Down Whos Who

You have a Richard Smith of Maple Street who once ripped off your casino. Now, Dick Smith of Maple Avenue wants a job as...

Two Open-Source Databases Add Enterprise Appeal

Two new versions of the most popular open-source databases, MySQL and PostgreSQL, this month will deliver yet more features to make enterprises happy. Marc Fournier,...

Oracle: A Hair Away from Total Control

With 89.4 percent of PeopleSoft Inc. shares in its grasp, Oracle Corp. is a hair away from closing its acquisition. It therefore announced late...

Oracle Ships 10g for Mac OS X

Oracle Corp. quietly began shipping Oracle Database 10g and Oracle JDeveloper 10g for the Mac OS X Server in late December, an Oracle spokesperson...

IBM Flexes XML Muscle

In an effort to give customers more focused control over internal and non-IBM external enterprise data stores, IBM is planning to add native XML...

QuickBase Builds Web Apps Fast

With improved customization capabilities and more prebuilt applications, the latest version of Intuits QuickBase hosted database application gives companies a convenient option for building...