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IBMs Database VP: Our Grid Scales Better

Sure, says IBMs database guru, Oracle is talking a good game on grid computing with Oracle Database 10g, but IBMs still pummeling its biggest...

CA Releases Open-Source Windows Version of Ingres Database

Computer Associates International Inc. on Monday will release a Windows version of Ingres r3, the newly open-sourced database that the company hopes will worm...

Oracle Makes Final PeopleSoft Offer

After much speculation that it would raise its bid yet again, Oracle Corp. Monday morning announced its latest offer for PeopleSoft Inc.: $24 per...

Visa Wraps Up Database Security in Time for the Holidays

Database security vendor Application Security Inc. has entered a two-year partnership with Visa International to ensure that the worlds largest credit card issuer is...

MySQL Update Puts a Toe Into Big Vendors Database Turf

MySQL AB on Wednesday released into general availability a version of its open-source database with subqueries, faster and more secure client-server communication, tools that...

All Antitrust Systems Are Go for Oracles PeopleSoft Acquisition

Now that the European Union has approved Oracle Corp.s bid for PeopleSoft Inc., as anticipated, the only remaining hurdles are PeopleSofts poison pill, its...

Yahoo, Adobe Team Up for New Web Services

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)—Stepping up the heated battle of online search and services, Yahoo Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. have joined forces to tap...

SVP Beard: Sybase Spreads Its Reach

Sybase Inc. is pleased as punch with its recent earnings report, results of which were announced on Wednesday. The Dublin, Calif., companys total revenue...

EDS Changes Directions, Intends to Show Bias

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—Electronic Data Systems is choosing favorites.In an announcement from the Gartner ITxpo, the $20 billion a year computer systems integrator said...

Kudos to Microsoft for Dual-Core Chip Plans

Its a clear win for customers that Microsoft has decided to maintain the status quo with its per-processor software licensing model after dual-core and...