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IBM Tool Eases Compliance

As regulatory compliance pressures extend beyond the realm of the database administrator, IBM is taking steps to empower non-IT experts to properly define data...

Oracle Extends Reach of ID Management

As it organizations deploy varied flavors of provisioning and authorization software, Oracle Corp. is trying to enable its identity management offering to co-exist with...

Microsoft Solicits Feedback From Linux Users

From the "strange but true" files: Newsforge is reporting that Microsoft is sending online surveys to Linux User Groups and general Linux users, requesting...

Numbers Never Lie, Unless You Ask

Im a statistician by training, so numbers arent abstractions to me. Theyre more than just digits—they represent real things.In a training program at Ford...

MySQL Quashes Defects in Database Release

MySQL AB on Monday released Version 4.0.17 of its MySQL open-source database software. The update features a number of cleaned up code defects that...

Oracle 10g Stands for Grid at a Tenth of the Price

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said at a recent conference that the only reasonable building block for enterprise computing is the hardware on which hed...

The Years Database Delights and Disasters

What a year. Scarcely a day went by without fun and excitement in Database Land. If we werent racing to patch SQL Server systems...

MySQL Code Is Squeaky Clean

The code of open-source database MySQL is six times cleaner than that of proprietary databases, according to a survey conducted by Reasoning, an automated...

Oracles Strong Quarter Points to Tech Revival

Oracles 15 percent rise in quarterly profits beat financial analysts expectations.Read the full story at The Straits Times.

MDS Standardizes on Oracle

Life sciences company MDS Inc. will standardize its HR, supply chain management, contract management and other key areas on Oracles E-Business Suite.Read the full...