Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 goes gold Aug 13, 2008
Although SQL Server 2008 was "launched" last February at a marketing event that also featured Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, this week Microsoft finally released its database software to manufacturing ... Although SQL Server 2008 was "launched" last February at a marketing event that also featured Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, this week Microsoft finally released its database software to manufacturing. (SearchWindows2000.com)
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 Aug 7, 2008
The new database software is a continuation of Microsoft's efforts to bolster SQL Server's credibility as a highly scalable and the cornerstone to Microsoft's evolving "data platform." ... Microsoft plans to support Windows Server 2008's new Hyper-V hypervisor in SQL Server within 30 days of the database software's release. (InformationWeek)
IE 6 vulnerable to unpatched flaw Aug 5, 2008
The flaw in Microsoft's Access database software came to light just as Microsoft issued its patches for the month on July 8. The problem is within the Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control, which allows someone to see an Access report without launching the software. (InfoWorld)
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The Black Market Code Industry Aug 1, 2008
In August 2007, Marester announced on a popular computer-security forum that he had 0days for Linux, HP-UX (the computer maker's popular Unix database software), Microsoft Windows, and Apache. "Please let me message by mail if you are interested," he typed. (FastCompany)
Sales Tax Holiday Gives Shoppers A Break Jul 31, 2008
These accessories include batteries, computer cables, educational, finance, antivirus and database software, blank disks, web cameras and printer cartridges. Families with kids starting college can have a lot of expenses hitting them at once, Bowman said. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Oracle adds Bruce Chizen to its board Jul 26, 2008
Database software giant put former Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen on its board. Chizen becomes the 13th director at Redwood City-based Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL). (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Find Project Software Jul 19, 2008
Customizable database software allows many management solutions for projects, digital assets, catalogs, and many more. Target Market: Small - Large. (LinuxPlanet)
A users' guide to CRM software Jul 14, 2008
Integration with Access database software helps too, adds Vinay Nair, research manager for Canadian enterprise applications at IDC Canada. Microsoft has a "huge" installed base in small to medium business, Nair says, but isn't as well established in enterprise software as vendors like Oracle and SAP. However, he says Microsoft is using its strong SMB and desktop base to challenge enterprise incumbents. (Computerworld Australia)
Detecting Early Forms Of Cancer By Analyzing Structure of Specific Sugar Molecules Jul 13, 2008
Royle et al. HPLC-based analysis of serum N-glycans on a 96-well plate platform with dedicated database software. Analytical Biochemistry, 2008; 376 (1): 1 DOI. (Science Daily)
Hallowell resident finds his potential Jun 29, 2008
He is now in Maine to help state government build more efficient database software to help save taxpayer money. He hopes that managers realize how much their attitude affects employees. (Courier Publications, ME)
Ants Software CEO Kozak explains strategy in letter to shareholders Jun 27, 2008
5 million shares earlier this year to pay for , a database software maker. It also spent some of that money on research, customer support and sales. (San Francisco Business Journal)
Pilot Project in Bangladesh for National Database on Persons with Disabilities Receives Bangladesh Government's Approval for the Data Collection Form Jun 26, 2008
The database software will use fingerprint recognition technology for identification and verification of the data entered into the database ... Therap is responsible for developing the database software and providing training support to concerned officials. (PR Newswire)
Oracle's earnings soar 27% in quarter on sales growth Jun 26, 2008
5 billion on acquisitions, adding business applications to its database software. Excluding acquisition costs and some other expenses, profit rose to 47 cents a share last quarter, topping the average analyst estimate of 44 cents. (Los Angeles Times)
HP, Hitachi boost blade servers Jun 26, 2008
HP's BladeSystem for Oracle Optimized Warehouse includes existing HP blade servers and chassis, and is configured to boost database performance and provide faster response times on Oracle's database software. Though Oracle is a longtime partner, this is the first time HP has worked with Oracle to design data-warehousing hardware. (InfoWorld)
Is Microsoft Better Off Without Gates? Jun 24, 2008
Ellison claims to be 63 years old but is barely aging (I secretly believe he's several hundred years old, and a vampire) and these days he seems more passionate about sailboat racing than about schlepping database software. My guess is Ellison will acquire software maker Salesforce. (Forbes -- Technology)
Account Manager GAGE/Mississippi/Arkansas Region Jun 24, 2008
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Top-Paid CEOs of 2006: Where Are They Now? Jun 16, 2008
The database software magnate's pay package included $50 million in stock and options, a $8. 4 million cash performance bonus and $1. (ABC News -- Wire)
Bollin on Business: Climate warms with opportunity Jun 14, 2008
Use customer database software to connect with your customers. Create a special coupon that can only be accessed electronically by your customers. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Sewers under Burlington to be cleaned, inspected May 20, 2008
The city is currently looking at sewer database software so the provided sewer inspection data can be used to the fullest extent, added Goering. According to Goering, the city is making good progress in reducing sanitary sewer overflows. (Fairfield Daily Ledger, IA)
Bollin on Business: Growing your business in good times, bad times May 9, 2008
Integrate customer database software: There are literally hundreds of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software programs available. A quick Google search will produce links to basic programs with customer data collection, word processing and e-mail capability, and sophisticated programs that include POS, inventory control, and sales trends platforms. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Nintendo Channel Expands May 9, 2008
08-May-2008 Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher and Jet database software next week. 08-May-2008 Digital River on Thursday revealed a collaboration with Mac game publisher Aspyr Media to create Aspyr's long-awaited online. (PC World)
Four Microsoft Security Patches Due Next Week May 9, 2008
plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher and Jet database software next week ... - May 8, 2008 Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher and Jet database software next week. (PC World)
Oracle: Eating its Own Open Source Food May 8, 2008
"Oracle's database software is tough to manage in 4k and the new CPUs from Intel and AMD let you look at 4mb chunks which is useful for Oracle," Coekaerts noted. "Xen doesn't support that today so you have to run 4k pages, which means there is more overhead. We want to make sure Xen is good for Oracle so we're working on Huge Pages.". (Datamation)
Teksouth to target non-military clients May 5, 2008
Teksouth's database software allows users to monitor customer spending habits. Wilshire said banks can use the technology to compile all credit card transactions in one database, check patterns of new and former customers, and then use that information to retain existing customers whose profiles are similar. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Sun Microsystems to cut jobs May 2, 2008
The results for the latest quarter include costs of 4 cents per share from Sun's $1 billion acquisition of open-source software company MySQL AB, a purchase that gives Sun a foothold in the rapidly expanding market for database software for Web-based companies. Sun also took a $52 million tax hit in the third quarter, compared with a tax benefit of $3 million in the same quarter last year. (India Times, India)
Sun Micro results miss, cites U.S. economy May 2, 2008
It blamed the loss on charges related to the $1 billion purchase of database software maker MySQL AB, which reduced net income by about 4 cents per share, and a higher tax bill. Excluding those charges, Sun broke even on a per share basis, compared with the average Wall Street forecast for a profit of 18 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. (ABC News -- Wire)
Sun Microsytems reports loss in quarter May 2, 2008
During the third quarter, Sun paid $1 billion to acquire MySQL, a Swedish company that is the world's leader in open source database software. The acquisition is expected to help Sun beef up its open source offerings for corporations, many of which use MySQL Enterprise to run their Web sites. (International Herald Tribune)
Sun Microsystems swings to 3Q loss May 2, 2008
The results for the latest quarter include costs of 4 cents per share from Sun's $1 billion acquisition of open-source software company MySQL AB, a purchase that gives Sun a foothold in the rapidly expanding market for database software for Web-based companies. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial were expecting Sun to earn 18 cents per share, so the miss spooked investors who sent Sun's shares down 9 percent in after-hours trading. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Versatile Home Inventory Software Apr 20, 2008
Benefits of Using Home Inventory Database Software. Large collections of books, music and movies can have a significant monetary value. (Suite101.com)
Preparing a Home Inventory Apr 20, 2008
com inventory database software packages Book Collector, Music Collector, Movie Collector and Comic Collector make cataloguing large collections of these items effortless. The software allows for details and images to be recorded and has a facility for adding additional notes about individual items in the collection. (Suite101.com)
Members sworn in to begin Mexico School Board meeting Apr 17, 2008
Opted to employ School Information Systems, Inc. as the district's student database software vendor. The St. Louis-based company offers educational management software, including its principal SISK12 product, available primarily to public and private schools. (Mexico Ledger, MO)
Approving parades top city's agenda Apr 15, 2008
Consideration of accepting the quote of 4,187 from Dell of Austin, Texas for the purchase of an SQL Server to support the Docuware and Caselle database software. Consideration of approving a lease for Stewart Title of Detroit, Inc. for Suite 101 in the City's Office Building located at 322 E. Main and consideration of authorizing the mayor and city clerk to sign the document. (Niles Star, MI)
Oracle to ship critical DB fixes Apr 12, 2008
Oracle will release patches for a slew of products next week, including fixes for two nasty vulnerabilities for its database software. In total, Oracle plans to release 41 bug fixes next Tuesday, but users are likely to pay particular attention to two bugs in the database that can be exploited over a network without a username and password. (InfoWorld)
Big players begin taking up open source Apr 8, 2008
"Existing open source database users are as likely to increase their adoption of proprietary database software in the next 12 months, as they are to further their investment in open source," Aslett says ... Pund-IT analyst Charles King says Sun's intentions run deeper than merely acquiring MySQL for its database software ... " He points to Red Hat's recently announced 2007 revenues, which topped $US500 million, a first for the company and a 31 per cent year-on-year improvement. "That kind of... (Australian IT)
SAP makes deputy CEO its next leader, appoints COO for 1st time Apr 3, 2008
Oracle still makes most of its money from database software, a product SAP doesn't offer. Sponsored Links. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Oracle Shares Plunge on Disappointing 3Q Mar 28, 2008
Oracle, which makes database software for businesses, has spent about $35 billion over the past three years snapping up dozens of smaller competitors. Oracle's latest acquisition is the $8. (Newsmax)
What Are Web Surfers Seeking? Well, It's Just What You'd Think Mar 27, 2008
27 gigabytes' worth, loaded it into my shiny new SQL Server database software, and started my own research project into how people really use the Web. One learns, for instance, that excepting prepositions and conjunctions, the most commonly used word in the 17. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Oracle profit rises, but investor expectations fall Mar 27, 2008
Lawrence Ellison, Oracle's chief executive, said that during the quarter Oracle had taken market share from IBM in database software and in a specialized sector called middleware. "They executed well in light of the difficult overall conditions, but expectations got ahead of them," said Trip Chowdhry, an analyst at Global Equities Research. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Oracle Sales Disappoint, Customers 'Cautious' Mar 27, 2008
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NEC breaks two TPC-E records Mar 26, 2008
There was 512GB of memory, and it was running Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 for Itanium and the SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition for Itanium database software. It will be available from Aug. 30 this year. (InfoWorld)
Can You Spy BI? Mar 26, 2008
"Traditionally, the users of BI tools have been limited to 'power users'," adds Joydeep Das, an ITSG product engineer with database software maker Sybase. In this playground, the statisticians and financial analysts are at the top of the pecking order. (Datamation)
AOL to buy social networking site Bebo Mar 15, 2008
Recently, Sun Microsystems acquired MySQL, a maker of open-source database software, and Microsoft said it would buy Fast Search & Transfer, a Swedish provider of business intelligence software. But Nick Thomas, European media analyst at Jupiter Research, said it was one of the rare occasions in which a U.S. media company has looked to Europe to help it develop a mass-market service aimed in part at American consumers. (International Herald Tribune)
An Echo of their Past Mar 9, 2008
Dancers are also awarded points for participation, she said, and points are entered into a database software program developed by Lubke. It s just a database software to save money for the club and to have one that s tailored to the way we do our powwows, she said. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Big Solar Deal Shows Applied Is Heating Up Mar 5, 2008
When John Chen took over as chief executive of Sybase () nearly a decade ago, the database software maker had suffered three straight years of losses, declining sales and a stock that languished at around 5. It competed in the heart of the cutthroat market for corporate databases and data warehouses. (Investors Business Daily)
Microsoft, Vista price tumble Mar 4, 2008
Until a year ago, Microsoft had enjoyed a run of wins that made that claim difficult to sustain, including successful penetration of the gaming, enterprise server, database software and cell-phone operating system markets. With its string of recent missteps, however, Microsoft again faces those jibes from its opponents, and concerned questions from shareholders and partners. (Australian IT)
Microsoft enters virtualization with Windows server Feb 28, 2008
Along with Windows Server 2008, Microsoft will also take the wraps off the upgrade to its SQL Server database software, due out in the third quarter, after delays pushed back its launch. The company will also highlight the latest version of its developer software, Visual Studio 2008. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
80th Academy Awards(R) Credentialing and Seating Solutions Provided by iSolutions and FileMaker Pro(R) Feb 28, 2008
FileMaker, Inc. develops award-winning database software. Its products include the legendary FileMaker Pro product line for Windows, Mac and the Web, and the new Bento personal database for Mac. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Open Source, Big Deal: MySQL's $1 Bil Payday Feb 26, 2008
MySQL and its popular database software are darlings of the open-source community, being a key part of a software package that's used around the world with operating system Linux. Zachary estimates the company did roughly $45 million in sales in 2007 and was on track to post about $70 million in 2008. (Investors Business Daily)
Software AG on its way to recovery Feb 17, 2008
Software AG's two main businesses are database software for mainframe computers and another set of tools that help knit together software packages that they have acquired over the years. Streibich said the database business is "horizontally and geographically diversified" enough that it can withstand a slowdown in scattered industries, or particular countries - including the United States - without collapsing. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
IBM Announce New Data Warehousing Software Feb 3, 2008
"Our clients are achieving significant competitive advantage by capturing insight from massive amounts of information collected during business transactions every day," said Arvind Krishna, Vice President, IBM Database Software. "This ever growing volume of information has a life span -- and eventually an end-point. Managing information across its life span through archiving and retention is the value InfoSphere Warehouse brings to our clients.". (IDM.net.au)
Sun, TI try Intel end run at ISSCC Feb 2, 2008
By tagging groups of instructions to execute at essentially the same time, the technique reduces the complexity and inefficiency of current locking mechanisms used to synchronize operations, especially in large database software. Computer scientists have long seen the feature as one of the initial planks of a new parallel programming model that will be needed for multicore architectures. (EETimes)
Sun rallies around Rock CPU Jan 31, 2008
So far, it's unclear whether industry giants including IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle and others will back Sun approach in processors and database software. Representatives from Microsoft which has done significant research on the topic--declined to respond for this article. (EETimes)
VMware stock loses 33% on revenue miss Jan 30, 2008
But VMware must also compete against database software giant and virtualization offerings for the Linux operating system from and in Waltham. Then there's Lowell's Virtual Iron Software Inc., which targets smaller companies with a less-expensive line of virtualization products. (Boston Globe)
Nokia acquires Trolltech for $154 million Jan 29, 2008
Just this month, Sun Microsystems, the U.S. software maker, announced it was buying MySQL, the Swedish maker of the world's leading open-source database software, for $1 billion, and Microsoft said it was buying Fast Search & Transfer, a Swedish maker of business intelligence software, for $1. 2 billion. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release Postponed Jan 26, 2008
The company insists the later date still keeps it on track to ship the database software within the original goal of 24 to 36 months after SQL Server 2005 ... Microsoft had planned for a second-quarter release of the product, but insisted the later date still keeps the company on track to ship the database software within the original goal of 24 to 36 months after SQL Server 2005. (InformationWeek)
Sun Microsystems to acquire MySQL open source database Jan 22, 2008
More than 100 million copies of MySQLs high-performance open source database software have been downloaded and distributed, and an additional 50,000 copies are downloaded daily. AuthorStaff reporter. (Manufacturing Computer Solutions)
Oracle adds Akamai chairman to board Jan 19, 2008
Database software maker added George Conrades, chairman of , as the 12th member of its board of directors. Conrades became chairman and CEO of Cambridge, Mass. (San Francisco Business Journal)
Sun Snaps Up Database Firm, MySQL Jan 18, 2008
Sun Microsystems elbowed into the enterprise database market Wednesday with the announcement of a proposed $1 billion acquisition of MySQL, an open-source database software company ... Compared to those three goliaths, which provide database software to 86% of the enterprise software market, according to Forrester Research, MySQL offers a simpler and cheaper solution. (Forbes -- Technology)
Sun agrees to pay $1b for MySQL Jan 17, 2008
The deal lets Sun enter the $15 billion market for database software, challenging and adding a source of service revenue. Closely held MySQL develops databases and lets customers such as Google Inc. and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange use them for free, making money from maintenance. (Boston Globe)
Investors Run To Sun Microsystems Jan 17, 2008
MySQL is a Swedish company that makes open-source database software, used by companies like Google (nasdaq: - - ), Nokia (nyse: - - ) and Facebook ... But according to Sun Microsystems' Chief Executive , MySQL is growing extremely fast, even becoming a market leader in open-source database software, especially among Web-based companies, where it holds close to 80. (Forbes -- Markets)
Sun agrees to buy MySQL for $1 billion Purchase lets server giant... Jan 17, 2008
Sun agrees to buy MySQL for $1 billion / Purchase lets server giant challenge Oracle; shares rise on news, profit. " Sun shares rose 55 cents, or 4 percent, to $15.53 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. Sun has fallen 36 percent in the past 12 months. Net income in the second quarter rose to $230 million to $265 million (28 to 32 cents per share), Sun said in a separate statement. Analysts on average estimated net income at 26 cents and profit before some costs at 29 cents, according to a Bloomberg... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Sun paying $1 billion in database software push Jan 17, 2008
Sun Microsystems, one of the biggest sellers of open-source software in the United States, said Wednesday that it would spend $1 billion to buy MySQL, a Swedish company that is the world leader in open-source database software used by Internet powers like Google, Yahoo, MySpace and YouTube ... Sun estimated the global market for database software at $15 billion, Schwartz said ... "We have just purchased the fastest-growing entrant in the database software market.". (International Herald Tribune)
Sun to buy MySQL for $1-billion Jan 17, 2008
-based Sun is paying $800-million in cash and assuming $200-million in options to acquire MySQL. The Swedish company makes open-source database software used by companies such as online search leader Google Inc., popular Internet hangout Facebook Inc. and Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. ... MySQL competes with non-open-source offerings from Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp., which dominate database software for traditional businesses ... However, MySQL is the rapidly growing market leader in... (Globe and Mail)
Sun Microsystems' press release Jan 17, 2008
More than 100 million copies of MySQL's high-performance open source database software have been downloaded and distributed and an additional 50,000 copies are downloaded daily ... MySQL is the world's most popular open source database software. (USA Today -- Tech)
