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1000 Email Accounts Unlimited MySQL Databases Includes Free. 3mos: $4. (BioMetNews.com)
EC objects to Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems Nov 10, 2009
According to a filing by Sun Micro with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the EC's statement is limited to Sun's open-source MySQL database software and its potential combination with software sold by Oracle. Oracle responded to the objections in a press release, saying "the Commission's Statement of Objections reveals a profound misunderstanding of both database competition and open source dynamics.". (Xinhuanet, China)
3 iPhone to See Enterprise Adoption Nov 10, 2009
" As more reports surface suggesting similar trends, the by rolling out new software services that support not only the iPhone, but other newcomers to the enterprise as well, such as the Palm Pre and Android handsets. BoxTone, Zenprise, Good Technology and Sybase have all recently expanded their services to address the increasingly fragmented mobile landscape IT staff face by supporting new mobile handsets and operating systems. Most recently, Sybase extended its iPhone mobile management... (Datamation)
EU issues formal Oracle-Sun objections Nov 10, 2009
Sun said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the statement from the European Union's executive branch is limited to an alleged anti-competitive threat if Oracle is allowed to acquire Sun's open-source MySQL database software. Both companies will have an opportunity to respond befoire the EU makes a final ruling. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
TECH CHRONICLES European Commission objects to Oracle-Sun deal Nov 10, 2009
In an SEC filing Monday, Sun said the European Commission objected to the "combination of Sun's open source MySQL database product with Oracle's enterprise database products and its potential negative effects on competition in the market for database products." ... In an SEC filing Monday, Sun said the European Commission objected to the "combination of Sun's open source MySQL database.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Oracle's Sun Deal: Oracle May Need to Loosen Its Grip Nov 9, 2009
In order to alleviate pressure from European Union regulators worried about Oracle's growing power, Oracle may be forced to give up some control of a key aspect of the deal: the open-source MySQL database software owned by Sun. The EU wants to make sure Oracle () doesn't stifle competition in the $19-billion-a-year database market as it tries to complete its acquisition of Sun (), which makes computer systems and software including the Java programming language and MySQL database, a kind of... (BusinessWeek)
Sun narrows loss as it waits for Oracle OK Nov 7, 2009
European antitrust regulators, however, are expected to file an official objection to the deal because of concerns that Oracle's acquisition of Sun's MySQL database software would hinder competition in the database market. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has said European delays are in lost business. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
EU objection to Oracle-Sun deal expected Nov 5, 2009
The main concern they have has been the possibility that Oracle's acquisition of Sun's MySQL database software would hinder competition in the database market. The deal has already been approved in the United States and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has said European delays are in lost business. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Oracle Outlines Sun Software Plans Nov 5, 2009
"Oracle expects to continue to develop and provide the open source MySQL database after the transaction closes," the company said in the document. "Oracle plans to add MySQL to Oracle's existing suite of database products, which already includes Berkeley DB, an open source database Oracle already distributes MySQL as part of our Enterprise Linux offering.". (SmallBusinessComputing)
Amazon Unveils Cloud-Based Relational DB Nov 1, 2009
Company officials said Amazon RDS serves up a fully featured MySQL database, ensuring that all the code, applications and tools that developers are using with their ubiquitous MySQL databases will easily integrate with the cloud-based relational database. The competitive challenge. (Datamation)
Amazon Unveils Cloud-Based Relational DB Nov 1, 2009
Company officials said Amazon RDS serves up a fully featured MySQL database, ensuring that all the code, applications and tools that developers are using with their ubiquitous MySQL databases will easily integrate with the cloud-based relational database. The competitive challenge. (Datamation)
Amazon Unveils Cloud-Based Relational DB Nov 1, 2009
Company officials said Amazon RDS serves up a fully featured MySQL database, ensuring that all the code, applications and tools that developers are using with their ubiquitous MySQL databases will easily integrate with the cloud-based relational database. The competitive challenge. (Datamation)
EU warns Oracle over Sun takeover Oct 22, 2009
Doubts persist within the European Commission about Oracle having control of Sun's MySQL database business. On Wednesday, a spokesman for Ms Kroes said the commissioner had "expressed disappointment that Oracle had failed to produce, despite repeated requests, either hard evidence that there were no competition problems or, alternatively, proposals for a remedy to the competition problems identified by the Commission". (BBC News -- Americas)
RIM develops a better BlackBerry browser Oct 22, 2009
Database lets a mobile browser locally store Gmail messages in a local MySQL database; AppCache lets it locally store the Gmail functions and user interface in JavaScript and CSS files. Original story. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
MySQL's Founder Says Oracle Should Sell the Database Oct 20, 2009
However, Oracle still seems intent on keeping MySQL. The company plans to in the open source MySQL database, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said at last week's OpenWorld 2009 conference. If Ellison changed his mind and decided to sell MySQL, open source companies like Red Hat and Novell would be on top of the list of potential buyers, according to Bo Lykkegaard, software analyst at IDC.. (BusinessWeek)
Cloud Storage, SSDs Take Center Stage at SNW Oct 15, 2009
Sun Microsystems unveiled the new Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array based on technology from Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), designed to accelerate Oracle and MySQL database workloads. The 5100 features up to two terabytes of solid-state Flash capacity and 1. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Oracle OpenWorld 09: Sun assured of continued shine Oct 12, 2009
At the opening keynote of the Oracle OpenWorld conference here, Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy and Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison stressed that all of Suns key technologies Sparc processor architecture, Solaris operating system, Java programming language and the open-source MySQL database would instead receive more research and development dollars than they are getting now. As we head into a new chapter, will these innovations continue. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
EU probe 'costs Oracle millions' Sep 23, 2009
It is concerned mainly about Sun having control over Sun's MySQL database business. EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has said the EU is obliged to investigate "when the world's biggest proprietary database company proposes to take over the world's leading open-source database company". (BBC News -- Americas)
The tech behind 236 eHarmony members getting hitched daily Sep 17, 2009
They include Oracle Database, the open-source MySQL database, another open-source , and. For some IT managers, managing four such disparate products wouldn't worth the trouble. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Users nervous about Oracle's acquisition of MySQL Sep 15, 2009
The European Union is not the only one antsy about Oracle taking possession of the open source MySQL database should the commercial database giant's merger with Sun Microsystems get final approval. So are MySQL users. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Snow Leopard Gets Security Fixes Sep 15, 2009
Among the updates are several for open source components that Apple includes in Mac OS X. The open source updates include the Clam anti-virus application, CUPS printing system, MySQL database and the PHP dynamic language. Apple is also addressing image-related flaws in its updates for Mac OS X 10. (Datamation)
* EU concerned about Oracles takeover of Sun Sep 5, 2009
Oracle is the market leader in proprietary databases, while Suns MySQL database product is the leading open-source database ... Brussels will seek to ensure that open-source software designers would still be able to develop software based on the MySQL database. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
EU Investigates Oracle Bid for Sun Sep 4, 2009
The Commission said it was concerned that the open source nature of Sun's MySQL database might not eliminate fully the potential for anti-competitive effects. With Oracle's databases and MySQL competing directly in many sectors of the database market, MySQL is widely expected to represent a greater competitive constraint as it becomes increasingly functional, the EU executive said. (SmallBusinessComputing)
EU probes Oracle's bid to buy Sun Sep 4, 2009
EU officials said they plan to look closely at Sun's MySQL database, an open-source product that is popular among Web-based companies and competes against Oracle's market-leading database software. They said they plan to look at ``Oracle's incentive to further develop MySQL as an open source database'' since it is a potential threat to Oracle's own database software. (India Times)
EU Probe Won't Derail Oracle's Sun Deal Sep 4, 2009
EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said regulators needed to examine the effect of a deal "when the world's biggest proprietary database company proposes to take over the world's leading open-source database company." The commission wants assurances that open-source software developers would be able to continue to develop products based on the open-source MySQL database and that customers will be able to choose between open-source and proprietary software. Oracle Can Spin Off MySQL. (BusinessWeek)
Sun's server share hit as antitrust scrutiny looms Sep 3, 2009
Any further antitrust review of the Oracle deal would likely include a closer look at Sun's MySQL database, an open-source product that is popular among Web-based companies and competes against Oracle's market-leading database software. Sun and Oracle declined to comment. (USA Today -- Tech)
EC could delay Oracle-Sun deal Sep 2, 2009
The commission antitrust authority is debating whether to approve the deal by Thursday's deadline, amid concern about Oracle getting its hands on Sun's MySQL database, the sources told Reuters ... US officials did not publicly cite any concerns about the MySQL database. (India Times)
US Justice Dept OK's Sun deal: Oracle Aug 21, 2009
Another potential antitrust question could surround Sun's MySQL database, an open-source product. Some worry Oracle could make MySQL a lower priority as it tries to boost sales of its market-leading database software. (India Times)
Administration Jul 5, 2009
P.G. Daly gives an example of how to use PHP -- the popular scripting language - to interact with a mySQL database. PHP developers have had little choice in where they actually get the latest version of PHP. Zend, the commercial backer of PHP, is now offering another choice. (IntranetJournal)
More Webcasts Jul 5, 2009
Built on an open platform that can match disparate technologies environments deployed by application providers, Business Objects leads the BI industry by supporting OSS from Red Hat Linux and SuSE Linux operating systems, MySQL database and Eclipse IDE.. On Demand. (IntranetJournal)
Free Web hosting still alive despite GeoCities' end Jun 22, 2009
For example, offers intermediate to advanced Web functions such as MySQL databases, PHP, cron jobs, custom error pages, password protected directories and more as part of their free package. For just a few dollars a month, the service offerings dramatically increase. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Postgres More Compatible with Oracle Jun 18, 2009
The new release comes as Oracle is in the process of acquiring Sun and along with it, its open source MySQL database and as EnterpriseDB itself is now benefiting from the an. "What this release is really all about is adding features and functions that make the choice to come to Postgres as an alternative more attractive and viable," EnterpriseDB CEO told InternetNews. (Datamation)
GarlicESTdb: an online database and mining tool for garlic EST sequences May 18, 2009
The analysis pipeline is an automated system written in JAVA and consists of the following components: automatic preprocessing of EST reads, assembly of raw sequences, annotation of the assembled sequences, storage of the analyzed information into MySQL databases, and graphic display of all processed data. A web application was implemented with the latest J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition) software technology (JSP/EJB/JavaServlet) for browsing and querying the database, for creation of... (BioMed Central)
Sun's Data Storage 'Startup' May 7, 2009
Sun said more than 800 customers have adopted its unified storage products in less than five months, deploying more than 17 petabytes of data storage across environments ranging from VMware (NYSE: VMW) installations, Web MySQL database, rich media and media/entertainment environments, and high-performance computing, education, government, healthcare and telecommunications users. Photo, video, music and social networking Web sites have also switched to the Sun Storage 7000 platform to cope with... (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Oracle looks to expand lineup by buying Sun Apr 28, 2009
And Oracle would get Sun's MySQL database software, which has undercut Oracle and siphoned some sales away. All these products are open-source, which means their underlying code is distributed freely online. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
A nation of programmers? Apr 28, 2009
The configuration files for the virtual servers went in smoothly, and I even managed to trick the MySQL database management system that holds all my blog posts to let me simply copy my files by creating an empty database of the same name and then overwriting it with my backups - far faster than importing everything. BILL'S LINKS. (BBC News -- Technology)
Schooner Serves Up Faster Web 2.0 Caches Apr 15, 2009
Startup offers custom cache servers that greatly increase the performance of often-used data from Web pages or MySQL databases ... For MySQL databases, the Schooner servers are identical in hardware specs to the Memcached servers but optimized for OLTP and OLAP functions with fast replication and failover support. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Sun unmoored as acquisition talks hit standstill Apr 8, 2009
Another is Sun's MySQL database software, which is used by Web sites and would strengthen IBM's challenge against Oracle Corp., the leader in database products. Both types of software are open-source, which means their underlying code is distributed freely over the Internet. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
* IBM reportedly to purchase rival Sun Apr 4, 2009
It has a vast software portfolio, including the Solaris operating system, the open-source MySQL database and the Java programming language. Sun has obviously been a lost child for many years, but they have some great assets, said Rebecca Runkle, director of technology research at Research Edge, an equities analysis business. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Optimizing MySQL database performance Mar 28, 2009
Therefore, it's absolutely vital that you keep an eye on your MySQL database performance on Linux, and consider every option available for performance improvement. There are a number of configuration changes you can make to a MySQL database installation to drastically improve performance. (Search Enterprise Linux)
Sun chief forges ahead as IBM rumors swirl Mar 26, 2009
It will follow those infrastructure services with "platform" offerings based on its MySQL database, Glassfish middleware, and NetBeans developer tools, Schwartz sad. Users of its OpenOffice application suite will have the option to save files to Sun's cloud storage service, he said. (InfoWorld)
Employment Opportunities With FOX News Mar 24, 2009
Responsibilities include maintaining, upgrading new Oracle and MySQL databases that power development, QA and production environments, as well as building new databases to support new projects, and troubleshooting any database related issues that may arise. The ideal candidate must be a team player who has excellent communication skills and must be willing to support a fast paced 24x7 environment. (Fox News)
IBM said to be poring over Sun's contracts Mar 21, 2009
Sun offers most of its software, including its Solaris OS, MySQL database, and Java programming language, under a variety of open source licenses. News of the supposed merger talks was broken by the Journal overnight on Tuesday, though Sun and IBM have not confirmed nor denied any discussions. (InfoWorld)
Report: IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Mar 19, 2009
It has a lot of open-source software, including the MySQL database, which it hasn't been able to monetize. It reported just $81 million in sales of MySQL licenses and related infrastructure last quarter, after paying $1 billion for the company in January last year. (InfoWorld)
FathomDB launches cloud database Feb 28, 2009
It is based in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and leverages the MySQL database, he said. Low-level database tasks are tended to by FathomDB, and data safety is provided, said Santa Barbara. (InfoWorld)
Why MySQL's Exec Exits May Not Burn Sun Feb 11, 2009
For the last year at least, Widenius has been preoccupied with the Maria engine, which is a plug-in for the main MySQL database ... One could potentially argue that Starkey's Falcon efforts are equally, if not more, important to the future of the MySQL database than the recent efforts that Widenius has been engaged in ... As a result, the departure of Widenius does not have a direct immediate impact on the ongoing development of the main MySQL database. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Sun shining bright Feb 10, 2009
Facebook, arguably the most popular social networking site, is currently using our MySQL database, said Chong. Loo went on to say that Sun is cautiously optimistic in terms of its future prospects. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Two Sun Micro senior execs at MySQL database unit leaving Feb 8, 2009
Two Sun Micro senior execs at MySQL database unit leaving. Fri Feb 6, 2009 11:11pm GMT. (Reuters)
MySQL Co-founder Quits Sun Feb 8, 2009
- Michael "Monty" Widenius, the original developer of the open-source MySQL database, has left Sun Microsystems and is starting his own company, Monty Program Ab, he said in a blog Thursday ... That ended up lasting a few more months, and "the changes I had hoped Sun would apply to in the MySQL Database group to fix our development and community problems did not happen fast enough," he wrote. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Apache Security: A Watched Bot Never Spoils (Your Server) Feb 8, 2009
For starters, and for performance, I use a MySQL database to record bot activity and access rules. Let's begin by having it record the particulars of the current request. (Datamation)
Facebook Friends Storage Vendors Feb 8, 2009
"We're looking at dropping high-capacity flash devices into our MySQL databases to give us the I/O we need to do very fast database reads, to do very fast ETL processing, data warehousing, and get that data out of there as soon as it's available," said Nagwani. "We're also looking at the Sun ZFS platform as a system we can use hand-in-hand with the NetApps. We like that because it's got a ton of flash, so we can cache a lot of data. So basically flash is going to be huge for us this year.". (EnterpriseStorageForum)
