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11/19/2008 10:10 AM
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MySQL Adds Query Analyzer Tool to Lineup to Improve Database Performance
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MySQL is offering a new query analysis tool as part of the new release of its MySQL Enterprise subscription service that helps DBAs find SQL code slowing performance. Dubbed MySQL Query Analyzer, the tool integrates with MySQL Enterprise Monitor.
- Sun Microsystems is offering MySQL customers a free tool to enhance
and monitor database query performance as part of its MySQL Enterprise
subscription service.
Suns new MySQL Query Analyzer is a new addition to MySQL's lineup.
Integrated into the MySQL Enterprise Monitor application, the query...
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11/18/2008 02:37 PM
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Ingres Focuses on Application Developers, System Recovery in Database Update
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Ingres includes a number of features that benefit DBAs in Ingres Database 9.2, the latest update to its open-source database. The new features in Ingres Database 9.2 include improved backup and system recovery functionality. Ingres has also sought to simplify development of Web-based Java applications by adding support for scrollable cursors.
- In a nod to developers and database administrators, Ingres has enhanced
its database to simplify application development and improve availability
and system recovery.
The new version of the open-source database, Ingres Database 9.2, includes a
number of features meant to help the database com...
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11/04/2008 05:33 PM
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Sybase Bundles Together Database Software, Extends Support to New Platforms
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Sybase has bundled together software and services in a new offering called the Sybase IQ Real-Time Loading Solution. The offering consists of PowerDesigner, Sybase ASE and Replication Server, as well as a 10-day engagement with Sybase Professional Services. The company has also extended support for ASE Cluster Edition to HP-UX and AIX platforms.
- Sybase has bundled together a set of services and software to help
enterprises perform continuous loading of data into Sybase IQ in real time.
Sybase is calling the new offering the Sybase IQ Real-Time Loading Solution.
It consists of PowerDesigner, Sybase ASE,
Replication Server and a 10-day e...
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10/23/2008 12:59 PM
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Open-Source Database Adoption May Be Linked to Economy
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Open-source databases such as Ingres, MySQL and PostgreSQL may see increased adoption as businesses look to minimize costs in the wake of the economic downturn. However, there are other factors to consider in open-source database adoption besides economics, so open-source fans should not jump for joy just yet.
- At a time of economic struggle, it is always good to find a silver lining.
For IT administrators, that silver lining could very well be open-source
databases.
Business decision makers will be tasked to do more for less money, which may
make open-source databases such as MySQL
and PostgreSQL ...
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10/21/2008 01:59 PM
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Sybase Database Business Rises Behind ASE, IQ
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Sybase reports a 15 percent increase in revenue from database licenses on the strength of the success of its Adaptive Server Enterprise and Sybase IQ. However, with long-term partner Sun Microsystems taking a hit in the market, some ask whether Sybase will be affected.
- Sybase saw its database business pick up steam in the third quarter of 2008
to the tune of a 15 percent year-over-year increase.
The increase was just one part of the good news for the quarter for Sybase,
which saw an 11 percent revenue bump overall. In real numbers, total revenue
for the thir...
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10/13/2008 08:14 PM
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Teradata Eyes Rivals in Data Warehouse Space with New Appliance
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Teradata is a leader in a crowded data warehousing market, where it faces competition from vendors such as IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Netezza and others. At Teradata's Partner User Group Conference Expo in Las Vegas, the company is showcasing data warehouse technologies officials hope will give it an edge among its competitors.
- The data warehousing market has been very busy of late, between the marketing push around the HP Oracle Database Machine and Microsofts acquisition of DATAllegro. In the middle of all this sits Teradata, a longtime leader in data warehousing.
At its Teradata Partners User Group Conference amp; E...
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10/06/2008 02:54 PM
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Microsoft Focuses on BI for SQL Server Kilimanjaro
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Microsoft unveils a road map for SQL Server Kilimanjaro, which will contain new BI capabilities. Microsoft officials also discuss plans for the DATAllegro integration with SQL Server, which they say will enable SQL Server to penetrate deeper into data warehouse environments by improving scalability.
- Microsoft offered the public a glimpse of the future of SQL Server at its
Business Intelligence Conference in Seattle.
During his conference keynote, Ted Kummert, vice president of Microsofts
Data and Platform Storage division, laid out the companys plans to build
additional business intellige...
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09/24/2008 09:41 PM
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HP Oracle Database Machine Makes Waves in Data Warehousing Space
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HP and Oracle are teaming up to release the HP Oracle Database Machine. The HP Oracle Database Machine has some analysts predicting that Oracle will disrupt the data warehouse market, as Oracle issues a direct challenge to data warehouse leaders like Teradata.
- Not too long ago, Microsoft sought to shake up the data warehousing market
with the purchase of DATAllegro. Not to be outdone, Oracle
jumped into the fray at its Oracle OpenWorld conference in San
Francisco. But instead of an acquisition, Oracle
pulled the covers off a project three years in the...
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09/24/2008 06:27 PM
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Oracle, HP Deliver HP Oracle Database Machine Data Warehouse Product at Oracle OpenWorld
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Oracle is teaming with Hewlett-Packard to launch the HP Oracle Database Machine to penetrate deeper into the data warehousing space. The product combines Oracle's database software with HP's extensive data storage capabilities in a bid to shake up the data warehousing market. The HP Oracle Database Machine's Exadata Storage Server, which can support up to 12TB of raw storage data and leverages InfiniBand connectivity, is part of a move to challenge data warehousing vendors Teradata and Netezza.
- In a move meant to shake up the data
warehousing market, Oracle has unveiled a data warehouse product focused on
high performance.
Dubbed the HP Oracle Database Machine, the appliance is aimed squarely at
challenging data
warehousing vendors Teradata and Netezza. At the core of the product is ...
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09/23/2008 04:25 PM
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Details of Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Remain Under Wraps at OpenWorld
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Oracle is keeping quiet about details of the second release of its 11g database at the Oracle OpenWorld conference. Downloads of Oracle Database 11g, released last year, have reportedly hit the 450,000 mark, according to Oracle.
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Expecting to hear a major announcement about the next release of Oracle Database 11g while youre here at Oracle OpenWorld? Think again.
Mark Townsend, vice president of database product management at Oracle, confirmed Tuesday that the company would not be making any announcements about 11g Rel...
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09/22/2008 10:00 AM
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Database Security 101 at Oracle OpenWorld
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At the Oracle OpenWorld 2008 conference in San Francisco, SANS Institute instructor Tanya Baccam laid out some of the more common threats to enterprise databases, and some advice about how you can thwart them. Baccam also touched on common Web application vulnerabilities that threaten data, such as cross-site scripting.
- If data are the crown jewels of enterprises, then the database should be as close to Fort Knox as possible without sacrificing things like performance.
Saying that out loud is the easy part. The rest is where Tanya Baccams presentation at the Oracle OpenWorld 2008 conference in San Francisco comes ...
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09/16/2008 02:40 PM
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Microsoft Closes on DATAllegro, Opens Up on Data Warehouse Road Map
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Microsoft closes on its acquisition of DATAllegro. The acquisition is being pitched as a way to extend SQL Server deeper into the data warehouse by allowing it to scale to support large volumes of data. Though Microsoft remains mum on the exact features of the software it plans to offer based on DATAllegro's technology, the company confirms the product is scheduled for 2010.
- Microsoft having closed on its acquisition of data warehousing vendor DATAllegro,
Microsoft officials were ready Sept. 16 to start talking about their road map.
Microsoft has plans to offer software based on DATAllegro's technology in
2010, and to have CTPs (community technology previews) ready w...
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09/03/2008 02:33 PM
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Continuent Tungsten Stack Targets MySQL Database Replication
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Continuent added a replication tool to address the needs of users of the MySQL open-source database. With the Tungsten Replicator, the company has included a number of features to address challenges around MySQL database replication for enterprises. Later this month, the company plans to add support for Oracle as well.
- Continuent wants to plug what it sees as a hole in the market when it comes to MySQL replication.
Continuent has a long history with MySQL, going back to when Continuent was called Emic Networks and was focused on providing high-availability clustering for the open-source database. Now, Continuent...
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09/02/2008 07:32 PM
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IBM Information On Demand Strategy Takes New Twist
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IBM announces a new twist in its Information On Demand strategy with the introduction of a number of tools for data discovery modeling and data analytics as well as services to provide deeper insight into data. The announcement represents a maturation of IBM's Information On Demand strategy, and focuses on getting enterprises to accelerate enterprise access to data and the governance of information as a strategic business asset.
- After years of talking up Information On Demand, on Sept. 2 a new phrase
came out of IBM's collective lips quot;Information
Agenda. quot; But far from being a change in direction, the latest
announcement is about helping businesses better manage and gain deeper
insight into data.
The initiat...
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08/29/2008 12:35 PM
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SenSage Focuses on Event Data to Make Mark in Data Warehouse Space
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SenSage is leveraging its history in security information management with its event data warehouse. By focusing on event data, SenSage is looking to cut its own path distinct from vendors such as Oracle, Teradata and Netezza in the data warehouse space.
- In the crowded space that is data
warehousing, SenSage is trying to carve out its own niche by leveraging its
history in security information management for what it calls the event data
warehouse.
To hear SenSage tell it, the event data warehouse aims to help enterprises
deal with voluminous am...
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