Database Software & Management News – Access, DB2, SQL & Oracle

Oracle Launches Oracle Global Trade Management 1/11
Oracle Global Trade Management enables companies to efficiently manage and control trade compliance activities related to imports, exports and other types of regulatory, legal and company-mandated policies.

SQL Server 2008 RTM Support Ends April 13, 2010 1/11
Customers leveraging older releases of Microsoft’s data platform should be aware of imminent end of support deadlines and act accordingly by upgrading their IT infrastructure to the latest versions of SQL Server.

W3C posts draft standard for local database storage 1/08
The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) has posted a draft set of APIs that Web applications could one day use to store structured content offline.

Oracle Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement - January 2010 1/08
This Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement provides advance information about the Oracle Critical Patch Update for January 2010, which will be released on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.

Loglogic Database Security Manager appliance review 1/08
LogLogic’s new database security solution aims to avoid any downtime with its unique vPatches. In this review we find out if it can protect your databases without impacting on your SLAs.

SQL Server 2008 Policy Management 1/07
Learn how to define policies and use them to better manage your SQL Server 2008 instances.

SQL Developer 2.1 Increases DB Developer Productivity 1/07
To further enhance developer productivity and simplify Oracle Database development, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle SQL Developer Release 2.1, the latest release of the free database development and migration tool.

New version of Groovy cozies up to Java, SQL 1/06
Groovy language features a few old tricks aimed at making life easier for Java programmers and at easing the burden of working with SQL-based databases.

Oracle Buys Silver Creek Systems 1/06
Oracle has acquired Silver Creek Systems, Inc. (“Silver Creek”), a leading provider of product data quality solutions.

Webcast - Getting Started with SQL Server Replication 1/06
In this webcast, you will get the basic knowledge required to understand the various types of replication and step-by-step advice on how to get started.

Continuent Enhances Open Source Replication for MySQL and PostgreSQL 1/05
Continuent, Inc., a provider of solutions for continuous data availability, advanced database replication, backup and database performance scalability, has introduced Continuent Tungsten 1.2.1 for MySQL and PostgreSQL.

SQL Azure officially becomes paid service 1/05
As expected, Microsoft's SQL Azure Database officially became a paid service on Monday.

Database Sync - Oracle and SQL Compact via Sync Framework 2.0 1/05
Microsoft is providing Sync Framework 2.0 to customers that need a synchronization platform which covers a wide range of scenarios and comes with support for a variety of data types, data stores, transfer protocols and network topologies.

Data backup and recovery planning in 2010 1/04
Here's Mr. Backup's predictions for how the backup and recovery planning landscape will change in 2010.