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[From Birdstep Technology ASA] SEATTLE, WA — April 1, 2009 – Birdstep Technology Inc. Raima Division (OSE: BIRD), which offers state-of-the-art embedded database technologies, today announced the dual release of its Raima Database Manager Products, RDM Embedded version 9.1 and RDM Server version 8.2. These two releases of Birdstep Technology Raima Division’s popular embedded database […]

[From Oracle Corp.] Strengthening its position as a leader in knowledge and content management for customer relationship management, Oracle today announced the availability of an out-of-the-box integration between Oracle’s Siebel CRM and Oracle Universal Content Management – the Siebel CRM Adapter for Oracle Universal Content Management. By integrating Siebel CRM and Oracle Universal Content Management, […]

>>Script Language and Platform: Oracle Use this script to kill a job and re-run it fter incorporating HINTS. Author: JP Vijaykumar Download Script: KillingSessions.txt Disclaimer: We hope that the information on these script pages is valuable to you. Your use of the information contained in these pages, however, is at your sole risk. All information […]

[From IT News Online] 31 March, 2009 – FutureIT Inc. (OB.FITI), has announced the latest version of EZManage SQL Pro, its powerful agentless tool for centralizing and automating the management of multiple Microsoft SQL Servers. Providing a completely integrated solution for management, administration, backup, DRP, multiple server scripting, and monitoring and alerts, EZManage SQL Pro […]

[From Zend] March 31, 2009 – April 10, 2009: 8:00am PST The Zend Framework: Fundamentals course is designed for experienced PHP programmers who want to learn to combine ZF concepts and structural elements to utilize the full power of this software development kit for PHP 5 applications. This course is offered online – with a […]

>>Script Language and Platform: OracleThis script displays all of the employees in SCOTT.EMP table, with all of the bosses they report to, in a hierarchial loop, along with their level in the hierarchy. Author: JP Vijaykumar The business wants all of the employees in SCOTT.EMP table be displayed, with all of the bosses they report […]

[From SQL Server Performance] SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a Business Intelligence tool which can be used by database developers or administrators to perform extract transform & load (ETL) operations. In my previous article entitled Container Tasks in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services I discussed the different types of container tasks such as For […]

[From Internet News] There is a lot of speculation out now about Oracle wanting to acquire Red Hat. It’s a deal that makes no sense to me personally and one that I don’t think is likely to happen anytime soon. The article continues at http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3811906/Oracle+Doesnt+Need+Red+Hat++It+Needs+Zend.htm

[From InternetNews] NEW YORK — It’s no surprise that datacenters consume power and money, and IT teams are being asked to make do with less of both. Fortunately, there are plenty of strategies, from co-generation to virtualization, that can help them meet this challenge, experts told the financial industry during last week’s seminar of the […]

by Rod Colledge This article is excerpted from the upcoming book SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action by Rod Colledge and published by Manning Publications. It examines the objectives and implications of server consolidation and virtualization. For the book’s table of contents, Author Forum, and other resources, go to http://manning.com/colledge/. The arrival of personal computer […]

>>Script Language and Platform: Oracle This script will generate all sequences in the database. We run this script on weekly base. Author: Yakov Shlafman set serveroutput off set lines 200 trimspool on pages 1000 set pagesize 0 set recsep off col “–CMD–” for a60 set recsep off trimspool on BREAK ON OWNER; BREAK ON SEQUENCE_NAME; […]

[From SQL Server Magazine] In these trying economic times many SQL Server shops report that they’re looking for ways to save money. In spite of the downturn most organizations aren’t yet planning to cut back on existing services or ongoing projects. Most still want to press forward with their existing workloads—they just want it all […]