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Ingres Corporation is noted as Challenger within Gartner’s magic quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems; recognizing Ingres technology and services, specifically the combination of Ingres and VectorWise databases and ability to deliver cost effective business applications with the ability to analyze data.

Kendba and Dbametrix have partnered to offer online training for Oracle database administration. Not only will installation, configuration, management, backup and recovery, tuning, and monitoring be covered but students will gain expertise for add-on programs such as 10g and 11g DBA. Training will be delivered through web conferences with live video feeds where students will […]

In a live webcast, Databases Under Attack, Oracle will present recent findings and solutions that you can use to help strengthen you defenses against attack. As one of the solutions the Oracle database firewall will be presented that offers capabilities to monitor database traffic and block threats before they reach your database. The webcast is […]

Providing users with added data security, R1 Soft remote backup service has been deployed by NetHosting to backup and restore of MySQL databases; offering backups that can differentiate between data that has changed since a previous backup and data that needs to be updated and keeping storage requirements at a minimum. R1 soft backup also […]

Craig Mullins, and CDB Software, Inc. will be giving a webcast on the top 40 performance tips for optimizing DB2 performance Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 10am CST. The webcast will cover: the top 40 countdown, performance-oriented DB2 design, performance best practices for DB2 applications and databases, building efficient SQL and applications, and discussion on […]

Delphix, through the use of a Delphix Server and applying a database virtualization infrastructure, can help reduce the risk, time, and storage for Oracle EBS release 11 to 12 upgrade. Delphix uses database virtualization infrastructure to turn structured data and supporting infrastructure into software that can operate in the fraction of the original space while […]

Quest continues its commitment to Hadoop by unveiling support for Apache Hive in two free NoSQL tools. Additional support for Toad for cloud databases and OraOop were also unveiled. Full support for Oracle RAC in OraOop, a connector for high-speed and bi-directional data transfer between Oracle and Hadoop is part of the Hive support; allowing […]

New release vRanger Pro from Quest Software addresses key data protection capabilities; providing integrated backup and replication, native cataloging with integrated restore, and fibre restore that gives organizations comprehensive and flexible VMware protection, all from one console. vRanger, when coupled with vReplicator allows customers to license and deploy the level of protection they need whether […]

By Alex Rothacker Today, there are a myriad of database configuration options – many of which are either direct security settings, or that impact security. When a new database is installed, DBAs need to address many configuration options to enhance database security. Let’s look at a few database configurations that should be followed. Database Management […]

Koenig, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, is now offering training for non-database administrators a SQL Server T-SQL class that shows students how to work with data. This is a very basic SQL Server 2008 course and is intended for non-technical professionals who need to just query the database.

Quest Software and Steven Feuerstein will offer a set of golden rules for Oracle developers that can not only help them improve code but learn how to follow those rules when faced with deadlines, lack of tools, etc. The webinar will be held Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 3pm EST.

Red Herring recognizes leading private companies and recognizes Sentrigo as innovator and winning Red Herring Global 100 Award for database security and compliance solution. The Red herring Global 100 identifies promising new companies and entrepreneurs.