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Now available is the Informatica Cloud Fall 2010 release which includes various enhancements to its on-demand data integration service. “As cloud application, platform and infrastructure adoption grows in all segments of the market, the role of integration becomes increasingly important,” Cory Vander Jagt, Director, Astadia ITX. “Informatica Cloud has established itself as an excellent data […]

After a three year partnership and having successfully deployed Talend’s Integration Suite, Lunexa, which is dedicated to successfully implementing data management projects with high quality services and superior expertise, has now achieved the Talend’s highest level of certification, to become a Talend Certified Partner. “The combination of Talend’s proven open source solutions and Lunexa’s expert […]

Free and newly available from Devart is dbForge Data Compare for Oracle, an automatic data comparison and synchronization tool that eliminates time, cost, and frustration in comparing Oracle databases. dbForge Data Compare’s graphical interface, plus easily understood tools and wizards provide for hassle free customization and control, enabling users to get their desired results. dbForge […]

A new book on the popular MySQL open source database is now available from Packt. Called MySQL 5.1 Plugin Development, and written by Andrew Hutchings and Sergei Golubchik, this book is all hands-on; guiding readers through creation of feature-rich plugins and is good for MySQL developers who need to interface with the MySQL server. Users […]

The new version of Altova MissionKit (v2011) provides new support for charting and graphing for XML data and databases. XMLSpy, StyleVision, MapForce, and DatabaseSpy provide additional enhancements like a schema flattener, SQL database modeling, and script editor. “The new reporting tools are truly unique to the Altova MissionKit, making it the only XML tool set […]

Xeround has now released its “MySQL for the Cloud” beta, which is available in Database-as-a-Service or as a virtual appliance. In its aim to provide the best of both relational databases’ transactional and query abilities, plus NoSQL data stores’ simplicity and scalability, Xeround’s cloud database solution provides: Linear, elastic auto-scaling High-availability, multi-tenancy and self-healing Continuous […]

After being reviewed and tested by Oracle License Management Services, Flexera Software’s FlexNet Manager for Oracle is now verified “as an effective and trusted third party Enterprise License Optimization solution for Oracle software license management.” FlexNet Manager for Oracle provides software license management for Oracle Database with automatic discovery and inventory of deployments, and compares […]

Big data analytics is changing. For one thing, Google no longer uses MapReduce stating, “MapReduce isn’t suited to calculations that need to occur in near real-time” and “You can’t do anything with it that takes a relatively short amount of time, so we got rid of it.” Why? Because the need for big data applications […]

Predixion Software’s Predixion Insight for Excel and PowerPivot is a new product that is fully integrated with Microsoft’s SQL Server Business Intelligence platform providing self-service, predictive analysis in the cloud. Including features like data preparation tools, wizards for predictive model building, plus tools and capabilities for model tuning and management, Predixion Insight allows users to […]

New from IBM is InfoSphere Guardium 8, software that helps protect a company’s data from security breaches through automatic monitoring of database and application usage with immediate alerts, as well as helps meet compliance regulations with simplified audits and stronger governance controls. InfoSphere Guardium 8 provides: Activity monitoring for IBM DB2 databases running on System […]

According to the latest Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skill Report, which is based on phone interviews with over 1,400 CIOs of U.S. companies, the fourth quarter will have a modest increase in hiring with database management professionals ranking second most in demand. Database management is also one of the main skills that […]

Now available through Netwind Learning Center are online Oracle training courses and live boot camp classes to provide databases managers training for Oracle certification. In Oracle’s 10g or 11i platforms, certifications covered will be: Oracle Certified Associate, for those just beginning with Oracle, training will lay the foundation for work as a successful database administrator […]