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Now available from Rhomobile is open source sync server, RhoSync version 2.0, which allows smartphone users to access synchronized enterprise application data even when offline or disconnected plus letting them interact with data before sending it back. Because it was built specifically for smartphones, RhoSync takes advantage of their built-in push APIs which allows near […]

Following through on recently announced intentions, Sybase and ISYS Search Software have reached an agreement, and ISYS Document Filters is now a component of text analytics in Sybase IQ along with its own new features in text analytics; addressing text extraction and information access needs of analytic applications.

With the release of Oracle GoldenGate 11g, Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition 11g, and Oracle Data Quality, and Data Profiling 11g, Oracle will showcase in a live webcast how they provide customers with an open and complete solutions for ensuring that critical business data is timely, continuously available, and actionable. The webcast will have Oracle […]

For those wanting to learn PHP and MySQL development through video with accompanying hands-on projects, Infinite Skills is now offering just that through DVD or download, with several free demos available online as well. Their new tutorial includes 155 training lessons, over ten hours of instruction, which teach users what they need to know as […]

Oracle’s Results Cache allows DBAs and developers to reuse query results by caching them in the shared pool; reducing I/O and improving performance. Dean Richards will lead a detailed presentation on leveraging Oracle’s Results Cache to improve database and application performance; offering practical advice to determine best data sets for Results Cache while avoiding common […]

Idera will share SQL Server BI best practices; demonstrating how to build a data mart and use analysis and reporting services to improve BI. This will be a three-part webcast series on the “Secrets of SQL Server” featuring Stacia Misner, a consultant, educator, mentor, and author specializing in business intelligence solutions since 1999 with more […]

Although there may be more candidates before the final release, the first release candidate for open source database PostgreSQL version 9.0 is now available for download. Here is what’s new about PostgreSQL 9.0: Streaming Replication, allowing a slave system to receive Write Ahead Logs from the primary server as they are generated Hot Standby, providing […]

New open source Python modules for database connection and network encryption have now been added to the ActivePython Business, Enterprise, and OEM Editions from ActiveState. Secure connections are provided for mysql-python, psycopg2, cx_Oracle, pyodbc, and pymssql. While extra security of authenticated connections is provided by encryption through M2Crypto, a Python wrapper for the OpenSSL cryptographic […]

Enterprise Enable version 7.0 from Stone Bond Technologies is now available. Enterprise Enable is a codeless integration platform which now enhances business intelligence and analytics, and now includes an application definition model that is portable across various editions of SharePoint, ADO.Net, and more. Enterprise Enable also extends all SharePoint connectivity to access data sources and […]

Zmanda has recently made two announcements concerning its backup solutions; firstly, that its VMware Backup Client for Amanda Enterprise is now available with new enhancements; and secondly, that backup for vSphere cloud operating system is now a built in feature of its Zmanda Backup Appliance. The VMware Backup Client’s new features include block-level differential backups […]

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“The barriers between physical storage infrastructure and virtual environments have always caused issues for virtualization administrators tasked with capacity planning and troubleshooting, because visibility to physical storage beyond the virtual datastore has historically been very limited,” said Quest Software. But such is the case no longer, for Quest Software has now released vFoglight Storage, a […]