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Hewlett Packard has risen victorious over Dell with its offer of $2 billion to acquire 3PAR. 3PAR’s specialty is data storage products, which are an important part of cloud computing and enterprise data warehousing.

Now available is ReportsMaestro, a web report and chart builder that allows a user to take data from MS Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Firebird, SQLite, and SQL Server databases and quickly turn it into a real-time, data-driven report. ReportsMaestro can also generate charts from over 15 types and styles, and offers a query builder for […]

Stratavia, a Denver, Colorado company founded in 2001, has just been bought by Hewlett-Packard. HP plans to incorporate Stratavia’s Data Palette into its own HP Cloud Service Automation and HP Server Automation in which Data Palette will help build, configure and manage enterprise cloud infrastructure as well applications and databases on HP’s servers. Data Palette […]

The new relese of EntiPro 2 (2.8) from EntiCraft not only has more features and functionalities but now supports MySQL as well as; targeting key areas in code generation, ease of use, flexibility, and robustness. By dragging and dropping elements into code, using placeholders, and highlighting to build template rules, EntiPro 2 helps provide a […]

“This is our third patent protecting the company’s intellectual property used in A2DB,” said Charlie Silver, CEO of Algebraix Data, about the patent the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has just given to the company for its data storage and retrieval methods using data model mapping. “Algebraix has made a leap ahead in databases for […]

Some companies seem to think there is a lack of expert SQL Server DBAs and professionals, but is there really? One thought is that many of the very senior SQL Server people are not making themselves known on the conference stage or consulting with one company after another. If so, then the companies simply need […]

Javlin’s software platfrom, CloverETL 3.0 is now available, and provides new benefits for the developer. One of these is a more powerful Clover Transformation Language, CTL2, which is easy to use and saves time in data processing with design-time validation while also helping prevent mistakes. Also, Clover ETL provides features for cluster and cloud configurations […]

Veryant’s isCOBOL Application Platform Suite is now available with several new updates. “isCOBOL software protects and extends applications by blending the optimized, business-oriented nature of COBOL with the openness, portability, and power of Java, without retraining staff or rewriting code.” Enhancing resource management and simplifying tasks, the new updates include: Customizable options for operating mode […]

EntiCraft’s EntiPro 2 version 2.8, an easy to use source code generator, is now available and includes new features including support for MySQL. EntiCraft makes script building fast and easy with its zero script template builder containing drag & drop code elements, simple placeholders and highlighting for building rules, plus the source code it generates […]

Global provider of security intelligence products for monitoring databases and more, Q1 Labs has joined F5 Networks’ Technology Alliance Program giving Q1 Labs access to F5’s technology solutions and resources. “Partnering with F5 provides us with the opportunity and resources to enhance our value proposition for joint customers… We are focused on extending the context […]

Update 4 for SQL Azure Database is now available. Updates to Microsoft’s cloud-based database service include: Support for database copy which allows a real-time snapshot to be taken of the database and copied into another server, and is helpful for making backup support Project “Houston,” a web-based database management tool, is available in multiple datacenters […]

Microsoft Access 2010 In Depth, Rough Cuts By Roger Jennings Copyright 2011 Pages: 1008 Edition: 1st Rough Cuts ISBN-10: 0-7686-9526-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-7686-9526-7 Microsoft Access 2010 has a collection of wizards to lead you step-by-step through each process involved in developing and using a production-grade database application. ‘ Exploring Relational Database Theory and Practice ‘ is […]