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Along with Informatica’s RulePoint 5.1 adding support for IBM DB2 & Oracle 11gR1 to List of supported platforms, RulePoint has some significant enhancements that include: Rapid user onboarding; allowing non-technical users to specify simple alerts and complex rules Broader customer environmental support (IBM DB2, Oracle 11gR1, Firefox 3.6, Java 1.6) Lower latency using change data […]

The BTR2SQL driver from Mertech allows companies to run Btrieve-based applications with MySQL without changing source code. The latest driver, BTR2SQL, is now available for download allows those applications that currently work with Btrieve to quickly work with a SQL database server. “We are seeing strong interest for MySQL among Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). MySQL’s […]

Interesting, a total of 113 health care facilities, compared with just 39 banking/finance firms, have been hit with data breaches so far in 2010. The reasons seem to be twofold as there tend to be multiple personnel that have access to hospital data as well as many of the health care companies are lacking proper […]

Stellar Information Systems Ltd is releasing an advanced package for Oracle Recovery Stellar Phoenix Oracle recovery v2.0; recovering objects such as tables, views, tablespaces, cluster tables, schema, synonyms, roles, indexes, and sequence. Version 2.0 will employ the use of scanning algorithms to scan and repair corrupted databases.

The Oracle database security practice formed by Miro Consulting, Inc. will focus on enhancing data security and compliance. Heading up the initiative will be Sam Alapati, Ph.D.. Mr Alapati is a best selling author of 8 Oracle DBA books, including several Oracle Certification guides, and is considered a renowned expert on Oracle database technology. “With […]

Karen Reliford is an IT professional who has been in the industry for over 25 years. Karen’s experience ranges from programming, to database administration, to Information Systems Auditing, to consulting and now primarily to sharing her knowledge as an Oracle Certified Instructor in the Oracle University Partner Network. Karen currently works for TransAmerica Training Management, […]

The latest SQL Server backup and recovery solution (SQL safe 6.4, SQL safe lite 6.4, and SQL virtual database 1.4) from Idera helps DBAs increase compression and improve performance than typical SQL Server backups. Simple right-click and restore functionality help to eliminate wizard approaches and increase productivity by: managing an entire network of SQL Server […]

VersaReports new RDL connector for rendering and distributing reporting files with their Universal Report Server provides similar capabilities as Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services as well as other features that are unique to the reporting server market. This connector, in addition to supporting all the features of Client Report Definition files, also supports data-centric features […]

PureCM’s current SCM solution for SQL Server, PureCM 2010-1 SQL Server, brings scalability and database management capabilities to software development teams. “We’re excited to add SQL Server to our range of supported databases to satisfy customer feedback” said Mike Shepherd, Technical Consultant at PureCM. “Being able to deploy PureCM with SQL Server allows companies to […]

SAP has announced that the acquisition of Sybase is now complete as Sheffield Acquisition Corp. an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of SAP was merged with and into Sybase; leaving Sybase as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAP America, U.S..

IBM has agreed to acquire Storwize for their compression technology which should provide improved storage and scan capabilities for historical data; translating into better performance of analytical application and databases. Said Brian Truskowski, general manager at IBM, “The technology will help make sense of massive amounts of data in order to provide new services”.

MySQL Help Desk allows companies to purchase MySQL support by-the-hour without any commitments or restrictions; giving them dcomplete control of the submitting, managing, and tracking of support requests. “The ProMend Help Desk brings convenience and transparency to the MySQL services world,” explained ProMend CEO Kenner Stross. Clients can, for instance, track billable hours in near […]