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Embedded database provider McObject is said to release version 4.1 in mid-May even though some customers already have the upgrade. New to this version include database security features to help detect unauthorized modification to data and prevent access or tapering through cyclic redundancy checks and RC4 encryption respectively. On the performance side, ExtremeDB has improved […]

Red Gate Software is sponsoring The Exceptional DBA of 2010 awards; giving database administrators around the world an opportunity to nominate themselves and be recognized for exceptional service to their employers. This is the third year the awards will be granted, deadlines for nomination is open until June 4th, five finalists will be chosen by […]

Arshad Ali works with Microsoft India R&D Pvt Ltd. He has 8+ years of experience, mostly on Microsoft Technologies. Most recently, as a SQL Developer and BI Developer he has been working on a Data Warehousing project. Arshad is an MCSD, MCITP: Business Intelligence, MCITP: Database Developer 2008 and MCITP: Database Administrator 2008 certified and […]

Newly available is the first beta release of PostgreSQL 9.0. With over 200 changes made, DBAs will be able to broaden their use of PostgreSQL with new features such as: Built-in real-time binary database replication with query scale-out 64-bit support on Windows Improved LISTEN/NOTIFY allows fast internal database event messaging Anonymous procedure blocks with the […]

On May 1st, the Chinese government put into effect their requirement that any vendor selling one of 13 covered technologies to the government must have their product tested and certified by China’s Certification and Accreditation Administration, which includes the details of encryption technology being disclosed. Database security tools are just one of these technologies. Supposedly […]

All applications have reporting needs.  When you run reports against online-transaction processing (OLTP) systems, they take resources away from your application and can cause performance impacts.  For this reason, some people are off loading their data to a separate reporting environment that is physically or logically different then their OLTP system. Customers are demanding reports […]

Integrating new data in a data warehouse is critical to growing the data in your data warehouse.  Gathering up data from different heterogeneous data sources is no easy task.  Therefore, data integrators need to look for tools that allow them to react quickly, and allows them to incorporate data from new data sources into their […]

Idera, a leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server management and administration tools, has released its SQL virtual database 1.3; allowing SQL Server backup files to look and act like a real SQL Server database within SQL Server Management Studio and other SQL Server applications. This new release also provides the ability to create virtual databases […]

ManageEngine’s Applications Manager now includes support for VMware ESX/ESXi servers. ManageEngine Applications Manager helps ensure high availability and performance through monitoring a company’s databases, servers, and other applications; giving IT administrators valuable insight into health and performance. “While server virtualization provides great flexibility to businesses it comes with its own share of complexities that at […]

Newly available from Datawatch Corporation is the Monarch Data Pump V10.5 Professional Edition, a server-based data distribution, ETL (Extraction, Transformation, Loading) and application integration solution. Without new programming, Monarch Data Pump Pro can automatically mine and combine data from various sources including databases, spreadsheets, and PDF files; as well as uploading data to SQL Server, […]

Supporting the demands of their social networking software, Passenger is using Oracle database 11g, Oracle WebLogic Server 11g, and Oracle Coherence. Passenger is, by embedding Oracle products within their application infrastructure, expecting to significantly expand media-rich activities and analytics that they can offer clients. Also, by implementing Oracle solutions Passenger plans on easily integrating with […]

Gartner Inc. recently analyzed major business intelligence vendors, including Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft and declared its findings at the Business Intelligence Summit. Oracle’s business intelligence platform is strongly integrated with its database management system, which most of the conference attendees used. “Oracle has one of the most complete stacks, I think, that integrates well from […]