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Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle SQL Developer 3.0; supporting Oracle Data Mining and Oracle Spatial and Upgraded Migration Workbench. The new release, which was based on customer feedback, focuses on ease of migration, improved development and DBA type tasks. As a free tool for database development, Oracle SQL Developer 3.0 is now available for download.

Schooner Information Technology has announced Schooner Active Cluster for MySQL Enterprise Edition; providing optimal scale-up and scale-out for MySQL databases. Schooner Active Cluster will enable organizations to scale out using high performance 100% synchronous replication and automated failover. Due to be out in late April, Active cluster will reduce downtime, eliminqate manual failover and recovery, […]

VoltDB has announced version 1.3 of its open source relational database management; providing new developer capabilities, enhancements in database interoperability, and an upgrade for cluster provisioning, management, and monitoring. Developer capabilities all voltDB to be natively accessed from .NET applications and services, database interoperability allows VoltDB to integrate easily with data warehouses, operational databases, and […]

A guide for database security breaks down the process into a simple set of process maps, associated metrics for guided implementation and definition of success. Application Security, Inc. and Securosis have teamed up, AppSec sponsoring while researched and written by Adrian Lane, analyst and CTO and Rich Mogull, analyst and CEO of Securosis, this guide […]

Continuent’s Tungsten Replicator 2.0 is 100% compatible with MySQL Replication, offers advanced features like parallel replication, multi-master replication, and heterogenous replication, and is now completely open source.

R1soft releases new details about their CDP 3.0 data protection software for MySQL. The new release now has an add-on that brings online database backup and true granular restore to MySQL for both Windows and Linux. Through coordination of a very brief lock and flush with the point-in-time file system snapshot this release can backup […]

An Oracle Database 11g upgrade workshop has been announced; giving attendees expert advice from Oracle’s upgrade development team for upgrades to Oracle Database 11g. Best practices, hints, and tips for a successful upgrade will be given and is a rare opportunity to learn firsthand from experts from within Oracle. Some areas that will be covered […]

Quest Software introduces a new lightweight solution, Quest Backup Reporter for Oracle, that gives visibility into Oracle backups. The solution will give DBAs a dashboard view of all the Oracle backups they manage; simplifying the time needed to report on the statuses of backups and reduce risks associated with failed or poorly performing backups. Quest […]

Panaya announces an upgrade automation solution for Oracle E-Business Suite R12; offering a 50% savings of the cost and effort associated with Oracle EBS upgrades through the simulation of R12 upgrades on a cloud-based supercomputer and exposing what will break during the upgrade and how to fix it.

Quest has achieved Oracle’s validated integration of Stat® 5.5.5 with Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.51 and Stat® 5.5.5 with the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1; helping customers can reduce risk, improve system implementation, and increase regulatory compliance. To achieve this validation Quest was required to meet a stringent set of requirements based on the needs and […]

Oracle has announced the first MySQL 5.6 development milestone release; focusing on increased performance, scalability, and flexibility which includes an improved optimizer, additonal partitioning options, and enhanced PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA. Additionally, the InnoDB storage enghine was improved as well as enhanced replication.

Virident has announced that the use of SSDs within an MySQL environment can help solve database scalability and performance challenges. The Virident tach|On features a two-tiered controller architecture that provides sustained performance that is hundreds of times faster than traditional hard disk drives and also faster than other SSDs on the market; setting a new […]