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Idera announces three new webcasts in their Secrets of SQL Server webcast series that will cover SQL Server storage fundamentals. Hosted by Wes Brown, Chief Database Architect for eScan Data Systems, PASS Summit committee member and PASS coordinator in Austin, Texas the first episode will air on April 13,2011 with episode two in may and […]

Through the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) members can take advantage of discounts on Oracle technology books from Oracle Press, Packt publishing, Apress, and manning. Get a 40% discount on Oracle Database 11g Release 2 High Availability from Oracle Press as well as 45% or 50% discount on eBooks from Packt that include Application Express, GoldenGate, […]

Oracle’s strategy and innovation update on Oracle Solaris; giving participants an opportunity, in an online forum with Oracle Solaris development team, to have their questions answered about the forthcoming Oracle Solaris 11. The forum will take place on April 14, 2011 and highlight new features and technologies scheduled to be included in Oracle Solaris 11 […]

SQL Sentry Partners with DBSophic; bringing a new bundled product that will help SQL Server DBAs monitor, manage, troubleshoot, and tune database servers. The “Power Suite + Qure Quick Start Pack” will be offered at a discount over purchasing the two products individually and will be officially unveiled at the SQLBits 8 Conference in Brighton, […]

Grid-Tools has announced an updated version of their data masking tool, Simple Data Masking 2.25, that now includes industrial strength components; providing more robust, flexible, and reliable data masking. Additional enhancements include support for more database types (Informix and DB2/400 on I Series) and a new UI that gives user the ability to define the […]

A survey conducted by Imperva shows that while many security breaches prove the necessity for file security most companies do not know the number or location of these files. By an overwhelming majority some 82% of the respondents reported that the current security breaches have made them rethink their security policies but only a handful […]

Yellowfin and Ingres have partnered together, certifying Yellowfin’s BI solution with Ingres VectorWise, to provide fast and easy business intelligence. The solution of Yellowfind and VectorWise will be sold as a complete enterprise reporting and analytics solution; delivering the fastest and easiest to use total business analytics package and offered at a price that makes […]

Teradata has completed Its Acquisition of Aster Data where Aster Data will bring greater depth of analytic insight to business big data. Together, teradata and Aster Data will enable customers to quickly solve complex business problems throught the leveraging of relational and other data sources to improve growth and drive profitability.

Database security provider, Application Security Inc., will host a webinar to put the LizaMoon and Epsilon data breaches into perspective. Josh Shaul, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of AppSec and Alex Rothacker, Director of Security Research for TeamSHATTER will give straight-forward advice; giving you a better understanding of the attacks and provide insight into what you […]

At SNW, Oracle has announced the enhancement of its backup and recovery capabilities for Oracle Exadata Database Machine; allowing the Oracle Sun ZFS storage appliance to connect directly to the oracle Exadata Infiniband fabric and simplifying deployment as well as accelerating backup and recovery time by 50% when compared to traditional NAS systems.

With the introduction of Application Software Blades for Hive, Hbase, and Cassandra, Queplix’s data virtualization platform will now integrate with NoSQL databases; providing the opportunity to leverage data from any database technology (relational, object-oriented, XML, or NoSQL). The Queplix Virtual Data manager can now connect to different data sources and identify and extract key metadata […]

DBSophic has announced that Confor ASP will be an authorized reseller of their performance solutions for SQL Server in Italy; helping Italian companies achieve the high levels of database performance seen from other popular database engines.