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  • IBM brings relational XML tools to mainframes

    IBM has made its Viper engine available on mainframes, and the company predicts a bright future for Viper in driving through service-oriented architecture environments.

  • IBM to release near-ready DB2 Viper database

    IBM on Thursday in the United States is expected to release a near-ready version of its latest database server, code-named Viper, a product designed to snatch market share from rival Oracle and fend off open-source challengers.

  • IBM seeks to ease database burden

    IBM next week will release a major revision of its DB2 database, providing fresh ammunition in the ongoing battle for supremacy in the database marketplace.

  • IBM snaps up stake in open source database firm

    IBM has taken a minority stake in EnterpriseDB, an open source database that competes with Oracle and MySQL.

  • IBM sets DB2 database free

    IBM on Monday introduced a free version of its DB2 database, a move designed to win software developers over to its products.

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  • IBM to bring automation to DB2

    New features planned for IBM's DB2 database server software will automate common administrative tasks and take advantage of growing interest in low-cost server hardware, the company says.

  • Software's 'stack wars'

    To move ahead, big software companies are reaching back to a familiar strategy: offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products.

  • Security pro zeroes in on Oracle bugs

    Bug hunter David Litchfield says the Oracle community shouldn't be so smug when it comes to database security. He represents NGS Software, which has serviced Oracle in the past and Microsoft at present.

  • Linux boosts database sales?

    The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year, fuelled in part by sales of Linux.

  • IDC gives Oracle top database spot

    A market research report on database sales last year found that Oracle has the most market share and that revenue from databases overall grew slightly last year.

Reviews (115)

  • MS and IBM get caring and sharing

    Both IBM/Lotus and Microsoft have recently released new versions of their groupware suites--Notes/Domino and Exchange--with an emphasis on collaboration. We take them both through their paces.

  • IBM to offer software for new AMD chip

    IBM will offer a version of its popular database software for Advanced Micro Devices' forthcoming next-generation processor for workstations and servers.

  • McAfee VirusScan upgrade hobbles Lotus Notes

    Upgrading to latest version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise can lock Lotus Notes users out of their e-mail. McAfee is investigating.

  • Collaboration: Lotus Notes/Domino 7 vs SharePoint Portal Server 2003

    The market for collaborative applications has grown significantly with the introduction of Web-based solutions for gathering and sharing information within organisations. In this review, we look at two of the most popular commercial collaborative platforms.

  • ThinkPad R60

    Businesses seeking a sturdy, secure, portable workhorse should consider the ThinkPad R60.

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