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.
In the race to sell database software worldwide, Oracle improved its position to a "virtual tie" with IBM last year, according to a report by researcher Gartner.
Microsoft gained ground on its database rivals in 2002, despite a decline in sales for the market as a whole, according to research published Wednesday by Gartner Dataquest.
Those of you planning to pursue Oracle DBA certiication need to be aware of a few changes before you begin. For starters, Oracle has added a requirement that candidates must take Oracle's Instructor-Led Training class.
The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year fueled in part by sales of Linux.
Those of you planning to pursue Oracle DBA certiication need to be aware of a few changes before you begin. For starters, Oracle has added a requirement that candidates must take Oracle's Instructor-Led Training class.
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.
A lot of the fuss behind virtualisation is focused around the datacentre. That's all well and good, but there is a whole world of virtualisation for workstations where competition for the best suite is red-hot and constantly improving.
The current buzz around virtualisation may sound familiar to anyone with experience of high-end computing's origins " so what makes today's scenario so different?
Constructing a new head office was a natural step in Bendigo Bank's growth. However, the bank's IT team was forced to do some creative thinking in figuring out how to upgrade and move its 20 terabyte storage area network (SAN) to the new data centre at the bank's new headquarters.
Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.
The Dell Inspiron 9400 packs a solid set of multimedia features, and when configured with Intel's Core Duo processor, it has enough power to speed through virtually any task, from editing video to playing games.
Last month we looked at thin-client terminals. This month RMIT examines the back end for thin-client setups.
In this special report, we review six archival options in the market.
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