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  • Database-maker Sybase reaches terabyte league

    Database specialist Sybase has launched version 15 of its flagship Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) product in Australia, touting several new features such as the ability to support several terabytes of data.

  • Database race gets hotter

    Fourth place isn't good enough for Sybase. The vendor-which trails IBM, Oracle and Informix in the database market-is poised to swoop into new areas through its pending US$373 million acquisition of New Era Of Networks (NEON).

  • Will Oracle's new business ventures hurt its DB market share?

    Oracle's innovation and performance in the enterprise database market made it the envy of its competitors--including IBM, Microsoft, and Sybase. However, their efforts to expand their core business outside the enterprise database market may end up costing them their leadership position in that market as well.

  • Are Oracle's days numbered?

    Microsoft and IBM are in a fight to the death in Asia-Pacific but Oracle might end up the loser.

  • Developers get latest Microsoft database, tools

    Microsoft released long-awaited updates to its database and programming tools to developers on Thursday in the United States and revealed a plan to lure new database customers.

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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.

  • Are Oracle's days numbered?

    Microsoft and IBM are in a fight to the death in Asia-Pacific but Oracle might end up the loser.

  • Standardise on as few database technologies as possible

    Learn why you should standardise on as few database technologies as possible for cost savings and other efficiencies.

  • Fancy a freebie?

    Oracle has finally jumped on the "free" database bandwagon, joining the likes of IBM, Microsoft and Sybase. Will users bite?

  • A database's work is never done

    Migrating all of a company's databases into one platform may be an admin's dream, but how does it affect the rest of the business?

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