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  • 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.

  • 'LAMP' start-up warms to free DB2

    Start-up ActiveGrid has released an update to its toolset for building business applications with open-source software, adding support for IBM's newly introduced free DB2 database.

  • 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.

  • Oracle begins shipping 10g database

    Oracle has started shipping final versions of its "grid" database, a product launch that could spark more competition among database providers.

  • Oracle database targets smaller businesses

    Oracle on Tuesday revealed features planned for its forthcoming Oracle 10g database aimed at small and midsize businesses.

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  • 'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools

    The release of IBM's free DB2 database points to the downward price pressure from open-source programmers' tools.

  • Fancy a freebie?

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

  • 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.

  • Oracle outwitted in SME war

    The small- to medium-enterprise market has been described as manna from heaven, but a crucial lack of understanding of the SME psyche is creating costly roadblocks.

  • 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.

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  • Duelling databases: Four apps tested

    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.

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