Chris Preimesberger

With the open-source MySQL database gaining ground in larger enterprises, companies are looking to give developers more sophisticated tools. Quest Software on May 8 announced that is has made Toad for MySQL 2.0, a feature-filled, full-production database development tool kit, available for free download. “This gives MySQL developers and administrators better manageability and more flexibility, […]

AdventNet, which makes database migration, network and systems management software for enterprises, launched on May 15 a new version of a product aimed at easing the prickly problem of migrating data from a SQL Server database to another DB form. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based company introduced SwisSQL-SQLOne Console Release 3.0, the latest version of its multi-database […]

The networked and attached data storage market is growing 5 to 9 percent faster than the server and personal computer markets, according to a Merrill Lynch industry survey of 75 U.S. and 25 European CIOs. Merrill Lynchs 2005-2007 compound annual growth rate estimate of 11 percent for storage hardware easily surpasses the firms server and […]

Database tool vendor Quest Software announced May 8 that it has made Toad for MySQL v2.0, a feature-filled, full-production database development toolkit, available for free download. The upgraded toolkit was released, Quest said, because the free, open-source MySQL database is working its way more frequently into larger enterprise systems from its beginnings in the non-profit […]

Enterprise database and storage software maker Sybase announced April 25 that it has ported its data mirroring system—which combines transactional and storage replication capabilities to enable, in effect, a full-featured live backup database—to work with Oracles enterprise databases. Sybase Mirror Activator, which debuted for use on the companys ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) database in 2004, […]

Information Builders, makers of enterprise software for business intelligence and real-time operational reporting, on April 25 launched a new “process-driven BI” product, WebFocus Power Painter. Power Painter produces reporting and analytics in a thin-client, Web-based environment. The New York-based company made the announcements at its annual users conference in Orlando, Fla. Process-driven BI utilizes the […]

The long wait for the production version of database mirroring is finally over for SQL Server 2005 fans. Microsoft on April 19 introduced Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, the servers first major update since its launch Nov. 7, 2005. SP1 encompasses several new features besides database mirroring, including SQL Server Management Studio Express […]

Computer Associates may not be going open-source with its product offerings, but it is using the open source distribution model—free downloads for basic functionality, payment for added functions and services—as an example of how it wants to do business in the future. The IT management company, based in Islandia, N.Y., will introduce on April 24 […]

PHP creator Zend Technologies on April 12 introduced upgraded software that helps protect application code written in open-source PHP from hackers and intellectual property pirates. Zend Guard 4 enables independent software vendors, developers and businesses—anybody who does original PHP programming—to protect intellectual property written in the language. By combining encryption and code obfuscation with license […]

Novell and Oracle on April 4 agreed to combine forces to speed up the slow-but-steady development of grid systems for enterprise data centers on Linux. The two companies announced the availability of a new accelerator service designed to help enterprise customers streamline the deployment of grid infrastructures for data centers that run on Novells SUSE […]