Matthew Hicks

Sybase Inc. is fulfilling a promise to deliver a database for the Macintosh operating system by launching later this month its Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 to support Apple Computer Inc.s “Jaguar” release. The new software will become generally available on Sept. 23, company officials said this week. It will run on Mac OS X Server […]

3Com Corp. is taking aim at its competitors with a two new promotions being detailed this week to its partners and resellers. 3Com, of Santa Clara, Calif., in a promotion called “Margin to Win” is offering a 10 percent rebate on the last negotiated price to both resellers and end customers in deals where they […]

Whether its highway patrol helicopters swooping nearby or armed guards standing at the ready, keepers of the nations bridges and tunnels have increased security since Sept. 11. But beyond physical security, some have also begun to take extra technological steps to prevent and respond to terrorists and or other threats. The most common response has […]

Enterprise users are eagerly anticipating 64-bit versions of their relational database software to take advantage of the greater throughput and increased memory support that comes with new 64-bit chips. Microsoft Corp. is accelerating the release of a 64-bit version of its SQL Server database so that it coincides with the release of the companys Windows […]

For IBM fellow Rakesh Agrawal, modern database systems need to take a cue from the medical profession by adopting a trusted relationship between enterprises collecting data and the customers providing it that is similar to the one between physicians and patients. Agrawal, who first stumbled on the idea for a new database design while discussing […]

IBM today announced a new networking chip focused on providing increased performance in a compact design with low power usage. The PowerPRS 64Gu packet routing switch, set to be widely available in October, allows networking gear makers to build high-bandwidth applications in a smaller switch fabric board form factor and to expand to higher aggregate […]

With Microsoft Corp. coming off a major security push and moving headlong into its next major SQL Server release, code-named Yukon, eWEEK Senior Writer Matt Hicks recently sat down with the companys SQL Server Vice President Gordon Mangione at Microsofts Redmond, Wash., offices. Mangione offered both a birds eye view of what to expect in […]

The GNU Project on Wednesday released the first stable version of a freely available software platform for developing and deploying telephony applications such as voice-response systems. Two years in the making, GNU Bayonne Version 1.0 is available under a GNU General Public License for small businesses, large enterprises and commercial carriers wanting an alternative method […]

Built-in security development is at the heart of a delay of a major Microsoft Corp. database upgrade. An upgrade to SQL Server, code-named Yukon, will be delayed from late this year to early next year, said company officials here last week, to build more security features into the database. According to the officials, Microsoft pulled […]

REDMOND,WASH.—Microsoft Corp. is planning a series of new releases for its SQL Server 2000 data management system this year ahead of its next major upgrade due in 2003. These include an accelerated release of the 64-bit version of the SQL Server 2000 database, the general availability of the next release of SQL Servers mobile database […]