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IBM sets DB2 database free

January 30, 2006 DB2 Express-C is a free version of IBM's flagship database aimed at winning software developers over to its products. TAGS: IBM DB2, IBM Corp., software developer, Oracle Corp., database, free version, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft: SQL Server licensing to win Oracle customers

November 15, 2007 Company says licensing is weak spot in Oracle's armory, and it hopes to use it to woo database customers to SQL Server 2008. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp., server

Microsoft updates SQL Server database

April 19, 2006 New features include database mirroring, closer ties to SAP's NetWeaver and an updated free version. TAGS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, Microsoft SQL Server, mirroring, free version, database, service pack, Microsoft Corp.

Multicore move cuts Oracle database cost

March 2, 2007 Facing Microsoft pressure and new multicore chips, Oracle quietly cuts database prices for some lower-end servers, News.com has learned. TAGS: Oracle Corp., multi-core processor, multi-core, Oracle Database, quad-core, pricing, Microsoft SQL Server, database, server, Microsoft Corp., Intel

Microsoft readies embedded database

April 7, 2006 SQL Server Everywhere Edition is designed to address cheap storage for small devices. TAGS: Microsoft SQL Server, database, server, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's Visual Studio courts database pros

May 31, 2006 A new database-oriented tool in Visual Studio Team System will let programmers more easily make, test changes to database designs. TAGS: Microsoft Visual Studio, project manager, database, product manager, software development, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Oracle wants to rein in database admins

April 26, 2006 Security software aims to prevent database administrators from accessing sensitive stored data. TAGS: Oracle Corp., database company, database, Oracle Database, database administrator, IBM Corp., backup, Microsoft Corp.

Service Pack 2 for SQL Server arrives

February 20, 2007 Microsoft's release of updates for database application is accompanied by rule change for use on virtual servers. TAGS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server, virtualization, Service Pack 2, government, service pack, software company, server, Microsoft Corp., database

Gadfly zeroes in on Oracle bugs

March 6, 2007 update The Oracle community, says David Litchfield, shouldn't be so smug when it comes to database security. TAGS: David Litchfield, Oracle Corp., database software, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, database server, SQL injection, database, organization, Microsoft SQL Server, bug, IBM Corp., SQL, security, Microsoft Corp.

Spam-bot tests flunk the blind

July 2, 2003 Advocates for the visually impaired contend that increasingly popular "visual verification" tests are discriminatory, raising a cloud over the future of a widely used antispam tool. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., human, spam, bot, database, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Details on defacement of Microsoft's U.K. Web site

July 3, 2007 Company says breach last week by hackers likely had no impact on customers, but it continues to investigate the incident. TAGS: defacement, SQL injection, hacker, Oracle Corp., activity, SQL, U.K., security, Microsoft Corp., database

WinFS heads for Microsoft database

June 26, 2006 In the latest switch of plans, Redmond delays beta 2 and will deliver an unstructured data store in the next version of SQL Server. TAGS: WinFS, Microsoft SQL Server, file system, blog, server, Microsoft Corp., database, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Data-mining pioneer joins Microsoft

May 15, 2006 Software giant draws Rakesh Agrawal, a key data-mining and randomization scientist, away from IBM. TAGS: data mining, IBM Corp., scientist, paper, database, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Database head to leave daily duties at Microsoft

November 1, 2006 Paul Flessner, the executive in charge of SQL Server and storage business, will step down in the new year. TAGS: duty, Microsoft SQL Server, data storage, vice president, senior vice president, Microsoft Corp., database, server, security, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft giving away business search tools

November 6, 2007 Software maker slims down SharePoint into a free server-based program for managing corporate search, aiming to take on Google and start-ups. TAGS: enterprise search, Fast Search & Transfer, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft SharePoint, collaboration, Internet search, Google Inc., search result, Microsoft Corp., search, server, database

Software's 'stack wars'

April 19, 2006 Software companies used to sell on features. Now it's "stacks," or soup-to-nuts offerings. TAGS: SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, software company, stack, profit, IBM Corp., business application, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Zend Web tools adapted for Windows

October 31, 2006 Partnership with Microsoft is meant to improve Zend's open-source PHP tools for creating dynamic Web pages. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, Apache Software Foundation, Linux, open source, Microsoft Corp., conference, CEO, database, server, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft coughs up for health care software

July 26, 2006 It acquires Azyxxi, database software for patient records, and lays plans to spread the technology nationwide. TAGS: hospital, health care, health, patient, database software, Washington D.C., Microsoft Corp., database

Microsoft to lift lid on hacker conference

March 17, 2006 It plans to publish findings from its third Blue Hat confab, where hackers give tips to Microsoft execs. TAGS: David Litchfield, conference, SQL injection, blog posting, SQL, Web application, Oracle Corp., hacker, security, researcher, Microsoft Corp., event, blog, database, speakers
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