Database Development News & More


CA Supports Solaris 10 with Unicenter and BrightStor

Computer Associates is set to port its Unicenter Database Management System to Sun Microsystems' Solaris 10 operating system, supporting both Oracle and IBM databases. CA also plans to make its BrightStor storage management solutions available on the OS.

Zend Core for Oracle Goes GA

Oracle and Zend Technologies began working together in May to develop a PHP 5.0 distribution integrated with the Oracle database client library.

Oracle Releases Enterprise Supply Chain Products for PeopleSoft

Oracle yesterday released PeopleSoft Enterprise Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) 8.9 and PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Chain Management (SCM) 8.9.

Oracle Touts Portlet Factory for SOA Development

Oracle recently introduced new software that it says will help organizations integrate and interact with information extracted from enterprise business applications and pull it into service-oriented architecture-based enterprise portals.

Oracle's Phillips Outlines Oracle Fusion Architecture Strategy

Oracle president Charles Phillips kicked off the annual Oracle OpenWorld conference, under way this week in San Francisco, with a keynote focused on the convergence of the company's three lines of business—database systems, middleware and applications—which are combined in the company's implementation of a service-oriented architecture called Oracle Fusion Architecture.

Oracle Updates App Server 10g

Oracle disclosed details of the enhancements planned for the upcoming Oracle Application Server 10g release 3 at this week's Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.

Analysts Divided over Oracle, Siebel Merger

Larry Ellison finally bagged troubled Siebel Systems for $5.85 billion, but analysts question how Oracle’s latest acquisition fits into its future product strategy.

Oracle and Sun Team Up on EJB 3.0

Oracle Corporation and Sun Microsystems will serve as co-specification leads for the Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 spec, the two companies announced last week (6/29).

Oracle Jumps Onboard BPEL Effort

Oracle recently proposed it will lead the Eclipse Foundation’s tooling project for Business Process Execution Language. BPEL helps simplify the development of service-oriented architecture applications, consequently helping to reduce cost, complexity and inflexibility of integration projects.

Oracle’s 10g Release 2 Adds Features for Storage, Security and Management

Oracle is set to ship the latest version of its Database 10g software. Oracle 10g Release 2 is a high-quality, robust maintenance release for the company’s installed base, says Andy Mendelsohn, Oracle’s SVP of data server technologies. But, he adds, “we did include a small number of new features that we felt were critical to get out to market, fast.”

Oracle Gets a New Toad from Quest

Quest Software recently introduced its latest version of Toad for Oracle, used to manage database objects, create and debug PL/SQL, and create, execute and optimize SQL queries. The database tool is aimed at Oracle Real Application Clusters, Citrix and terminal server environments.

Oracle Unveils PIM Data Hub

Oracle has unveiled its product information management solution. Announced last year, the Oracle PIM Data Hub is designed to enable customers to centralize all product information from heterogeneous systems, creating a single product repository that can be leveraged across functional departments.

Oracle and Zend to Provide Easy Integration for PHP Developers

Oracle and Zend Technologies are jointly developing a PHP 5.0 distribution that includes integration with the Oracle database client library. The new Zend Core for Oracle is a pre-built stack for PHP developers designed to make it easier to develop and deploy applications with the Oracle database.

The Oracle Applications Users Group and Quest form Fusion Council

OAUG, the Oracle apps users group, and Quest International Users Group, an association for PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards users, have formed the Fusion Council, which will provide users of Oracle's Fusion software with an educational tool and forum for learning more about the middleware and act as a bridge between users and Oracle to add in the development of Fusion.

SOA Software and Oracle Hook Up for BPEL

SOA Software said today its SOA Software's Service Manager is now integrated with Oracle BPEL Process Manager and related products. SOA Software Service Manager enables enterprise to secure, monitor and manage XML and Web services applications and components across distributed enterprises and extranets.