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Eclipse board names Mike Milinkovich executive director

Mike Milinkovich is the first executive director of the newly independent Eclipse Foundation. A spokesman for the Eclipse board of directors said the body selected Milinkovich, who most recently was a vice president for technical services at Oracle Corp., for his executive leadership abilities in both the technical and business fields.

Automate Exception Logging

You can automate exception logging with one line of client code, control it through an App.config file without recompiling, and use custom publishers to craft cool logging tools.

As J2EE 1.4 debuts, focus moves to tools

Sun Microsystems last week marked the advent of Version 1.4 of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) at a press event in San Francisco that featured most of the big names in Java tools and application servers. A tools panel included representatives from Borland, BEA, IBM, Oracle and Sun.

Top vendors form Enterprise Grid Alliance

A group of leading enterprise software, hardware and services vendors have announced the formation of The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA), a new industry consortium created to speed the adoption of grid computing.

Oracle releases JDeveloper 10g

Oracle Corp. last week unveiled the first production release of the latest version of its Java and Web services development environment, Oracle JDeveloper 10g.

Oracle, Dell join to boost SMP sales

With small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) firmly in their sights, Oracle Corp. and Dell Inc. disclosed details of a deal that gives Dell exclusive rights to deliver Oracle's Standard Edition One database pre-installed on its low-end PowerEdge 2600 and 2650 servers running on Linux and Windows.

RFID surge prompts Oracle to unveil sensor-based services plan

Oracle Corp. formally unveiled a new product/services initiative last week, along with what amounts to what some observers call a new product category built to more easily adjust to changing retail technology needs.

Review: TOAD for SQL Server

This long-time Oracle tool has been ported to SQL Server, and offers plenty of power for the DBA and developer.

Create a .NET-J2EE Shared Database

Create a shared database to provide interoperability between .NET and J2EE platforms, then extend it with a notification level between platforms.

Oracle developer preview passes test for J2EE 1.4 compatibility

Oracle announced this past week that its Java developer preview of the Oracle Application Server passed Sun's Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) for J2EE 1.4.

SAP backs Oracle in federal lawsuit

The civil antitrust lawsuit filed last week by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to block Oracle Corp.'s $9.4 billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft drew responses from a number of quarters last week. Perhaps most surprising was the announcement by chief rival SAP that it agrees with Oracle.

DB design and app development: Why can't we be friends?

Increasingly, the barriers between development and data are blurring, and the designer often acts as the focal point of communication between the two camps. Useful tools are only part of the equation when pursuing success.

DOJ moves to block Oracle's PeopleSoft takeover

The U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) moved today to block database and application software giant Oracle Corp.'s bid to buy application provider PeopleSoft Inc.

Hyosung turns to OuterBay to manage Oracle apps

With Korea-based industrial conglomerate Hyosung's adoption of its LiveArchive product, Campbell, Calif.-based OuterBay has widely extended the global reach of its application data management software.

EMC, Oracle in effort to spot inactive DB records

With storage capacity continually under siege by space-hungry applications, Oracle and EMC have recently floated a "Proven Solution program" that includes newly released EMC Database Xtender software and a package of joint services.