IBM launches tool to poach Sybase customers

Posted by Mike on Monday, May 24, 2010 - 316 views

IBM claimed that several companies have moved database management software from Oracle to DB2 in the past 12 months, and that its new SQL Skin software will … READ MORE

Facts on BMW Oracle owner Larry Ellison (America’s Cup)

Posted by Mike on Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 434 views

The 33rd America’s Cup will get underway in Valencia on Monday after a host of legal disputes over the rules and the venue.

Challengers BMW Oracle of the U.S. are owned by Larry Ellison, the billionaire who founded computer giant Oracle more than 30 years ago.

He became a computer programmer at Ampex, participating in building the first IBM-compatible mainframe system.

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IBM to Debut Info Management Software

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 212 views

Next month, IBM will release a beta version of a software application designed to keep track of how information flows across different systems, sending alerts when source data has been altered or isn’t properly ingested into some target system or report.

The software can monitor most relational databases, including IBM’s DB2, Oracle, SQL Server and Sybase databases. It can monitor for data quality issues in … MORE

IBM Defends DB2 Against Ellison’s ‘Ignorant’ Remarks

Posted by Mike on Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 218 views

Ellison: “IBM DB2 is good on mainframes, the best in the world. Oracle is good on everything else—x86 and all others. It’s too bad DB2 can’t run on modern …

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Database wars: IBM, Oracle’s Ellison trade zingers

Posted by Mike on Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 164 views

Ellison: “They are not competitive in the database business except on the mainframe. I will grant you that the two best databases in the world are IBM on …

Ellison: “Take IBM’s DB2 database for Unix, what they used to call UDB. For OLTP applications, how many can they group together? Um, one. So when you’re attacking a really big job, that’s all they can do, one server. It can’t scale out, …

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In Hindsight’s The ’00s: Boom and bust, then boom and bust again

Posted by Mike on Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 170 views

In Silicon Valley, the decade brought the rise of Google, the resurgence of Apple, and drama involving HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle, Cisco Systems, Facebook and other technology titans. MORE