IBM pushes manageability and 64-bit computing for DB2
Just a week after Gartner Inc. reported that IBM Corp. has become the market leader for database products, the vendor is beginning to unveil details about the evolution of its DB2 product lines.
Stories by Marc L. Songini
Supply system grows smarter
The old legacy systems at HON Industries were unable to accurately measure the capacity of the manufacturer's warehouses. That lack of understanding led to errors like sending more products to a particular facility than it could store. To address the problem, a new system was designed to be more flexible and to take into account more variables, such as the size of the trucks and warehouse dock schedules.
Oracle pushes database upgrade but users still leery
As Oracle Corp. prepares to roll out a database upgrade that's due for release next month, users and analysts last week said software pricing and support issues are affecting the company's relations with some of its database customers.
Feature: Collections of data
The explosion of e-business and the massive amount of data it created has made data management and organization more important than ever. We often hear the terms database, data warehouse and data mart, but the differences among them aren't always clear. Some experts say that the difference between, say, a data mart and a data warehouse is more conceptual than real. Nonetheless, here are some general rules of thumb to sort out these terms.
Collections of Data
-- A database is an organized collection of information. -- A data warehouse is a very large database with special sets of tools to extract and cleanse data from operational systems and to analyze data. -- A data mart is a focused subset of a data warehouse that deals with a single area of data and is organized for quick analysis.
Collections of data
The explosion of e-business and the massive amount of data it created has made data management and organization more important than ever. We often hear the terms database, data warehouse and data mart, but the differences among them aren't always clear. Some experts say that the difference between, say, a data mart and a data warehouse is more conceptual than real. Nonetheless, here are some general rules of thumb to sort out these terms.
Oracle touting new 9i features at user show
Looking to entice users to upgrade, software vendor Oracle showcased some of the new features of the next flavor of its database, which it claims will offer companies management and performance enhancements.
CA board to Sam Wyly: No management ouster
The board of directors at Computer Associates International Inc. has shot down a proposal to oust its chairman and top managers and reaffirmed that CA is growing and healthy, despite image troubles and government investigations into its finances.
Oracle pushes support, quality, education
Looking to overcome customer relationship and quality image problems, Oracle Corp. is working to appear more conciliatory toward its installed base.
ORACLE APPSWORLD - Oracle pushing 11i upgrade benefits
As expected, Oracle is working overtime to entice its installed base to migrate to its next generation of business applications, using as incentives promised cost savings and process efficiencies to justify the move.
Meta Group claims Oracle slamming customers
Research company Meta Group is accusing Oracle of unfairly forcing database customers with named user licenses to either buy more licenses or convert to a more expensive processor-based licensing scheme.
IT to help Volvo truck units collaborate on design
Sweden-based Volvo Group is launching a set of collaborative product development applications for its truck-making operations in a bid to cut costs and more tightly connect its three separate truck units and their suppliers during the vehicle design process.
CA prepares security, storage management portals
Computer Associates International hopes to ease the headaches of users running heterogeneous storage and security management applications -- without making them buy the company's enterprise management applications.
CA unveils new version of its eTrust PKI
Computer Associates International hopes that upcoming enhancements to its security lineup will enable users to roll out complex public-key infrastructure (PKI) technology right out of the box.
GM locomotive unit puts ERP rollout back on track
General Motors' locomotive unit encountered such severe problems during a rollout of SAP's R/3 applications last year that its spare parts business virtually ground to a halt, forcing GM to launch an emergency turnaround effort six months after the software went live.