The latest news articles selected by Octave Computing Limited that we believe may be of interest to consumers and businesses.
Sun's direction becoming clearer
Tuesday 17 August 2010
Link Tags: business database hardware o/s software
Oracle has filed suit against Google with regards to Google's use of Java in Android mobile devices. In other news, Oracle has cut-off OpenSolaris. Oracle has also been shutting down PostgreSQL build servers.
News article content management system availability
Wednesday 09 December 2009
Link Tags: business corporate database software
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 cluster-enabled dbconsole
Monday 21 September 2009
Link Tags: business database software
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 new feature: server pools
Monday 21 September 2009
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 available
Thursday 10 September 2009
Link Tags: business database geospatial
Oracle 10g support
Sunday 21 June 2009
Oracle have waived extended support fees for Oracle Database 10g release 2 through to July 2011.
Virtualised Oracle Database
Thursday 21 May 2009
The Register is reporting that under certain circumstances it is faster and cheaper to run Oracle Database under VMware as an alternative to deploying a RAC configuration.
OpenStreetMap moves to PostgreSQL
Monday 04 May 2009
Link Tags: business database geospatial software
Clever Elephant has reported that PostgreSQL will be used for OpenStreetMap.
ESRI to support PostgreSQL
Monday 29 September 2008
Link Tags: business database geospatial
PostgreSQL weekly news reports that ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 now supports PostgreSQL. This enhancement allows businesses to obtain the full benefits of PostgreSQL or EnterpriseDB alongside an established ArcGIS installation.
