Certified for MySQL database, Jasper for MySQL(TM) v3.5 is high-performance interactive report server with SaaS-enabling functionality for businesses. It features modular J2EE architecture and provides users with access to in-memory analysis capabilities that seamlessly integrate into reports and dashboards. Built on top of JasperReports, software supports applications such as MySQL, NetBeans, Solaris, and OpenSolaris 64-bit OSs as well as Sun Identity Management application.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle(R) Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.1
Application Enhancements Empower Communications Service Providers to More Rapidly Introduce and Deliver Next Generation Services
more at http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-software/20090506/SF1180906052009-1.html
Oracle Beefs Up Business Analytics Software
Oracle today announced that Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications release 7.9.6 is now available, accompanied by the following new products: Oracle Project Analytics, Oracle Loyalty Analytics, and by new features in the core application.
The company also announced certified integration between BI and its JD Edwards EnterpriseOne financial management software.
Business Intelligence is part of Oracle's (NASDAQ: ORCL) suite of middleware applications.
New features in Oracle BI Applications release 7.9.6 include HR capabilities to track human resources, procurement and spending analytics to track enterprise budgets, and price analytics to help enterprises manage price segmentation and discounting.
Oracle(R) WebLogic Server Selected by Industry-Leading Customers Worldwide
Customers Rely on Oracle WebLogic Server for High-Availability, Superior Manageability, Support of Continuous Operation of Business-Critical Applications and Services
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
- Customers around the globe are selecting Oracle WebLogic Server 10g, the world's #1 application server, to help ensure superior manageability and continuous operation of their critical business applications and services.
- A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, new Oracle WebLogic Server 10g customers span key industries across the global economy. They include: Alibris, Capital One, China Telecom - Zhejiang branch, Experian, Hyundai Motor Company, InterCall, KB Finance Group, Network Rail, Nordea, Pacific Gas and Electric, Pacific Life, Scantron, Universite Laval, and the University of Arizona.
- Oracle WebLogic Server is also the cornerstone of Oracle WebLogic Suite, which provides comprehensive infrastructure for deploying enterprise applications, application grids, and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
SQL Speed Secrets
Have you ever had the feeling that your application was slowed down by SQL Server, but didn't know how to fix the problem?
SQL Server performance management is usually reactive and focused on server health. Database administrators (DBAs) respond to trouble rather than avoiding it in the first place. And visibility is largely restricted to watching the database server, rather than understanding how SQL Server directly affects application users.
more at http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2657
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Pragmatic Works Releases Industry Leading SSIS BI Developer Tool - BI xPress
Today, Pragmatic Works™, www.pragmaticworks.com provider of business intelligence solutions that complement Microsoft SQL Server announced today that BI xPress™ is now available and seamlessly supports integration with Microsoft’s Visual Studio, BI Development Studio (BIDS).
BI xPress uses drop and drag technology which decreases the manual labor required for developers who write SSIS packages by providing automated, auditing, notification, performance monitoring and historical reporting across SSIS packages allowing for standardized deployments within SQL Server 2005 and 2008 environments.
8 Steps to Better Sales with Consultative Selling
The bad economy has created a challenging environment for IT sales. Many sales representatives are complaining that what used to work isn't working anymore. That's why consultative selling is getting so much attention as a potential antidote to what ails sales today. To help you get started, Channel Insider has compiled the following list.
Consultative selling is getting a lot of buzz in sales circles these days as the answer to what ails sales organizations in this recession. But there can also be some confusion around what exactly the term means. Some people may even find the concept intimidating initially. To help clear the air and help you get started realizing the benefits of consultative selling, Channel Insider spoke with sales consultant Kendra Lee of The KLA Group. Lee's company works with solution providers to develop their sellers consultative selling practices. And before founding her own company, she was in the top 1 percent of sales representatives at IBM and was the top sales rep at Sybase. Here's a primer on getting started with consultative selling, based on Channel Insider's conversation with Lee.
more at http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/News/8-Steps-to-Better-Sales-with-Consultative-Selling-349766/
Choosing A Remote DBA Instead Of A Full-time Consultant?
In today's digital world, information resides in databases. The ability of your business to manage that information can mean the difference between life and death. In this paper, we will first discuss what is remote database administration (RDBA) and How it differs from an Onsite consultant, and help you determine if Remote Database Administration is right for your business. If it is right for your business, we examine how an organization chooses the right remote database administration vendor.
SAP and Oracle announce software enhancements
SAP and Oracle today both announced updates to business software suites.
Following an initial ramp-up period, SAP said today that it was broadly releasing its SAP Business Suite 7, a next-gen suite enabled by service-oriented architecture.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Oracle Gives Customers A Break On Maintenance Fees
Oracle (NSDQ: ORCL) is making changes to its software maintenance fee structure in what it said is an effort to help out its recession-battered customers.
Oracle announced Monday that it will delay for customers the maintenance increases they would've started to pay next year on aging software products, as rates moved from the premier to the extended support stage of product life cycles.
Ladbrokes replaces Oracle Express with Microsoft BI reporting suite
Ladbrokes is the leading bookmaker in the United Kingdom , Ireland, and Belgium, with over 2,600 owned and operated high street shops taking up to 10 million bets a week.
The company wanted a more cost-effective, flexible, and scalable reporting environment to replace its end-of-life Oracle Express OLAP Server so as to exploit the full value of business intelligence (BI) within the company.
Following its adoption throughout the Ladbrokes retail network for budget reporting, the company is now using SQL Server 2005 for five other BI initiatives including staff scheduling reporting, human resources, and finance.
more at http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/729/
Oracle Set To Take The Lead on Cloud Computing
Sun Microsystems has been struggling for the past 5 years to be competitive and keep enough research and development to stay in the leading edge of cloud computing as IBM, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft charge forward. Its believers remained loyal and kept developing solutions based on Sun's platforms. In the software evaluation cycle, companies are trying to improve efficiency and decrease costs of having to deploy solutions to individual machines or servers. Oracle has been behind the curve in this area outside of its database solutions but has succesfully masterminded takeovers of software companies that have been dominant forces in their respective markets. Now with Oracle fighting to be a number one competitor and eventually the go-to vendor in the SaaS space, the strategic move to incorporate cloud computing into its mix of all its future offerings makes it a force to be reckoned with in terms of HaaS competing with Amazon, IBM, and Salesforce.com.
more at http://www.glgroup.com/News/Oracle-Set-To-Take-The-Lead-on-Cloud-Computing-38269.html
Oracle Extends Support Value for Customers
- Oracle(R) E-Business Suite Release 11i10 - through November 2011
- JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.11 - through December 2010
- Siebel CRM 7.8 - through May 2011
- Oracle Database 10g R2 - through July 2011
more at http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20090504/SF1010404052009-1.html
Microsoft Testing Cloud-Based Data Sharing
Microsoft announced last week that it is seeking customers willing to test their databases in a cloud-based data connectivity project.
The testing is part of "Project Huron," a synchronization-enabled cloud data hub that's being developed as part of Microsoft's SQL Data Services effort. The technology combines Microsoft's Sync Service with its SQL Data Service, all of which is hosted using Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform.
more at http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=10822
Understanding and Selecting a Database Activity Monitoring Solution
Over the past five years we have seen major changes in both the threats we face online, and the regulatory compliance landscape we do business in. Both the bad guys and the regulators are now focused on our data, not just our networks. We see breach disclosures and the regulations meant to protect them growing every year, with no end in sight. But managing this risk is more complicated than simply dropping in a firewall or installing antivirus software. Our applications and databases run in complex environments with numerous dependencies and business requirements. While we want to protect our information, we need to do it in a way that doesn't materially interfere with doing business. To balance these needs we see new technologies arise, one of the most significant of which is Database Activity Monitoring (DAM). With an estimated market size of $40M in 2006, and approximately $60M to $80M in 2007, Database Activity Monitoring rivals Data Loss Prevention in terms of market size. DAM tools provide powerful, immediate, non-intrusive benefits for security and compliance, and a long-term platform for comprehensive protection of databases and applications.
Consolidating SQL 2000 to SQL 2008 using Dell R805 servers - a Dell Consolidation Report
Consolidating multiple database servers into a single server makes it possible for an organization save hardware, software, and operational costs. To help quantify the potential savings of SQL Database consolidation within your organization, Dell has partnered with Principled Technologies to bring you this consolidation whitepaper as they examined an example test case: How many Dell PowerEdge 2650s can you consolidate onto a single PowerEdge R805 with a Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage array attached?
Read this consolidation whitepaper to learn how consolidating legacy Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers onto a single Dell PowerEdge R805 server with a PowerVault MD1000 storage array can yielded less than one-third the rack space usage, less than one-fourth the power, and one-eighth the number of SQL Server licenses, all while enjoying the same or better performance.
Noetix Introduces Noetix Generator 2.0 for Oracle Business Intelligence
Noetix Corp., a software provider that automatically generates business intelligence (BI) content from enterprise applications, today introduced Noetix Generator 2.0 for Oracle Business Intelligence, making it faster and easier to roll out reporting to Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus (OBI EE) and Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One end users.
This new version of Noetix Generator for Oracle BI is now integrated with NoetixAnswers, pre-built reports that answer hundreds of common business questions ‘out-of-the-box’ without the need to map data locations or write SQL code.
The setting Sun: responses to the acquisition
Oracle's acquisition of Sun last month raised many questions about the future of Sun's core technologies, especially the company's popular open source software projects. Some of those questions have been answered, but a lot of ambiguity still remains.
Details have emerged about Oracle's views on Java and Solaris. The open source software community has also articulated its own views about the acquisition--some are hopeful that Sun's key open source software projects will be given new life and more progressive stewardship while others are calling for forks.
more at http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/the-setting-sun-responses-to-the-acquisition.ars
Oracle set to release seven SaaS offerings
Oracle is poised to announce seven software-as-a-service offerings, including applications for sales and marketing and HR professionals, according to a Wall Street Journal report, which cited sources briefed on the plans and a company document.
Selling on-demand software becomes more appealing in a recession owing to customers' needs for services that give fast time to value, avoid IT expenses and limit licensing costs.
more at http://www.itnews.com.au/News/102349,oracle-set-to-release-seven-saas-offerings.aspx
Oracle introduces new version of EPM system
Oracle has introduced Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.1.1.2, which unifies performance management and business intelligence to support a broad range of strategic, financial and operational management processes enabling organizations to become smart, agile, and aligned.
Oracle said that the new release features a pre-packaged source adapter for SAP financial data that reduces the complexity and costs of loading that data into Oracle Hyperion performance management applications and Oracle Essbase.
more at http://enterpriseapplications.cbronline.com/news/oracle_introduces_new_version_of_epm_system_040509
Oracle faces i2 patent suit
Supply chain management software and services provider i2 Technologies has filed a patent suit against Oracle in the US District Court of Texas alleging infringement of 11 of its patents related to supply chain management and other enterprise software applications.
The company said Oracle has infringed patents related to process planning, managing factory planning systems, computer security, managing applications across multiple domains, intelligent order promising, managing multi-taxonomy environments, value chain management, and extreme capacity management. It is seeking monetary damages, royalty payments, and an injunction to block the infringement of its patents.
more at http://enterpriseapplications.cbronline.com/news/oracle_faces_i2_patent_suit_040509
Sunday, May 3, 2009
wi-tribe Jordan Successfully Completes Oracle EBS implementation
wi-tribe Jordan has successfully completed one of the most critical technology implementations in the Telecom Sector in Jordan; Oracle E-Business Suite implantation.
Savvytek Technical and functional experts have successfully completed implementing the project using Oracle’s best practices. A team of senior technology experts have designed, implemented and supported Oracle Financial and Oracle Supply Chain Management Solutions at wi-tribe Jordan based on their business and technical requirements, helping them achieve higher Return on Investment and strategically reduce the Total Cost of Ownership.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Cost-Effective Database Administration Without Compromising Service Quality
Ntirety provides a true Database Administration as a Service™ offering. This means a completely inclusive service that meets all your database administration needs. This white paper explains the key advantages of Database Administration as a Service™.
more at http://searchsqlserver.bitpipe.com/data/document.do?res_id=1236372249_709&asrc=EM_RMU_20090502
Oracle buys Sun for $7.4 billion
Oracle has acquired Sun Microsystems, in a $7.4 billion deal. Oracle will pay $9.50 per share for Sun, or $5.6 billion net of Sun�s cash and debt, with Oracle predicting that Sun will add $1.5 billion in operating profit in the first year. The deal is expected to be completed by the summer.
The purchase will give Oracle a major launch into the hardware market, where it has previously only had a very limited presence with its Oracle HP Database Machine. Sun�s servers and Solaris operating system have long been an important platform for OracleÃs applications. The deal will also give Oracle ownership of Java, a major building block in its own middleware platform, plus SunÃs storage systems, giving Oracle a comprehensive stack from application to disk. Oracle also gains the MySQL open source database.
more at http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/04/29/4156788.htm
Reports: Oracle planning more online software
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources and a document it reviewed, reports that Oracle is developing a set of online software offerings--seven new products, to be exact--in what could signal a shift in focus from traditional software to software as a service.
Reuters later confirmed the Journal report, also citing an unnamed source who was not authorized to publicly discuss the plan.
What's Microsoft Up To In Storage?
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been making quite a bit of noise over its new operating systems lately, and even a bit around virtualization, but when it comes to data storage products, there's been nothing but deafening silence.
Think about it: over the last 18 months or so there have been announcements about Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Hyper-V, the Azure cloud platform, and plenty more besides.
But where in all this are the announcements about Windows Storage Server 2008? Or an update to Storage Server 2003? Or anything else of interest to storage professionals? Server 2008 had some interesting storage features, but the product is a long way from the bold vision the software giant was pursuing just a few years ago.
more at http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/ipstorage/news/article.php/3818171
Database glitch causes Windows 7 download server meltdown
When Microsoft released the Windows 7 beta for public download in January, the resulting demand overwhelmed its servers, delaying the launch by a day and giving the software giant’s capacity planners a black eye.
This morning at 6AM PDT, when Windows 7 Release Candidate downloads were officially made available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, it looked like a sequel to that botched release. After 20 minutes or so of smooth downloads, both sites began bogging down, and the situation deteriorated rapidly as the minutes passed. For several hours after the official launch, most subscribers who tried to log on found themselves unable to reach the download pages.
On Demand SQL Server Management Toolset Now Available
Red Rock Consulting is pleased to announce it has made its flagship SQL Server Management toolset, RockSolid, available through an on demand Software as a Service (SaaS) offering. RockSolid DBA Maximize allows a customer to start using RockSolid for the monitoring and management of any SQL Server within 5 minutes, including those behind the corporate firewall. Red Rock Consulting believes RockSolid DBA Maximize is the first online, truly on demand management toolset for SQL Server.
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (PRWEB) May 1, 2009 -- Red Rock Consulting is pleased to announce it has made its flagship SQL Server Management toolset, RockSolid, available through an on demand Software as a Service (SaaS) offering. RockSolid DBA Maximize allows a customer to start using RockSolid for the monitoring and management of any SQL Server within 5 minutes, including those behind the corporate firewall. Red Rock Consulting believes RockSolid DBA Maximize is the first online, truly on demand management toolset for SQL Server.more at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2376604.htm
Cloud database guinea pigs sought by Microsoft
A Microsoft incubator project for online synchronization of databases is preparing to welcome early adopters.
Organizers of Project Huron, part of Microsoft's stable of emerging cloud-based services, have asked Microsoft customers to help test the synchronization and solidify a first release. The curious should send an email here, Microsoft said.
more at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/30/azure_cloud_sync_guinea_pigs/
Data engine rooms working harder
Bill Laing, corporate vice president of the Windows Server and Solutions Division, explains how Windows Server 2008 R2 can help enterprises save money on energy and data use.
Protect Your SQL Server Databases
SQL Server databases should be protected on a scheduled basis. A SQL database actually consists of two files; the database file (*.mdf) and a transaction log file (*.ldf). These files must match exactly for a backup copy of the database to restore properly.
In this white paper, you’ll learn how you can use Software Pursuit’s SureSync to provide a cost effective means of protecting critical SQL server databases. The paper provides an in-depth look at the recommended procedure for backing up SQL server database files safely and easily using the SureSync product.
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