Sybase Offers Free Database for Linux
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In a bid to expand the customer base for its database software, Sybase this week released a free, limited version of its software for deployment on Linux systems.
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COMMENTARY -- In a press release issued yesterday, with the headline &quot;Sybase First to Provide Free Linux Enterprise-Class Database for Production Use,&quot; Sybase notes that it has &quot;deepened its commitment to the Linux community with the availability of the
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Sybase Inc. SY.N said on Tuesday  that it will partner with hardware vendor IBM IBM.N to market  its Linux database software, potentially dealing a blow to Sun  Microsystems, another long-standing partner.
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Sybase Tuesday launched its strike in the cluster-database market, releasing Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition to compete with the likes of Oracle&#39;s Real Application Clusters.Sybase&#39;s offering is aimed at IT shops that require high availability from their datacenters. It uses shared-disk clustering, where a number of ASE server instances is grouped into a cluster seen as a single system managing the same set of data. This allows application workloads to be balanced among the instances. The software automatically migrates connections if a node fails, according to the company.Noel Yuhanna, a Forrester Research analyst covering database technologies, said Sybase has made a wise move.&quot;They&#39;ve realized they need to innovate to stay competitive and they&#39;re doing that,&quot; he said. &quot;I think it&#39;s a good move and makes them comparable in certain situations with Oracle RAC.&quot;While most companies employ some type of failover technology in their data centers, it may take effect in minutes, not seconds, Yuhanna said. &quot;Companies who want it to happen really fast, that&#39;s when shared-disk clustering can really help,&quot; he said.&quot;It&#39;s only about five to 10 percent of the applications in an organization that would really need that up-to-the second [performance],&quot; Yuhanna added.Sybase hasn&#39;t necessarily surpassed Oracle&#39;s capabilities, according to Yuhanna. Its new product might be more suitable for &quot;smaller environments, or those that are only focused around Linux and Solaris,&quot; he said, adding that word hasn&#39;t yet circled back from customers regarding the product&#39;s performance.David Jonker, senior product marketing manager in the ASE group at Sybase, said the company worked with 12 large companies on a technology preview version of the software. He declined to name them, and said none had agreed to speak to the media.ASE Cluster Edition is compatible with systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86_64); Solaris 9 and 10 on Sparc (64-bit); and SUSE Linux 9 and 10 (x86_64). Sybase did not release pricing information.
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International Business Machines  Corp. IBM.N late on Wednesday rolled out a new version of its  database software aimed at users of Linux and Unix operating  systems that it hopes will help the company take away market  share from market leader Oracle Corp. ORCL.O.
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Looking to avoid the costly fragmentation that stifled the Unix market, members of the Free Standards Group have announced a new version of a critical Linux standard that many of its proponents hope will cement the future for the open-source operating
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The company is releasing its new ASE Express Edition for free in hopes of attracting customers who will later upgrade to Sybase's ASE Small Business Edition.
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The Free Standards Group, a US-based non-profit trade organisation, is expected to announce widespread industry support for Linux Standard Base 2.0, an effort to develop a standard version of the open source operating system.
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Sybase said today that it has struck a deal with IBM in which Big Blue will market and distribute Sybase&#39;s Linux database management software.
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An enhanced multi-threaded syslogd, supporting reliable syslog over TCP and RFC 3195, writing to MySQL databases, fully configurable output formats (with great timestamps), ability to filter on anything, and on-the-wire message compression.   Hi all,  Rsyslog 3.11.2 has just been released. Now it has the ability to convert text files into syslog. This is done by the imfile plugin, which monitors text files. A new libdbi-based output plugin has been written. This adds six additional databases (including Firebird and Oracle) to the supported database set. Also contains small bug fixes. Version 3.11.2 is a recommended release for all version 3 users.  Doc for new Modules:    http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-omlibdbi.html    http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-imfile.html  Changelog:    http://www.rsyslog.com/Article175.phtml  Download:    http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-req-getit-lid-79.phtml  I hope this release is useful. As always, feedback is appreciated.  Best regards, Rainer Gerhards
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MySQL on Wednesday announced general availability of Version 4.1 of its MySQL open source database, which the company is positioning as production-ready for large-scale enterprise usage.
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International Business Machines Corp.  late on Wednesday rolled out a new version of its database software aimed at users of Linux and Unix operating systems that it hopes will help the company take away market share from market leader Oracle Corp. .
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TechWeb - The vendor is offering free data migration to SalesForce.com and Siebel customers and a 1-gigabyte storage upgrade for paying customers.
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Ziff Davis - Opinion: Linux is profoundly shaking up the database market, hopefully to customers' benefit.
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For a theoretically free operating system, Linux is -- and will continue to be -- a cash cow. A research firm sees a bright financial future for the OS.
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MySQL AB, developer of the world&#39;s most popular open source database, today announced the general availability of MySQLÂ® 4.1.
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The latest Linux Standard Base specifications are now out, allowing open-source vendors and developers to maintain easy portability and compatibility among applications for Linux.