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Amazon Relational Data Service (RDS) to Add Oracle 11g Database
Amazon Web Services has announced that Amazon RDS, which currently supports MySQL, will be adding support for Oracle 11g Database. RDS will offer Oracle 11g in Q2 2011, although pre-configured Amazon Machine Images for EC2 are already available.

CA Announces ERwin Data Modeler Release 8
CA has announced release 8 of its long-running ERWin Data Modeler. CA offers a freely-downloadable Community version that supports up to 25 objects. It also offers Navigator, Standard and Workgroup editions. CA also offers a bundle of products as ERwin Modeling for Enterprise. Release 8 extends support for IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and integrates with SAP Crystal Reports^® and SAP Business Objects.

JReport Enables Cloud Database Reporting for Database.com Jinfonet Software has announced that it's JReport software is available as a reporting solution for users of Database.com, Saleforce.com and Force.com. JReport is a Java solution that uses the Progress DataDirect JDBC driver for Database.com. It supports data visualization, ad hoc analysis and dashboards. Data Warehouse Landscape Designates Teradata and IBM as Industry Leaders The Information Difference Landscape from a veteran analyst firm rated data warehouse vendors for Q4 2010. Vendors were ranked according to technology and market strength, which was based on breadth of partner network, data warehouse revenues, financial strength, growth, and geographic coverage. The authors rated Teradata and IBM as having the best combination of technology and market strength. They also noted that the massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and column stores are gaining favor with data warehouse vendors.

Xeround Jumps into Cloud Database Arena with Elastic MySQL Offering
Xeround has announced a MySQL-compatible database that has been adapted to provide the scalability and elasticity of cloud databases. Xeround supports auto-scaling Database_as_a_Service (DaaS) on the Amazon EC2 web service. It has recently expanded to Europe and has plans to offer Xeround on the GoGrid and Rackspace platforms.

Oracle Applications Available in Amazon Cloud
Amazon has announced several Oracle application suites are available on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The applications are available through EC2 Application Management Interfaces for use with the EC2 cloud service. The list of available applications includes Oracle PeopleSoft, Oracle E-Business Suite and J.D. Edwards Enterprise One software. The EC2 catalog includes Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) that contain the Oracle templates for the suites, Oracle BPM, Oracle Database and Oracle Enterprise Linux.

Sentrigo Releases Version 4.1 of Hedgehog Enterprise Database Security Suite
Sentrigo Hedgehog Enterprise is an integrated software suite for database activity monitoring and vulnerability assessment. Version 4.1 adds support for Sybase and MySQL databases in Hedgehog DBScanner, which checks for 4,000 potential weaknesses. DBScanner performs OS-level checks and enables customers to define pattern-matching criteria for finding vulnerable sensitive data.

Predictive Analytics World to Run March 14-15, 2011 in San Francisco
Eric Siegel, PhD of Predictive Analytics has announced the agenda for Predictive Analytics World. The conference is in its third year. It features a lineup of 30 speakers and a program that includes two tracks with case studies from leading enterprises. The conference will run March 14-15 at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel.

Google to Upgrade Google App Engine with Hosted SQL
Google has announced a preview of support for hosted SQL databases in Google App Engine. Google wants to encourage more development of enterprise applications using Google App Engine for Business. That might require capabilities, such as SQL queries, that are not provided by the App Engine's built-in Data Store. Hosted SQL support is expected to be available by the second quarter of 2011.

Progress Software JDBC Driver for Enterprise Cloud Database from Salesforce.com
At the Dreamforce 2010 conference, salesforce.com announced it will offer a database and
Progress Software announced a JDBC driver for that database. The database in the cloud will be
accessible at database.com. The JDBC driver, currently in beta test, enables developers to
access data used by applications built for Force.com or Database.com. An ODBC driver will be
available in the second quarter of 2011.

GigaSpaces XAP Provides Cloud-Data Center Hybrid Infrastructure for Social Casino
GigaSpaces announced the first cloud-based social casino platform uses the GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP). Yazino has built a bridge between social gaming and online gambling that requires scalability. It has registered more than 500,000 players, with 10,000 joining daily.

“As a social gaming online casino, we knew from the beginning that scalability was critical to our success,” says Hussein Chahine, Yazino’s Founder and CEO. “With XAP, we have the flexibility to meet constantly changing business volumes, with linear, real-time dynamic scalability using a cloud-data center hybrid model.” XAP includes an in-memory data grid and it integrates with Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS), Citrix NetScaler and Citrix XenServer.

Evident Software Releases Monitoring and Management Software for NoSQL Databases and Data
Evident Software Software announced availability of the Evident ClearStone® Development Pack. ClearStone is a solution for managing all data tiers of enterprise applications. It provide collection, correlation and visualization of performance metrics for enterprise and Web applications. The
ClearStone platform monitors Java, JMX and other applications, including those using Cassandra,
Memcached, Oracle Coherence, and DataSynapse GridServer.

EMC Greenplum Data Computing Appliance Debuts
EMC Corporation, a company know for its storage systems, has introduced a powerful new solution for data warehouses in an enterprise or private cloud environment. The EMC® Greenplum® Data Computing Appliance is a data warehouse system based on a massively parallel processing architecture that uses Greenplum Database 4.0. EMC describes the new product as a key enabler for self-service analytics and big data in the cloud. EMC also announced Greenplum Database Single-Node Edition is freee software available for download.

Conference Presentations Focus on Cloud Computing,  Data Modeling and Data Services
Slides, video and podcasts from the Silicon Valley edition of DataServices World have been released. The conference was co-located with Cloud Computing Expo and SOAWorld and the speaker presentations covered a variety of topics related to distributed processing, modeling, data quality, semantic metadata, scalability and data services for SOA, WOA, grid and cloud computing environments. Additional videos from the New York event have also been released.

DataServices World: John Goodson Keynote	DataServices World: Data Modeling for SOA Class

SOA, Middleware and Database Gurus at DataServices World
The DataServices World conference in New York City was a successful launch. Conference Chair Ken North discusses the importance of data services for SOA and next-generation applications such as mashups. The distinguished faculty for DataServices World 2008 included Dr. Stef Damianakis (Netrics), Dr. William O'Connell (IBM), John Goodson (DataDirect), Dr. Michael Carey (BEA), Mike Pizzo (Microsoft), Mark Hapner (Sun), John Senor (iWay Software), Nikita Ogievetsky (Morgan Stanley) and Dr. Carlo Innocenti (DataDirect). Slides and video from the conference are available at DataServicesWorld.com.

1968 Survey of Database Systems Uncovered Ken North has uncovered documents about first-generation database technology in a folder from URS Project-70, a project to add database extensions to a COBOL compiler. He reports the emergence of database systems preceded the relational model and SQL standard, as evidenced by the September 1968 database systems survey by the CODASYL Systems Committee.

LinkedData Planet Puts Spotlight on Publishing SQL Data on the Web
The LinkedData Planet conference was about the confluence of enterprise and Web computing and there was much emphasis on publishing SQL data for the web audience. The distinguished faculty included keynote speaker Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the W3C. The slides and audio from presentations by Sir Tim and other speakers are available at LinkedDataSummit.com. 

Data Access Middleware Under a Microscope in 90-Page White Paper
A white paper from Ken North Computing discusses the role and importance of data access middleware. "Middleware in Action" is a 90-page report that describes how middleware plugs into architectures for distributed applications and services, including SOA, OLTP and ESB. It explains defining characteristics of best-of-breed data access middleware, including features for performance and scalability. The report also includes a features checklist for compiling a report card for database drivers and data providers. The executive summary (HTML, ) of "Middleware in Action: Industrial Strength Data Access" also contains the data access middleware checklist..

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