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		<title><![CDATA[Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security.  The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award.  What's more likely is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM launches 'pureScale': Front runs Oracle's database attack]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=25641]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM on Friday will launch a new database technology dubbed pureScale, which is designed to up the ante in transaction processing. The news comes ahead of Oracle's OpenWorld powwow next week. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is expected to take a bevy of shots at IBM's database capability as it touts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:00:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cloud Computing for the Enterprise: Part 2: WebSphere sMash and DB2 Express-C on the Amazon EC2 Public Cloud]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1104631]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Among the three cloud types - public, private, and hybrid clouds - the public cloud is probably the most well-known and mature in its offerings. Accessibility and affordability are two of the key characteristics that have led to the popularity of the public cloud. To these ends, the Amazon Elastic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OS execs split over fate of MySQL under Oracle's grip]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4086]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Â     The fate of Sun's open source jewels -- especially MySQL -- has been heavily debated since Oracle announced its intentions to buy the Java giant earlier this week.Â     Few expect the Redwood Shores, Calif. database giant to mess with Java. It is a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:43:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[P570 vs T5220]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1537]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of JesperFrimann's challenge with respect to the options available to a  company with two aging p690s running Sybase,  he suggested that:  It's 256 threads per box on the T5440 versus 16 on the p550, and furthermore the power 550 supports shared pool virtualization.. so it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:15:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[3B Dataservices Leverages IBM WebSphere and DB2 to Build Unique ERP Solution With Seamless Data Access]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=327885]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[3B Dataservices, Ltd., an IT systems developer specializing in customized applications for a wide range of businesses, uses IBM WebSphere Application Server - Express and IBM DB2 Universal Database to build iNfinite Answers, its unique Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solution. Most conventional ERP systems fail to make data truly accessible...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Behr India Finds Cool Solution to IT Challenges With IBM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=330285]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Based in Pune, India, Behr India Limited designs and manufactures advanced Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning HVAC units for the automotive industry. With diverse operating systems, server platforms and applications, Behr India found its expansion plans were hindered by rising IT costs. The company's decentralised data storage presented a risk to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM pushes enterprise Linux profit center]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=934]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I dont write enough about IBM here.The company refuses to be too sexy for its shirt, with a formal, coat-and-tie corporate culture nearly a century old. They dont do many turns on the industry cat walk. They dont go in for big parties.But IBM defines the enterprise space, still the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:00:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006CorrectionIn your note on Eric Rudder you said: "Once Gates relinquishes his CEO title, will Microsoft become "Rudderless"?"  Gates is not Microsoft CEO...hasn't been for years. Ballmer is the CTO. Gates is Chairman and Chief Software Architect. I hear second hand...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:56:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle with Linux is doing the inevitable -- a business model mash-up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle with Linux is doing the inevitable -- a business model mash-upSpecialized stacksI'm not at all convinced that there's any reason for Oracle to offer a direct competitor to Red Hat.  It's not like the classic oligopolistic zero-sum game where they can hope to corner the market by starving...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM's open source expansion could speed up IT commoditization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=108]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM announced at LinuxWorld in San Francisco that it is extending its support for open source business models in eight key initiatives. I spoke with Dan Frye, who heads up IBM's Linux Technology Center in Portland, Oregon. "Our experience with Linux and open source has shown how disruptive the business...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:59:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More wag the dog: Mobile databases not exactly free]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2954]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ One of the reasons I was finally inspired to finish that JavaDB piece I just wrote after starting the homework for it in January was because a ZDNet reader recently contacted me regarding a two year old piece I wrote that asked whether or not Sybase and iAnywhere were...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 15:07:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Oracle "monopoly"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=17662&messageID=347630&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oracle "monopoly"Open source vs. Free source"Open source represents the same kind of problem for Oracle. Oracle, of course, also has an open source strategy, which includes free downloads of code, and it's a strategy, not a giveaway."No, open source is not downloading code for free (that's free source). Open...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM sets DB2 database free]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=17205&messageID=339720&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM sets DB2 database freeSEC0ND WALL ICEWHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, IF IT MELTS IT HAS BEEN VIOLATEDEvans: MySQL and Firebird are neck-to-neckActually Evans reported that MySQL and Firebird were about equaly popular, as reported by ZDNet itself:http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39185042,00.htmDamn....I just spend a whole bunch on this software.  Quite the bummer.. Oh...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:51:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The performance debate: Linux vs Windows]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=514]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[My January 13th blog To beat Linux: scam the customer drew quite a lot of talkback comments. One of the themes there was fired off by a comment from No-Ax-To-Grind to the effect that the Linux community is somehow afraid of a direct performance comparison against Microsoft. I'm pretty sure...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:58:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM may offer free DB2 database]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM may offer free DB2 databaseFree software is just bad...I am against free software in general. The only vendor capable of releasing free software is Microsoft. Why you ask? Because Microsoft products are simple, elegant and refined. The world needs to use these products to be productive. My fear is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Blue backs PHP for Web development]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=8498&messageID=170854&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Big Blue backs PHP for Web developmentNot surprising. A natural move!It's a natural move. Java is well overblown. It's going everywhere. To do very simple things on web, how complex Java is increasingly become. Those people working on to develop all sorts of stuff, better think again.This move is a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Face Off: Sun issues open letter to IBM's Palmisano]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=955]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sun is ratcheting up the heat on IBM, with an open letter from Jonathan Schwartz to IBM CEO Sam Palmisano text below calling on Big Blue to serve its customers by porting its applications to Sun's Solaris for x86 systems. As I wrote earlier, Sun is using blogs, open letters, Web sites, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:43:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Flaws drill holes in open-source databases]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1009-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=3368&messageID=69918&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Flaws drill holes in open-source databasespatchs patchs everywhere and not a thing to drinkWell at least they are coordinated. patch windows, patch linux, patch bsd, patch osx.. Dont matter as long as its reported, you're made aware of the vulnerability and you do what your told. that works with 3...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2004 15:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pep Boys Revs Up Customer Service With an IBM and Oracle Retail Solution]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=289933]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Faced with eroding customer loyalty and aging technology, Pep Boys needed to transform its retail systems to improve the customer shopping experience. To tackle this IBM and IBM Business Partner Oracle Retail created a scalable, open retail infrastructure, based on IBM Store Integration Framework, enhancing customer service by integrating people,...]]></description>
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