Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Ingres puts one foot in front of the other
- Ingres puts one foot in front of the otherIngres OriginsDana, Thanks for the Ingres coverage, but I wanted to point out a factual inaccuracy in your post. You state "Ingres offers an implementation of postgresql" This isn't accurate The name "Postgres" was a contraction of Post-Ingres and...
- Tags: Databases, Ingres
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- Ingres puts one foot in front of the other
- Take a moment, today, and give a turtle its props. Slow and steady can win the race too. As Ingres proves. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Ingres, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- Ingres-Alfresco get into ring with Microsoft SharePoint
- Ingres is not only seeking to keep you out of Microsoft's clutches here but make sure you don't get into Sun's, owners of mySQL. Getting into your pocket through content management is the play. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Ingres, Databases, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Can database lock-in be broken
- Can database lock-in be brokenCredit Larry for being very good, cheap enough, and just enough lock-in.But, there are a lot of transactions done by open source databases and it is growing. It would be interesting to know the percentage of transactions done by each database worldwide.Ingres and Postgres"Ingres is based...
- Tags: Databases, Ingres, Oracle Corp., Postgres, Michael Stonebraker, database
- Discussion threads 2008-11-19
- Can database lock-in be broken
- It seems to be an Iron Law. As a database structure grows more complex the cost of shifting vendors becomes prohibitive. Free becomes expensive and expensive nearly free. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Oracle Corp., Ingres
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Ingres gives Fortify security study a good fisking
- Open source projects in Fortify's Open Review report fewer defects per thousand lines of code than proprietary products in the same review. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Ingres, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Old Databases Never Die and Some Won't Even Fade Away....
- Those like author who are bit long in the tooth may remember Relational Technology RTI, the original developers of the Ingres Relational Database Management System RDBMS that ultimately lost out to Oracle in the RDBMS wars of the early 1990s. Ingres never actually died, it got bought by a company...
- Tags: Quocirca, RDBMS, Ingres, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-06-26
- Ingres brings OpenROAD tool for rapid DB apps development to GPL
- Ingres Corp. is hoping for strong community involvement with its Open ROAD rapid application development RAD tool by taking it to GPL v2 release. The Redwood City, Calif., open source database management company has made the new release available on its Web site and said it...
- Tags: GPL, Tool, Ingres, 4GL OpenROAD, OpenROAD Application, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- What does IBM mean for an open source start-up?
- What does IBM mean for an open source start-up?Minor correction: Ingres PostgresDana,Despite the common origins at Cal and similar names, Ingres and Postgres are different code bases. There's a good description of this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL. I appreciate your active coverage of the rebirth of openness in the...
- Tags: Databases, Ingres, open-source start-up, Postgres, open source, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- PostgreSQL left out in database brouhaha
- PostgreSQL left out in database brouhahaTalk about bias ntntThe reason PosgreSQL is left out...Dana, I think the reason that you'll see PosgreSQL left out of the database brouhaha is because the conversation this week is focused on the enterprise. While PostgreSQL may have great adoption for deployment within the...
- Tags: Databases, PostgreSQL, Postgres, Ingres, database
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- What do the database deals mean?
- What do the database deals mean?Postgres is the future of...open source databases.YOu can bet that...Oracle and Sun will be looking for ways to make money on their acquisitions. The most obvious way would be to play games with the open source products such that using them would eventually steer...
- Tags: Databases, UNIX, Postgres, MySQL, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Ingres, PostgreSQL, database
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- OpenLink Express Edition ODBC Driver for Ingres 6.01.1113 (Mac)
- The OpenLink ODBC Driver for Ingres Express Edition is a single component installed on a machine hosting ODBC compliant applications such as Microsoft Excel, 4th Dimension, Omnis Studio, DB Visualizer, DB Designer, etc. The OpenLink ODBC Driver for Ingres Express Edition is a multi-threaded "Wire Protocol" Driver, enabling seamless...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, ODBC Driver, Ingres, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-11-16
- Is Relational Relevant?
- Last week, some friends of mine from Ingres, the early relational database management system, attended a retrospective on relational database systems held at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley with other database pioneers from Oracle, Informix, IBM and Sybase. I was an early employee at Ingres which was the...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Information Management, Database
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Open or Closed? Why you need a strategy for open source in your organization
- Tough economic times call for a new approach to software development and demand that you find a better, faster, and more affordable way to develop new applications. Open source is the answer - much faster time to value, all the benefits of an on-demand business model, and speed of innovation....
- Tags: Strategy, Ingres, Open Source
- Webcasts 2007-06-17
- Service Pack 2 for SQL Server arrives
- Service Pack 2 for SQL Server arrivesDump the expensive CRAPWARE from Microsoft, Experience the freedom of MySQLPostgreSQL, Ingres, etc. All much better products at a fraction of the cost to install and maintain. You can get world class service for any one of these databases.AWESOME.Some functionality that was in Maint....
- Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, service pack, Service Pack 2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, database, server, Ingres, PostgreSQL
- Discussion threads 2007-02-20
- Market is expressly ready for a real, high-end OSS relational database
- Market is expressly ready for a real, high-end OSS relational databaseThe right direction to go inThe Wikipedia article is, correctly, highly critical of existing RDBMS implementations. The future is dropping SQL and delivering an RDBMS that actually implements the relational model properly.Wind and Americas Cup CompetitionFor Oracle to suck the...
- Tags: Databases, Wikipedia article, Oracle Corp., RDBMS, database, Ingres, IBM DB2, OSS
- Discussion threads 2006-08-22
- A database without an operating system?
- Not really. But as far as customers can tell, maybe.rPath and Ingres have integrated a database and a Linux installation so it looks to the customer like a single install. The result is what rPath calls a "software appliance," and this concept is at the heart of rBuilder 2.0, which...
- Tags: Ingres, rPath
- Blog posts 2006-08-15
- Ingres to play possum in mySQL hen house
- Ingres to play possum in mySQL hen houseIf you're not there is fantastic value in products MySQL and PostgresqlIf you're going to pay money and develop something there are many well used big name databases out there. If you're not there is fantastic value in products like MySQL and Postgresql.conversion...
- Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, MySQL, Ingres, database
- Discussion threads 2006-04-25
- Ingres to play possum in mySQL hen house
- I know, it's correct to say Ingres chief architect Bill Maimone will be the fox in mySQL's henhouse, when he goes to their Santa Clara meeting tomorrow. But I have always had more trouble with opossums than foxes in raising my chickens, here in the urban jungle of Atlanta, and...
- Tags: Bill Maimone, MySQL, Ingres
- Blog posts 2006-04-25
- Ingres prepares for assault on Oracle's turf
- Ingres prepares for assault on Oracle's turfI hope them the best but ...... do not be surprised if within 3-5 years this same guy is announcing bankruptcy or firings, etc.Go Ingres Go !!!I bow down to the King of Databases. The creator of MySql and Postgres. Go get em!! I...
- Tags: Databases, Oracle Corp., Relational Model, Ingres, Postgres
- Discussion threads 2006-03-22
White Papers and Webcasts