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SQL Maestro for MySQL 9.2 (Windows)

SQL Maestro for MySQL is the premier MySQL GUI admin tool for database management, control, and development. Key features includes: Support for the latest versions of MySQL server from 3.23 to 5.1; Easy database object management; Database designer; Data management: viewing, editing, grouping, sorting and filtering abilities; Handy SQL Editor...

Tags: MySQL, SQL, Microsoft Windows, SQL Maestro, Databases, Programming Languages, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-02-03

Federation Supplements The Data Warehouse - Not Either/Or, Never Was

Few enterprise data warehousing EDW professionals regard the key rival approach--data federation--to be a best practice. Usually, the reasons for this disdain are valid, such as the fact that federated environments are not optimized for heavy-hitting data matching, merging, transformation and cleansing, all of which are essential functions to deliver...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Environment, Data Federation, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Management, James Kobielus

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Microsoft readies free enterprise-search product

Microsoft is expanding its family of enterprise-search products with a new, free, entry-level product, Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, which is due to ship in early 2008. Microsoft made available on November 6 for download via its Enterprise Search Web site a near-complete release-candidate test version for...

Tags: Enterprise Search, Product, Server, Microsoft Corp., Express SKU, Search, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-06

Microsoft-Novell survey gives their deal a thumbs-up

Microsoft-Novell survey gives their deal a thumbs-upIt all depends who you ask and how you ask it.If you create questions that put everything in a positive light, then people will answer yes to about anything. Also, no idea how the selected the participants.For instance, this question is clearly biased: "I...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Intellectual property, survey, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2006-12-12

BEA CTO: we need 'business intelligence' applied to SOA

BEA CTO: we need 'business intelligence' applied to SOADistributed Repositories; Federated DashboardsWhile I agree wholeheartedly on the need for control read governance over SOA, and the resulting need for dashboards, I think we should also learn from BI in terms of accessing that data. I think it's...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Pricing, Web services, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise software, Middleware, SOA, business intelligence, BEA Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-26

Microsoft hits the books in Britain

Microsoft hits the books in Britain"Microsoft hits the books in Britain". With what? With stick?NTAnother one of Microsoft'sNTTry AgainAnother one of Microsoft's "Innovations".Stop digitizing books; Encode and Deliver KnowledgeThe competitive rush to merely "digitize books" by technology and business leaders is surprising. Making those digitized books searchable is just...

Tags: Strategy, Semantic Web, knowledge, Knowledge Repository, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-11-04