Search

Oracle, IBM and Informix say their new databases can handle SQL data and objects. But what are the trade-offs? We turned to the universal server gurus themselves for some answers. […]

Real-world relationships -- business and personal -- are complex, colorful, certainly interactive and often unstructured. While object databases offer the ability to mimic these complex relationships, they have been relegated […]

The ability to handle complex data types, with speed, is a goal for DBMS vendors today. Objects are the key to a variety of approaches. The unveiling of E.F. Codd's […]

Back in the '80s, a number of vendors built object-oriented database management systems, assuming that businesses would soon be storing the complex data types that the relational model wasn't meant […]

Welcome to the middle tier, where all the real drama takes place. The middle tier is where the business logic executes as it receives its commands from the Web/presentation tier […]

Could pragmatism actually overtake a standards-making process? Over the past year, the Object Management Group (OMG), Framingham, Mass., has attracted six proposals for standards that promote interoperability in the object […]

They want to manage complex data type and relationships With the explosion of the Internet, object database vendors may have finally found their niche in the software industry. The 'Net, […]

Not too long ago object database firms sought to supplant their older relational counterparts. Soon the two groups will reach a level of synergy. To exploit the wealth of complex […]

Cadre Technologies Inc., located in Providence, R.I., will integrate technology from ViewSoft Inc., Provo, Utah, into its ObjectTeam family of object-oriented software development solutions. Computer Associates (CA) International Inc., Islandia, […]

When the first object-oriented database companies appeared on the scene nearly a decade ago, their more foolhardy backers said they were in the vanguard of a revolution that would one […]

Versant Object Technology Corp., Menlo Park, Calif., made several moves over the last half of 1995 to extend the reach of its Versant object-oriented DBMS beyond the telecommunications world into […]

Object database vendors have gained acceptance in industries where relational technology has come up short. Telecommunications and insurance companies, and more recently financial services firms, have adopted the technology to […]

Platinum Technology Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., has agreed in principle to acquire Software Interfaces Inc., Houston. Black & White Software Inc., Campbell, Calif., has acquired the RWCGEN code generator from […]

Pilot Software, Cambridge, Mass., has received ISO 9000 certification from National Quality Assurance U.S.A., Boxborough, Mass. The Association for Information and Image Management, Silver Spring, Md., has officially changed its […]

SQA Inc., Woburn, Mass., has established SQA Europe Ltd., Bracknell, England. Sterling Software Inc., Dallas, has formed a new Federal Electronic Commerce Division within its Federal Systems Group. Dayna Communications […]

Robert Dixon recently joined Abacus Data Systems, Rolling Meadows, Ill., as project manager. Park City Group, Park City, Utah, has named Donald Shiker vice president of sales. Linda Solk has […]

Object technology's somewhat gradual move into the mainstream has prompted at least one object database vendor to adapt its product strategy. Just recently, object database stalwart Servio Corp. shifted gears, […]

As time has passed and ship dates have slipped, SunSoft Inc. has continued to enhance Project DOE (Distributed Objects Environment) based on feedback from hardy test sites. Recently, the Mountain […]

With coexistence its mantra, Persistence Software has bridged some rough waters between the object and relational shores. Founded in 1991 with $1.2 million in corporate development funding, the San Mateo, […]

Unisys Corp., Blue Bell, Pa., announced general availability of its new object-oriented Universal Repository for workgroups at the recent DB/Expo in San Francisco. URep, as it is called internally, runs […]

Objectivity Inc., Mountain View, Calif., has introduced Objectivity/DB Version 3.5, a new release of its object database management system for mission-critical client/server applications. Version 3.5 provides support for both a […]

Although the object database vendors have yet to prove themselves a full-fledged industry, a few of them are finding considerable revenue serving up a more sophisticated offering than the now-ensconced […]

Servio Corp., Beaverton, Ore. recently gained critical endorsements via agreements with Texas, Instruments (TI) Inc. and Micro Focus Inc. Both companies are exploiting Servio's GemStone object-oriented database to enhance systems […]