Microsoft NT the focus of new partnership between Oracle South Africa and DNS ENTity

Oracle South Africa and ENTity, a company in the DNS Group, have signed a partnership agreement that will see ENTity focus on Oracle Decision Support Tools and Executive Information Systems running on Microsoft NT. Oracle said the agreement falls under the company`s Business Alliance Partnerships (BAP) programme. The programme`s goal is to provide a single source of advanced technologies, specialised applications and technical expertise optimised for the Oracle environment. ENTity, which offers NT-based server solutions focused on DEC Alpha Systems product sets, was formed in early 1997 when DNS combined all its systems skills into one company.

Cayenne, Compuware link ObjectTeam, Uniface

Cayenne Software has demonstrated a pre-release version of the integration of its ObjectTeam with Uniface Seven from Compuware. The integration couples the Cayenne ObjectTeam analysis and design modelling repository with UNIFACE Seven`s repository for component development and deployment. [Local representative: Software Futures]

Brio integrates with Sybase Warehouse Studio

Brio Technology, the enterprise business intelligence company, said it has integrated the Brio Enterprise suite of business intelligence products with Sybase Warehouse Studio. [Local representative: Abraxas]

Baan and FGH strengthens relationship

FGH, an IBM business partner for RS6000 systems, said it has opened a competency centre at Baan South Africa`s head office in Midrand. The centre will provide benchmarking, testing and training for Baan enterprise resource planning software running on IBM hardware. Yolanda Delport, marketing and alliance manager at Baan SA, said some of the biggest deals in the Baan stable had come from the existing Baan/FGH relationship. FGH said it currently maintains 20-25 Baan sites.

Oracle to deliver integrated ERP solutions on HP systems for mid-size companies

Oracle Corporations said it will launch an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution for mid-sized companies. The solution will be bundled initially with HP NetServer systems running Windows NT and in its second iteration with UNIX system HP 9000 Enterprise Servers. The pre-configured and pre-installed all-in-one solution is based on Oracle Applications and will combine core technologies, applications, consulting services, customer support, education and financing options, allowing for ease of implementation and use at a low cost.

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Oracle8 shipping with IBM Netfinity servers

Oracle and IBM said Oracle8 database server software will be offered as a trial licence with IBM Netfinity servers, IBM`s line of PC servers running Windows NT. The trial licence lasts for 60 days.

Four Oracle customers finalists for Smithsonian awards

Oracle said information technology solutions from four of its customers - Rotterdam Municipal Port Authority, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the University of Washington and CNN - are finalists for the 1998 ComputerWorld Smithsonian Awards.

Red Brick moves into data extraction market

Red Brick Systems has announced Red Brick Formation, a data extraction component of Red Brick DecisionScape, an environment of products, services, methodology and partnerships for data warehousing solutions. [Local distributor: Software Futures]

Sagent backs Microsoft data warehousing technologies

Sagent Technology, a data mart specialist, said it will embrace and extend the new data warehousing technologies to be delivered by Microsoft later this year. [Local representative: 360 Solutions]

Brio wins worldwide contract deal with IBM

Brio Technology said IBM Sales and Distribution Division will deploy worldwide Brio`s enterprise business intelligence solution to track sales and marketing information and speed delivery of business critical data to field managers. [Local distributor: Abraxas]

Digital chooses Fenestrae as messaging partner

Fenestrae said it has become a member of Digital`s new "Business Solutions for Exchange Programme" with its Faxination. The programme`s purpose is to offer more solutions to IS managers in the burgeoning Microsoft Exchange-based market. [Local representative: Server Tools]

Arbor and AlphAbloX team on Java analysis

Arbor Software and AlphaBlox, a provider of Web-based operational analysis applications, said they have joined forces to speed the delivery of analytic applications built on Arbor Essbase OLAP Server. [Local distributor: IBD]