Red Brick customers win Best Practice awards

Red Brick said two Red Brick Systems customers, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association and Premier Inc, have been awarded 1998 Best Practice Awards by the Data Warehousing Institute.

Will you be saying Business as usual on 1 January 2000?

Bateleur Software, one of the most experienced project and software service companies in mainframe languages ADABAS and Natural, said it is offering on a rental basis a complete range of Year 2000 tools to speed up the Y2K projects.

Ford selects Viasoft`s OnMark 2000 for YK2

Viasoft has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Ford Motor Company. The motoring giant will use Viasoft`s OnMark 2000 Assess to streamline desktop assessment for year 2000 compliance.

Software AG wraps COBOL with DCOM

Now all those working lines of COBOL need not be `thrown away`. Software AG says they can be `wrapped` and made part of an enterprise-wide component-based architecture.

NT gets mission critical with EMC

EMC says it has launched Windows NT connectivity options for its Symmetrix data storage systems. The company says Windows NT is maturing, increasing consolidation with other major enterprise operating systems.

Oracle8 wins "Product Of The Year" in Datamation`s annual reader`s competition

Oracle said the Oracle8 database server was named database "Product Of The Year" in Datamation magazine`s 1998 "Plug In Product Of The Year" reader`s poll. Datamation subscribers voted on 75 nominees in 13 different categories ranging from operating systems to routers to database servers. In the database server category Oracle8 was chosen by a margin of 51 percent to 36 percent over IBM`s DB2 Universal Database 5.0.

New Dimension chooses SA for 2 beta test sites

New Dimension Software has installed the latest version of its systems management software, Enterprise Control Station 5.0.0, at a bank and a major retailer in South Africa. The sites are two of 10 beta sites worldwide.

OO guru Fowler to run classes in SA

Software Futures is bringing Martin Fowler, one of the world`s leading OO exponents, to South Africa in May to run master classes and executive breakfasts in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Oracle expands Java to the database server

Oracle has announced plans to put Java into the next version of the Oracle8 database server, release 8.1, which is expected to hit the streets by the end of this year. Oracle said it has developed several key components of Java support within Oracle8 that will provide a vital link between Java applications and the information stored in database servers.

Macro 4 announces TCP/IP support for AS/400 products

SPL announces Prism Quality Manager for SAP

SPL has announced Prism Quality Manager for SAP, a new business solution that accelerates data migration and optimises investments in SAP implementations. Prism supplies software for building, maintaining and navigating data warehouses.