OraWorld News Update Feb. 21, 1998

Saturday, February 21, 1998, 1:00 p.m. PST news_at_oraworld.com

ORACLE NEWS FROM ORAWORLD TOP STORIES
Following are abstracts of the top stories for this week. Please visit http://www.oraworld.com/news.htm for the full text of all of these stories.

• NEW! ORAWORLD'S CAREER CORNER Find out how much money you really should be making, take an online test to discover your hidden IT aptitude, find out what skills are really in demand, and find out how not what you can do for your country, but what your government can do for you.
• CALL FOR PAPERS: ORACLE OPENWORLD '98 IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Want to share your insights and ideas with your peers? Then become an OpenWorld speaker. It's easy!
• ORACLE VIDEO SERVER ENTERS 3.0 BETA Oracle announced the beta release of Oracle Video Server 3.0, software for storing, managing, and delivering full-motion, full-screen video and high fidelity audio to the desktop.
• ORACLE DEBUTS ORACLE APPLICATION SERVER 4.0 Oracle recently debuted its application server upgrade, which includes new features enhancements for multiplatform deployment of network and Web-based applications, including support for Java, HTML, CORBA, and Microsoft's DCOM.
• RATIONAL SOFTWARE TO DELIVER RATIONAL ROSE '98 Rational Software delivered a new version of its flagship modeling tool, Rational Rose '98. The new version adds features aimed at IT shops undertaking large-scale, component-based development projects.
• SYBASE ENHANCES JAVA DATABASE DRIVER Sybase announced availability of a version of its Java database connectivity software, jConnect, featuring enhanced security for Java applets.
• SYBASE BUYS DATA WAREHOUSE VENDOR INTELLIDEX Sybase bought Intellidex Systems for its warehouse management, integration and meta data capture software, in an effort to offer one-stop data warehouse shopping.
• INFORMIX DIVES INTO MIDDLEWARE MARKET In early March, Informix Software will reveal a strategy to position its object-relational database engine as middleware for transaction processing.
• INFORMIX ENDS YEAR ON POSITIVE NOTE Informix defied Wall Street analysts' expectations and, in prelimary results, reported a profit for the fourth quarter of 1997.
• ORAWORLD RELEASES ITS ONLINE "REFERENCE GUIDE TO ORACLE SQL" Don't know how to type in a specific SQL command? Don't strain your brain trying to make sense of Oracle's teeny tiny railroad diagrams. Use OraWorld's SQL Reference Guide instead! Members: Visit http://www.oraworld.com/members to access this great new resource. Non-members: Visit http://www.oraworld.com/train.htm to learn more about OraWorld's training.

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