A modestly priced version of Actian's high-performance Vectorwise database aims to help smaller organisations into the world of Big Data.

Database vendor Ingres is renaming itself Actian. While its DBMS activity continues, the company is looking to a new market for apps driven by massive databases.

Database vendor Ingres and business intelligence specialist Yellowfin have teamed up for joint sales of VectorWise and Yellowfin as a complete, fast and easy to use enterprise reporting and analytics system.

Ingres has set a new record on a Transaction Processing Performance Council benchmark, achieving a massive improvement on the previous record on the same hardware.

Almost two in three Australian enterprises now has a policy or strategy in place regarding the use of Free Open Source Software, with just about every enterprise using elements of open source in their day to day operations.

A Suse Studio appliance template is now available for the Ingres database, making it easier for vendors to package Ingres as part of a software appliance.

A Melbourne-based publishing services company is using open source and honest-to-goodness cloud computing for a custom, core business application.

Around 400 developers and entrepreneurs focussed on the next wave of geospatial enabled applications are converging on Sydney this week for FOSS4G – the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference.

The increasing ease of integration and compatibility with different platforms has seen businesses in the Asia Pacific region increasingly evaluating Open Source software as a viable alternative as they continue to look for ways to reduce operational expenses.

Australian producer of edible oils, fats and margarines, Peerless Foods, has deployed an open source data base from Ingres for its mission-critical business enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence (BI) platforms to assist in modernisation of its production environment and to support future expansion.