|| Technology BlogsEnterpriseDB announces clustered database in Amazon's EC2 EnterpriseDB announced that their PostgreSQL based database offering will be available inside of Amazon's EC2 cloud. Some details are available from Information Week
How Business Workflow Engines Can Save You MoneyWorkflow engines have gone mainstream: Just take a look at Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). Microsoft is giving it away free, bundled with .NET 3.0. Normally, workflow engines can cost upwards to $50,000. Replication chatter at PGCon2007I just got back from PGCon2007. My favorite part of conferences like PGCon is the informal discussions that take place in the halls between sessions and each night at the local pubs. A popular topic at both the formal and informal parts of the conference is how people are dealing with replication. Cisco to Buy WebEx Communications for $3.2 BillionWebEx investors will receive $57 a share in cash, the companies said in a statement today. The offer is 23 percent higher than the Santa Clara, California-based company's closing share price of $46.20 yesterday. The purchase, the biggest since the acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta Inc. last year, gives Cisco increased access to a market that is growing faster than its traditional business for switches and routers. WebEx's services for holding conferences on the Internet and sharing Web-based documents focus mainly on small and medium-sized companies. |