One of the most important functions of the Federal Aviation Administration is to gather, review and analyze all manner of aviation safety data to reactively and more to the future, proactively prevent accidents and manage safety risks.

Database service provider, ProDBA, has launched a series of remote database management services into the market.

Technology application provider, Embarcadero Technologies, recently launched FireMonkey, a CPU- and GPU-powered business application platform that allows developers to generate visually-engaging, native applications for Windows, Mac and mobile (iOS).

Technology developer, Jasco Consulting, has released its Jasco 2SQL software solution.

1. Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Open-source advocates feared that Oracle, which gained ownership of the open-source MySQL database through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, would choke off its development in order to protect the proprietary Oracle 11g database. That hasn't happened so far, as evidenced by two significant MySQL updates this year alone that provided features like additional scalability and better performance on Windows.

LogicalTech is a classic case of a company beginning small and then growing large. And that’s always good to see.

Frequent rivals Oracle and SAP are behaving more like "frenemies" when it comes to Oracle's Exadata database machine, high-profile mudslinging notwithstanding.

SAP has announced it will buy mobile and database vendor Sybase for roughly $5.8 billion.

Imperva's Amichai Shulman looks at database attack and defense.