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November 15, 1999

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Oracle Unveils Next Generation Of Database
Company also plans acquisition of data quality and extraction software developer

By Rick Whiting

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    • Oracle will provide a sneak preview of Oracle8i Release 2, the next version of its flagship database, at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in Los Angeles this week. The company also will unveil Oracle Integration Server for integrating data from diverse enterprise applications.

    Due to ship in the first quarter of next year, Oracle8i Release 2 will offer built-in analytical capabilities that previously required a separate online analytical-processing server. Oracle says users will be able to run analytical processes such as ranking or cumulative aggregation with only the database and SQL query tools.

    The upgrade will include support for the Java 2 development environment and an enhanced management console.

    But some Oracle users say stability is their primary concern. The new analysis features are "irrelevant," says John Giarelli, controller and MIS manager for State Fish Inc., a Cleveland seafood distributor, which runs its business on Oracle 7.3.4. "It's important that you have as solid a system as possible to avoid errors." Giarelli plans to upgrade to Oracle8i Release 2 in 2000.

    Oracle Integration Server will also be available early next year. Using Extensible Markup Language for data interchange and application interfaces based on Java Messaging Services, the software is designed to provide a standards-based integration layer above enterprise resource planning and customer-relationship management applications, E-commerce systems, messaging middleware, and databases.

    Oracle last week unveiled plans to buy Carleton Corp. for $8.7 million. The Minnetonka, Minn., company markets the Pure View line of software used to pull data from various sources, cleanse, transform, and load it into data warehouses. Oracle says it will use Carleton's technology to enhance its own data warehouse offering.


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