IT news and products; Ingres makes Icebreaker software appliance.Ingres See Ingres 2006. INGRES - A relational DBMS vendor. Corporation have announced the general availability of Ingres Icebreaker icebreaker, ship of special hull design and wide beam, with relatively flat bottom, designed to force its way through ice. When the icebreaker charges into the ice at full speed, its sharply inclined bow, meeting the edge of the ice, rises upon it, and the weight of , the fully integrated enterprise-class database and operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. that claims to lower the cost and complexity of system maintenance and support. It is designed to be a self-contained software stack (1) A stack that is implemented in memory rather than in hardware registers. See stack. (2) A generic reference to a set of system programs or a set of application programs that form a complete system. See stack. , integrating the proven enterprise strength of Ingres 2006 with only those Linux operating system components required to support the Ingres platform. Ingres Icebreaker represents open source innovation at its best. Collaborating with rPath, provider of the first platform for creating and maintaining virtual and software appliances A software environment that inclues the operating system and application. It is designed for installation in standard hardware that will be dedicated to running that single application. A "hardware appliance" is the software appliance and computer packaged as a single product. , Ingres introduced the proof of concept with the goal of providing users with a single, easy-to-manage environment in which the operating system becomes transparent and support is provided by one point of contact and unified maintenance stream. Just six months after introducing the concept, a dozen customers and partners have participated in the beta program providing positive feedback on the ease of use, ease of integration and simplicity of installation, configuration and maintenance. www.ingres.com Send all your news, products and features to the news hotdesk. smpluton@ntlworld.com |
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