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Oracle, Zend to ship PHP developement tool

Oracle and Zend Technologies in late september plan to release a final production version of Zend Core for Oracle, which is currently available in beta release. Zend Core for Oracle integrates the Oracle database with Zend’s PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) development environment. Also featured is an Oracle OCI8 (Oracle Call Interface) driver, which provides the C code-level API for working with the Oracle API.

Zend Core for Oracle, Zend Technologies

McAfee Offers Secure Messaging Services McAfee announced last week secure messaging services for enterprises and small businesses. The products — McAfee Secure Messaging Service for Enterprises and McAfee Secure Messaging Service for Small Businesses — are based on the Perimeter Manager product line from Postini, a McAfee partner, and they offer threat prevention and policy management. Formerly called McAfee Managed Mail Protection, the services quarantine spam and virus-infected e-mails before they enter the network. Customizable spam settings, as well as whitelisting and blacklisting functionality, allow users to manage their definitions of legitimate and unwanted e-mail. McAfee Secure Messaging for Enterprises and for Small Businesses, McAfee

Serena Enhances Requirements Management Serena Software is shipping Serena RTM (Requirements & Traceability Management) 5.6, a requirements-management package enabling the identification and authentication of changes made to an application’s original requirements. The product features integration with Serena’s ChangeMan Dimensions enterprise change-management package and TeamTrack issue-management package. Web functionality is enhanced, as well. RTM 5.6 costs $2,000 per named user or $6,000 for an unlimited number of users. RTM 5.6, Serena Software

GoldenGate Finds Database Discrepancies GoldenGate Software last week released a tool that can root out data conflicts between databases without interrupting their use. Called Veridata, the software can compare data sets in live databases at high speeds. Users select pertinent tables or data fields in the target and source databases and then run the tool. While information in the databases continues to be updated, the tool spots persistent discrepancies and reports them. It currently works with Oracle databases and Hewlett-Packard’s NonStop databases. Support for additional platforms is coming soon. Veridata, GoldenGate Software