Oracle Corp. has released the Windows version of its flagship 11g database,
a few months after the company shipped the Linux version. Along with assorted
performance improvements, the Windows release features beefed-up integration
with Microsoft's platform on both the administrative and developer levels.
Administrators can now execute backup and recovery jobs with Windows Volume
Shadow Copy Service, according to Oracle. The database also features tight links
with Microsoft's Visual Studio integrated development environment, the company
said.
Even as Oracle adds richer support for the Windows platform into 11g -- a result
of a working partnership between the two companies -- it is competing vigorously
with Microsoft in the database market. Microsoft is set to Launch SQL Server
2008 in February.
Other new features in 11g include:
-- Oracle Real Application Testing. This enables customers to use real-life
production workloads to test the effect of potential changes within IT environments,
before actually conducting the change, the company said.
-- Oracle Advanced Compression, which can compress data by three times or more,
according to the company.
-- Oracle Total Recall, a system for querying historical changes to data.
Pricing information wasn't provided.
