EL Today: Ingres Releases Enterprise RDB 2.6 for Linux on Intel and zSeries Processors

“Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today
announced the general availability of Advantage Ingres Enterprise
Relational Database (Advantage Ingres) Release 2.6. The latest
version of CA’s popular relational database management system
(RDBMS) delivers significant enhancements in performance and
scalability, support for web services applications, and reduced
total cost of ownership (TCO).

Advantage Ingres 2.6 improves performance and scalability with
enhanced query optimization and execution techniques, as well as
advanced data storage features. To support customers’ strategic
adoption of Linux, CA is offering Advantage Ingres 2.6 for Linux on
both Intel and zSeries processors — enabling customers to take
advantage of the open source platform across enterprise systems of
any required scale.

“British Telecom’s Retail Division has had a lot of success over
the years using CA’s Advantage Ingres RDBMS solutions,” said
Richard David, senior consultant for Austen Consultancy at British
Telecom. “With the new enhancements in Advantage Ingres 2.6 we can
extend that success with this strategic technology as we cope with
growing 24 x 7 order processing requirements.”

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