Oracle has announced the general availability of Oracle
Database 10g release 2.
Oracle said version 2 improved performance, manageability and
security.
10g is designed to support grid computing, which enables
companies to process large amounts of data on connected low-cost
servers.
Andy Mendelsohn, Oracle senior vice-president of database server
technologies, said, “Release 2 builds upon the grid capabilities
delivered in release 1, while introducing significant new security
capabilities.”
10g release 2 adds new forms of data encryption to better
protect data against theft.
“Transparent data encryption” enables customers to encrypt
critical database data on disk – for example, credit card numbers
or social security numbers – without the need to rewrite the
applications that access the data. There is also support for the
encryption of data on both disk and tape back-up media.
Release 2 supports up to 100 “clustered” or connected
servers.
Oracle Database 10g was launched in February 2004, and is used
by 40,000 companies, according to Oracle.