Relational Technology Inc has duly changed its name to Ingres Corp, and the new Alameda, California-based Ingres has unveiled the Ingres Intelligent Database, claimed to be the first of its kind, with the ability to manage objects and embed extensive rules or knowledge directly into the database, so that it can model all critical aspects of an enterprise within the database server: the system is created by the addition to Ingres of two new products, Ingres Object Management and Knowledge Management; Ingres itself is enhanced with input-output reduction techniques, compiled database procedures, on-line back-up, two-phase commit, international sorting sequences and an Intelligent Query Optimiser; Knowledge Management provides business rules that can transparently track everything from referential integrity to changes in inventory and warehousing, to documentation and purchasing procedures, and Object Management is self-explanatory; the database is from $5,000 to $180,000 and the Knowledge Management and Object Management extensions will be offered separately with pricing at a percentage of that for Ingres.
