ERMX Jumps Into Huge Advanced Nitride Super Conductors! EntreMetrix Inc. (ERMX) $0.16 ERMX has just announced it involvement in a joint venture to manufacture Advanced Nitride Devices. These have Military application as well as Energy Super Conductors. This takes ERMX to a whole new level. Google "Nitride Devices" and get on ERMX first thing Monday! Provide technical consultation, direction and deployment strategies to Giant Eagle development teams. At the recent Gartner Symposium in Orlando, FL, two Gartner analysts posited the theory that databases are dead. At Alcoa, I was responsible for helping to lash complex database applications together. Links, URL's or formulas will help. With a clear, concise, and agreed upon definition? Bypass the hyperbole of extinct databases and non-existent DBAs. If you read the linked post you can ignore the top half - just scroll down to the bottom where the units shipped data is. It is worth a quick read if you are at all interested in metadata management. Doing so is the only way to ensure that we meet business needs, even in the face of explosive data growth. Also interesting is the title at the top of the heap: Database Architect. Anyway, the Technology column by Kevin Maney was particularly interesting today. First of all, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of the regular readers of this blog. I'm beginning to think that I am grossly underpaid and am ready to storm into my bosses office for a little "contract renegotiation. And most DBAs today will tell you that they barely have the time to do all of the management and administrative tasks that are required.