Oracle has released a new in-memory relational database designed to meet the faster response time needs of enterprises. <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2095013,00.asp?kc=EWEAUEMNL022007EOAD">Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Release 7</A> is the first major version of the TimesTen database developed internally by Oracle since the company purchased TimesTen, a startup firm that specialized in data management, in 2005. The new release supports familiar Oracle Database 10g data types, in-memory data caching and dozens of languages and database character sets.