31.   The Pentagon alone has been one of the most demanding clients a database company could hope for.

32.   The Redwood Shores database software company hopes to ship the NC by year-end.

33.   The policy would prohibit database companies from distributing detailed credit history information except to legitimate subscribers, like banks and mortgage companies.

34.   Yesterday, the FTC heard from electronic database companies and their efforts at self-regulation.

35.   Zach Nelson, a respected Oracle executive, has left the big database company to direct marketing and customer-support operations for anti-virus software maker McAfee Associates.

36.   It also publishes SmartMoney magazine in conjunction with Hearst Corp. and runs Factiva, a news database company, with the British financial news publisher Reuters.

37.   No monetary fines or penalties were imposed against Informix, a database software company based in Menlo Park, Calif.