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Amazon Launches Home-Grown NoSQL Database By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 18, 2012 DynamoDB is now available through Amazon Web Services. Tags: Amazon Web Services, database, Cloud, NoSQL Fundamental Oracle Flaw Revealed By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 17, 2012 Oracle has released a set of security patches to address a basic design problem in its flagship database. Tags: Oracle, database, security vulnerability Database Administrators: Boost Your Productivity By Lockwood Lyon | Article Published November 28, 2011 With tighter budgets and heavier workloads, the life of a database administrator is full of challenges. Here are some suggestions to do more in less time. Tags: database, IT, Storage, DBA Cloud Computing Database Solutions: Buyer's Guide By Rob Gravelle | Article Published October 12, 2011 Hosting a database in the cloud offers major advantages, like scalability and lower costs, yet also presents potential headaches, like privacy and liability. Here's a look at the pros and cons of cloud computing databases. Tags: database, DBaaS, buyer's guide, EC2, cloud computing Oracle Updates Linux, Sticks with Intel and Promises Solaris By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 05, 2011 Oracle doesn't really want its Intel business to go to zero, despite comments made by Larry Ellison last week. Tags: Oracle, Intel, Solaris, database, Linux NoSQL is Eclipsing the Old-Time RDBMS By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 22, 2011 An analyst declares relational databases "dead." Tags: database Oracle Unveils Midmarket Database Appliance By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 22, 2011 To target smaller enterprises, Oracle is offering a simplified version of its large enterprise database box. Tags: Oracle, database appliance, database Oracle Romances Windows Users With MySQL Boost By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 08, 2011 Can Oracle lure more Windows users to the open source MySQL? Can it steal share from rival SQL Server? Tags: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, database Is Red Hat Interested in the Database Market? By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 22, 2011 Red Hat CEO explains his position on potential markets for the open source enterprise software vendor. Tags: database, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux The "As-a-Service" Disruption to the IT Industry By Peter Allen | Article Published June 06, 2011 The "As-a-Service" Disruption to the IT Industry Tags: database, cloud computing, IT infrastructure, data management, CIO, CSC, as-a-service, IT service provider McAfee Buys Database Security Vendor Sentrigo By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 24, 2011 The database security vendor's products include a Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) solution that provides virtual patching for database deployments. Tags: database, Intel, security, database security, McAfee Xeround Expands Cloud Database Platform By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 12, 2011 MySQL for the cloud enters public beta as global footprint for cloud database platform grows. Tags: database virtualization, open source, cloud computing, database, MySQL Oracle Releases MySQL 5.5 By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 15, 2010 A year after its first development milestone release, Oracle rolls out new version of the open source MySQL database. Tags: database, MySQL, InnoDB, Oracle, open source Newman on Data Storage: Disk Storage Budgets By Henry Newman | Article Published December 08, 2010 The cost of data storage won't move in a straight line, Plan accordingly. Tags: database, data storage management, Storage, disk storage, budgets Salesforce Launches Cloud-Based Database By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published December 08, 2010 Salesforce touts the new solution as the first enterprise-level database service that is entirely in the cloud. Do customers want this? Tags: database administrator, database, SaaS, cloud computing, Salesforce Managing Unstructured Data: Perils and Pitfalls By Paul Rubens | Article Published November 24, 2010 Unstructured data represents a regulatory hazard, among other headaches. Tags: data center, database administration, Unstructured Data, Data Center Management Software, database Oracle OpenWorld: Top Ten Trends By Drew Robb | Article Published September 24, 2010 Oracle OpenWorld showcased developments in Exadata, the ZFS file system,T3 Mega servers and more. Tags: VMware, Salesforce, Oracle, database, OpenWorld PostgreSQL 9 Advances Database Replication By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 21, 2010 New data replication, performance and in-place upgrade added in major update to open source database. Also, a peak ahead at PostgreSQL 9.1. Tags: open source, PostgreSQL, cloud computing, virtualization, database Oracle Blasts Past 4Q Estimates, Raises Outlook By Larry Barrett | Article Published June 24, 2010 The software giant took in a quarterly profit of $3 billion, thanks to Sun Exadata sales and a strong showing in software and product support. Tags: earnings, database, Oracle, software, Sun Solaris: Should You Stay Loyal? By Charlie Schluting | Article Published June 21, 2010 Oracle wants Solaris to remain viable, particularly as a database platform, but will the OS continue to develop new tools? Tags: database administration, database, Sun Microsystems, data storage, Solaris A Database Virtualization Myth -- Debunked By Kenneth Hess | Article Published June 17, 2010 Some database vendors will tell you that you need their dedicated, proprietary physical hardware. In reality you can shop around. Tags: database, Virtualized Server, server performance, database virtualization, virtualization Can Oracle's Larry Ellison Conquer the World (And IBM)? By - Reuters | Article Published May 13, 2010 An in-depth look at how Ellison's competitive drive has affected the tech industry, including Oracle's acquisition of Sun and the database maker's competition with IBM. Tags: IBM, database, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Larry Ellison SAP Acquires Sybase for $5.8 Billion By Larry Barrett | Article Published May 12, 2010 The German software giant makes a huge play in the database software arena with the $5.8 billion acquisition of Sybase. Tags: database, Sybase, software, SAP, Oracle Pros and Cons of Exchange 2010 By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 28, 2010 Exchange 2010 offers a host of new features, most of which are a step in the right direction. However, there is no upgrade path, which may be an obstacle for small companies. Tags: mail server, Exchange 2010, Microsoft, Exchange Server 2010, database Oracle MySQL Investment Aims at Microsoft By - Reuters | Article Published April 13, 2010 Working to push MySQL's market share, Oracle's chief corporate architect said in an interview that the company will add new functions to the application and boost its performance. Tags: database management, Microsoft, Oracle, database, MySQL Rimini Street Fires Back at Oracle By Larry Barrett | Article Published March 29, 2010 Third-party software support provider's countersuit accuses Oracle of copyright misuse, defamation, disparagement and unfair competition. Tags: Rimini Street, lawsuit, database, SAP, Oracle Oracle Expected to Match Earnings Projections By Andy Patrizio | Article Published March 24, 2010 The enterprise software king, a bellwether in the IT sector, should match analyst expectations handily despite the margin pressure following its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Tags: Oracle, earnings, database, software, Sun Oracle's New Foes: NEC and Netezza By - Reuters | Article Published February 04, 2010 Netezza, a small database computer maker, is partnering with Japan's NEC to challenge Oracle in the market for database computers. Tags: database, database management, Oracle, NEC, Netezza The Fight to Save MySQL: Interview with Monty Widenius By Bruce Byfield | Article Published January 26, 2010 MySQL developer Widenius claims that Oracle's ownership of the open source database will mean the eventual loss of MySQL as a first-class database without any adequate open source replacement. Tags: MySQL, database, Oracle, open source, Oracle Database EU Gives Oracle Approval on Sun Acquisition By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 21, 2010 After months of wrangling, the Sun deal has now overcome its biggest hurdle to date. Tags: Oracle, Sun, database, EU, Sun Microsystems Oracle Snaps up Silver Creek Systems By Larry Barrett | Article Published January 04, 2010 Oracle adds to ever-expanding empire with the acquisition of the Colorado-based developer of data quality and automated data mastering software. Tags: database management, Oracle, data, data archiving, database Oracle's Integration Play: Beyond Databases By Andy Patrizio | Article Published October 13, 2009 When Oracle acquires companies -- a frequent occurrence -- it takes products and increases investment in them, it does not decrease them, executives claim. Tags: HP, database, IBM, Enterprise, virtualization Oracle 11g New Release: Frugality By Alex Goldman | Article Published September 02, 2009 While the 2007 release of Oracle's database solution focused on innovation, this year's is all about keeping costs low. Tags: Storage, open source, Oracle, database, HP Why IT Operations is Like an Action TV Series By Nir Livni | Article Published August 26, 2009 Just as on TV, crisis arrives in the datacenter and in the heat of action you need the right tools. Tags: data, IT, database, datacenter, server Apache Security: A Watched Bot Never Spoils (Your Server) By Ken Coar | Article Published January 29, 2009 Learn how a smart, dynamic robots.txt can help you keep an eye on those cagey bots for better server security and performance. Tags: security, support, MySQL, database, IT SQL Server How To: Transaction Log Maintenance for Painless Data Recovery By Susan Sales Harkins | Article Published October 13, 2008 Learn how executing frequent backups and maintaining healthy transaction logs in SQL Server leads to quick recovery. Failing to do so can mean having to re-enter a lot of data. Tags: update, database, data, IT, server OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks: Harmonizing With MS Office, Managing Large Complex Documents By Eric Geier | Article Published September 24, 2008 In this fifth and final installment of Eric Geier's OpenOffice Tips and Tricks series, we learn how to harmoniously swap documents between OOo and MS Office. And we explore OOo's powerful time-saving Navigator tool for managing large complex documents such as books and long reports. Tags: Microsoft, documents, database, Office, IT Cracking Passwords By Juliet Kemp | Article Published September 10, 2008 Tip of the Trade: Find password weaknesses before it's too late. john-the-ripper offers three cracking modes to evaluate passwords. Tags: passwords, Kerberos, database, security, rules Tip of the Trade: Nagios Plugins By Juliet Kemp | Article Published August 20, 2008 Nagios is set up to use plugins to do the actual work of checking services. From cron-apt to check_jabber and more, here are some to get you started. Tags: services, server, data, software, database Two Things You Don't See In The U.S. By Chris Nerney | Article Published July 16, 2008 Two Things You Don't See In The U.S. Tags: database, Internet, information, terrorism, privacy Should You Consolidate Your Database? By Joshua Greenbaum | Article Published July 03, 2008 Database consolidation can have a huge impact on IT budgets by lowering hardware and database license costs. But the perils are numerous. Tags: management, IT, database, Enterprise, services |
