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Compact An Access Database From .NET
Over time, a database becomes fragmented when it is used. This makes it grow in size and perform badly. Not the two qualities you want for your mission-critical data.
Date: 2006-12-20
Oracle Responds To Information Security Critics
Oracle the Database Company is taking time out on its corporate blog to address a number of critics on the security of Oracle Databases.
Date: 2006-12-04
The What, Why, And How Of Database Cleansing
Firstly the "What" - Cleaning a database is done to: Remove duplicate records, Ensure your data is consistently formatted, Correct data that is obviously wrong e.g. wrong postcode for a known suburb, Find other records that are likely to be the same (more on this later). So "Why" would you want to do that?
Date: 2006-11-22
Oracle & Red Hat's Symbiotic Relationship
There is a symbiotic relationship between Oracle & Red Hat now. Yes there was one before with Oracle's database business on Linux, but it's even more intertwined now.
Date: 2006-11-07
Oracle After Enterprise Web 2.0 Blood
One of the sure signs that there is money to made in a technology sector is when the big sharks start gathering around spots where the little fish have been happily churning up some waves.
Date: 2006-10-26
Data Quality Business Case - Free Download
At some point, every organization will need to make an investment in the infrastructure in order to provide measurably acceptable levels of data quality. To justify that investment, we must be able to articulate the business value of data quality in a way that will show a return on the investment made.
Date: 2006-10-25
Oracle Issues Critical Patch Update #8
Oracle DBA's and Sysadmin's: You've got a "friend" in Oracle's October 2006 Critical Patch Update (CPUOct2006).
Date: 2006-10-18
Countdown To Oracle Open World
With all of the acquisitions Oracle has done over the past twelve plus months, this year's Oracle Open World Conference is certain to set new records in both attendance and presentations.
Date: 2006-10-04
Manage Multiple Databases From One Interface
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Date: 2006-09-21
IBM
DB2 9 Tests Positive
IBM released its DB2 9 "Viper" database back in June with promises of a fundamental
shift in how XML data is managed, as well as time and memory-saving functionalities.
Early tests of the "hybrid database" have come back with positive results.
Date: 2006-09-20
Microsoft
Access Database Optimization
There is a common "patchwork" philosophy in IT departments throughout the world
that gives the idea that altering, changing, and fixing poorly designed databases
is how you correct the problems - as opposed to starting from the ground-up and
re-working a system.
Date: 2006-09-06
MySQL Trumpets Its Place In Web 2.0
Plenty of new and popular Internet companies have opted for the MySQL database as the back-end component of choice for their applications.
Date: 2006-08-23
Sun Picks
Firm For PostgreSQL Support
EnterpriseDB will provide technical support and professional services & training
to Sun Microsystems for its PostgreSQL distribution, which is integrated into
Solaris 10.
Date: 2006-08-09
Yahoo Appoints
New Data Mining Expert
Doctor Raghu Ramakrishnan will leave the land of badgers and Big Ten football
for the opportunity to serve as a research fellow in Yahoo! Research.
Date: 2006-07-26
Beyond Stored Procedures: Defense-in-Depth Against SQL Injection
A few years ago, mentioning the phrase "SQL Injection" to developers or asking to adopt a "defense-in-depth" strategy would probably get you a blank stare for a reply.
Date: 2006-07-12
Ingres, BEA
Partner On SOA
Ok, the way to SOA with the Ingres database and BEA is to go and download today
Ingres, BEA Workshop Studio, and the Eclipse SDK.
Date: 2006-06-28
Vendidi:
Database Application Framework
Vendidi Framework allows you to create Windows and Web applications, handling
a data structure through a logical schema able to organize and interact, between
them, data and parties.
Date: 2006-06-21
When Should
You Use Microsoft SQL Server Over Microsoft Access?
Two of the coolest tools that have ever come out from Microsoft are certainly
Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access.
Date: 2006-06-14
Visual Studio Has Database Developer Client
Microsoft has added support for database professionals in the latest version of
Team Edition for Visual Studio. A new client that will provide database admins and programmers with the same versioning and management tools used by other developers will be part of the next version of the Visual Studio Team System.
Date: 2006-05-31
A Quick
Look At PostgreSQL
The advanced features, open source code, and BSD licensing terms should have more
people talking about the PostgreSQL database these days.
Date: 2006-05-24
DB2 Leader
Joins Ants In Database March
If the reports can be believed, former IBM DB2 leader Don Haderle may be advising
the next challenger to Oracle, Microsoft, and even IBM. Rewind to 1978. Dave Matthews
is eleven years old, and probably keeping other kids from stepping on ants.
Date: 2006-05-08
Four solutions
to data backup problems
Rackspace knows you grasp the importance of data backup. You don't need to hear
doomsday scenarios and scare tactics. You need to hear solutions. And we offer
you the solutions and expertise that no other managed hosting provider can.
Date: 2006-04-20
Oracle Slips How To Attack Own Databases
Oracle is trying to figure out two things: who published information about a security flaw in their databases on their Metalink knowledgebase before they had a patch for it; and how to get out a patch for the flaw as quickly as possible.
Date: 2006-04-12
India
Helps Oracle Spin Database Profits
A strong third quarter from Oracle's Asia
Pacific unit returned an 8 percent increase in total revenues
from the same period for the last fiscal year.
Date: 2006-03-29
McObject Releases Database Combo
Data management company McObject (I'm storin' it!) has a new embedded systems tool combo. The new version of eXtremeDB in-memory embedded database comes with Accelerated Technology's Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS), a side and a drink. Okay, no side and drink.
Date: 2006-03-15
Free Oracle Magazine Subscription
Oracle Magazineis your definitive source for technical information and knowledge on our latest breakthroughs and all of Oracle's product lines. Best of all, the magazine is free to qualified subscribers.
Date: 2006-03-14
Oracle’s Free Database: 10g XE
Database monster Oracle popped out a new child yesterday in the form of their
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE). The nifty thing about XE is it's free
and is considered a starter edition.
Date: 2006-03-01
Oracle Buys Berkeley DB, Sleepycat Software
Wow, the rumors were true.
Oracle is snapping up Open Source Database companies now.
First it was Innobase (see Oracle buysInnobase. MySQL between rock and hard place?) and now it's Sleepycat Software.
Date: 2006-02-15
Which Database
Is Right For You?
If you can choose your database, you're lucky: few hosts offer
anything more than MySQL.
Date: 2006-01-25
Sun Giving
Oracle Money
Investors in Sun Microsystems have another reason to be concerned
about the company's direction, as Sun plans to pay the initial license fee for
Oracle Enterprise Edition database software on its high-end hardware.
Date: 2006-01-11
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