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Database hacking, and reporting on the hacks, seems to be a somewhat regular occurance these days. One of the reasons databases are hacked is because database teams have their hands full with patching databases—allowing would be hackers to exploit those vulnerabilities before databases can be patched. LogLogic’s new database security solution DSM (Database Security Manager) […]

We’ve all experienced periods of unacceptable performance. At Georgian College this was most previlant during registration periods. To remedy, Georgian College migrated their Peoplesoft apps to Linux servers along with an upgrade to Oracle 11g on RAC with ASM. The performance issues went away with actual performance improvements to boost. High availability and scalability were […]

If Michael Widenius, MySQL’s creator, had his way, IBM, Fujitsu, or a major Linux distribution vendor would be a better choice to gobble up MySQL than Oracle. One might first think that IBM is no different than Oracle. They are a major database vendor as well. But to this Mr. Widenius replied: ”Personally I don’t […]

Tom Haunert, Oracle Magazine editor in chief had time to ask Juan Loaiza, senior vice president of systems technology at Oracle a few questions about Oracle Exadata V2 and the Sun Oracle Database Machine. The interview included the following questions but go to Building a Better Database Machine to check out the answers. What are […]

A provider of product data quality solutions, Silver Creek Systems, Inc was acquired by Oracle. Silver Creek’s product (DataLens) is a data quality solution that simplifies complex product descriptions and enables companies to manage that product data—improving time-to-market for new products, enhancing the supply chain, increasing operational efficiencies, and facilitating better business decisions. Combining the […]

Today we all need to work smarter.  The smarter we work the more work we are able to get done.  One way to do this is to set priorities to make sure the right stuff is worked on first.    The key to getting organizations to think smarter is to have technology solutions that integrate into […]

[From Search Data Backup] In case you think you’re missing out on what’s happening in the data backup and recovery space, here’s my best attempt at trying to predict the future of 2010, and how your data backup and recovery planning may change. The article continues at http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid187_gci1377328,00.html

The year 2009 proved a milestone for Microsoft, but not a good one. Of the highlights Microsoft can look back at include: Microsoft had its first-ever quarterly loss in April With Windows 7 acceptance, Microsoft could remove the horror of Vista Windows Mobile 7 seems to be a horror story with ever sliding release dates […]

Backup and recovery strategies have changed drastically over the years and with recent storage, virtualization, and cloud computing entering the mix, W. Curtis Preston gives us the following areas we should be looking to in 2010 to further strategize. Target deduplication Source deduplication Cloud backup VMware vStorage API Tape backup and recovery CDP and Near-CDP

It would seem that Monty Widenius, creator of MySQL, has delivered his petition to stop Oracle from getting MySQL in the Oracle / Sun deal to regulators, governmental bodies, parliament, and journalists in Europe—reportedly sent to 27 national antitrust authorities within the EU who are will be meeting in Brussels in January. And, just in […]

>>Script Language and Platform: MS-DOS Batch File This batch file will reboot machines. Pre-requisite: a. Windows 2003 machine b. Login or the scheduled job that runs this reboot.bat should have admin access to all the machines Steps: 1. Step1: Create D:scriptsrebootserverlist.txt and the list all the machines that you want to reboot. Example: MyServer SQL1Prod […]

Even though Google has been using MapReduce to build over 10,000 applications since 2003—proving to Google its worthiness, there are others that call MapReduce a step backwards. In response to papers published against MapReduce, two Google fellows have updated a paper published in the Communications of the ACM in which they defend the virtues of […]