November 22, 2022
Via: TechradarA raft of recent research has once again revealed that many of us are still absolutely terrible when it comes to creating strong password. This includes a new report from password manager Nordpass, which examined a database that totals over […]
October 26, 2022
Via: Big Data Analytics NewsInformation security has become a critical issue in the workplace, with digitalization and work-from-home starting to come of age, and the increase in cyberattacks further fanning the flames. As the name suggests, this is a practice that deals with securing […]
June 8, 2022
Via: Info WorldWhen I rejoined MongoDB in 2021, I got to hear all the old jokes rehashed. You know, about MongoDB being “web scale,” about losing data, about only being eventually consistent, and so on. The web scale video is funny; the […]
May 13, 2022
Via: Info WorldBuilding on top of its recently launched serverless application platform Workers and the R2 object storage service, Cloudflare is releasing a new serverless database, dubbed D1, to take on databases from AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP and Oracle. The company claims […]
December 13, 2021
Via: Big Data Analytics NewsThere are a lot of reasons to take SQL Server monitoring seriously, and it should be a priority for any database administrator. Two of the top contenders in this context are the opportunity to optimize availability and also to get […]
October 12, 2021
Via: Info WorldThe fundamental principle of cloud systems is a focus on multiple, disposable, and replaceable machines. This has direct consequences for the implementation techniques, and therefore the capabilities of database systems implemented in the cloud. Traditional databases can be roughly classified […]
August 24, 2021
Via: Info WorldDatabases are typically classified as relational (SQL) or NoSQL, and transactional (OLTP), analytic (OLAP), or hybrid (HTAP). Departmental and special-purpose databases were initially considered huge improvements to business practices, but later derided as “islands.” Attempts to create unified databases for […]
Computing, Data Management, Internet, Wireless & Cloud
September 11, 2020
Via: Info WorldThe notion of edge computing typically conjures an image of a device in a factory someplace, providing rudimentary computing and data collection to support a piece of manufacturing equipment. Perhaps it keeps the factory temperature and humidity optimized for the […]
September 10, 2020
Via: InfoQIn a recent blog post, Oracle introduced the MySQL Database Service in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The service is now available as a fully-managed service running on Oracle Generation 2 Cloud Infrastructure. The MySQL team at Oracle was responsible […]
June 17, 2019
Via: Info WorldIn all the excitement about NoSQL databases, distributed databases, data warehouses, and GPU-accelerated databases these days, it’s easy to forget that traditional relational databases still store and serve the mission-critical information for many, if not most, line-of-business applications. Oracle Database, […]
September 27, 2018
Via: InfoQGoogle announced it is bringing code search with the newly revamped Cloud Source Repositories in beta availability. The overhaul of the service means an entirely new user interface and semantic code search capabilities. The beta available Cloud Source Repositories is […]
August 2, 2018
Via: Info WorldA data quality expert once told me that vendors providing data quality software solutions should always ensure 100 percent quality data, and if they didn’t, they should be liable for any ensuing issues. I disagreed with that harsh assessment then—and […]
July 20, 2018
Via: DataVersityIn 2012 former Chief Data Scientist of the United States DJ Patil and Babson College Professor Thomson H. Davenport famously declared that the job of Data Scientist would be the “Sexiest job of the 21st Century.” While that may true, […]
Application areas, Online Tools, Other
July 16, 2018
Via: DataversityA recent press release states, “Datadog, the leading monitoring and analytics platform for modern cloud environments, today announced the availability of Trace Search and Analytics. This new capability allows engineers to explore, graph, and correlate high cardinality application performance data. […]
Online Tools, Performance, security, and availability
July 16, 2018
Via: DataversityA recent press release reports, “Intertrust Technologies Corporation, a world leader in trusted distributed computing technologies, today announced the launch of Intertrust Modulus platform, a security and rights management platform for cloud-based data sets that allows companies to build data-driven […]
Performance, security, and availability
July 6, 2018
Via: Database Trends and ApplicationsDome9 Security, the public cloud security company, is introducing new capabilities in the Dome9 Compliance Engine that extend the scope of the platform’s automation beyond security and compliance monitoring. Using this new Compliance Engine functionality, enterprises can accelerate the resolution […]
Performance, security, and availability
July 5, 2018
Via: Database Trends and ApplicationsAt Oracle OpenWorld 2017 and in subsequent company announcements, Oracle has made it clear that it currently has two key focus areas: the Autonomous Cloud Database, starting with the Autonomous Cloud Data Warehouse, and security. There’s a lot of publicity […]
Performance, security, and availability
June 25, 2018
Via: DataversityA new press release states Preempt, a company revolutionizing the prevention of cyber security breaches and internal threats, in partnership with Demisto, an innovator in Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) technology, have announced a fully adaptive approach to cyber […]
Performance, security, and availability
June 21, 2018
Via: Info WorldEvery single discussion of blockchain seems to start with some variant of the phrase “secure, distributed hyperledger.” I take no issue with the fact that it’s a hyperledger—in other words, a continuously growing list of linked records. And I have […]
Performance, security, and availability
June 15, 2018
Via: Info WorldThe cloud was supposed to kill open source. Instead, savvy cloud operators appear to be using open source as an on-ramp to proprietary services, giving them reason to increase investments in complementary open source projects. Google is the obvious example, […]