Tag: Tools

February 23, 2018

The industry is buzzing about Docker Containers and their rapid adoption.   It’s not widely known, but MySQL, Postgres, and NoSQL are among Docker’s most popular images.  Microsoft has joined the fray with Docker as a feature of Windows Server 2016 […]

February 20, 2018

To empower the office of the CFO with data-driven insights they need to adapt to change, capitalize on new market opportunities, and increase profitability, Oracle today announced new artificial intelligence-based applications for finance. By applying advanced data science and machine […]

February 15, 2018

Python is a powerful programming language that is easy to learn and easy to work with, but it is not always the fastest to run—especially when you’re dealing with math or statistics. Third-party libraries like NumPy, which wrap C libraries, […]

February 12, 2018

LiteDB is a fast, simple, zero-configuration, embedded NoSQL database for .Net. It is a good choice for simple applications (web, mobile, or desktop) where you may need one data file per user but don’t need to support many concurrent write […]

February 8, 2018

Getting certified is a surefire way to advance your career in the IT industry. Whether you work for an enterprise, a small business, government, healthcare or any other place that employs IT professionals, your best bet for career advancement is […]

February 8, 2018

The biggest security problems inside your company may result from problems it inherited. While the news focuses on external threats to data center security — international hackers clacking away on their computers from the privacy of an unmarked building, for […]

February 6, 2018

Following the second phase of a global survey of more than 1,200 IT leaders, CA Technologies has revealed the results which show that, as software becomes more critical to business success in the digital economy, security concerns are exponentially on […]

February 6, 2018

DFLabs, a provider of security automation and orchestration, is receiving increased funding from an existing investor, allowing the company to expand and meet the growing demand for security. The $9 million from existing investor Evolution Equity Partners will capitalize on […]

February 2, 2018

Alphabet Inc.’s earnings Thursday after the bell contained something of a surprising detail: Its Google cloud unit is banking $1 billion a quarter in sales. Though that’s a small portion of the company’s overall $32.32 billion in revenue, it’s a […]

February 2, 2018

Stibo Systems, the global leader in Business-first Master Data Management (MDM) solutions, today announced availability of the latest release of its award-winning MDM platform, STEP Trailblazer 8.3, in addition to the latest capabilities for Product MDM, Customer MDM, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)—providing […]

February 1, 2018

Security of data is a hot topic these days.  One of the security concerns auditors have is whether or not your SQL Server data is encrypted when stored At-Rest–meaning auditors would like to see all data encrypted on the actual […]

February 1, 2018

Data Profiling has traditionally been regarded as an IT tool. This is because Data Profiling tools were in the purview of technical people when first introduced, and because data was primarily sourced from IT-implemented ERP or CRM systems. Today things […]

January 31, 2018

There has been a lot of hype recently about graph databases. While graph databases such as DataStax Enterprise Graph (based on Titan DB), Neo4, and IBM Graph have been around for several years, recent announcements of managed cloud services like […]

January 31, 2018

Mist, the pioneer in self-learning wireless networks, today announced the availability of the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-driven Virtual Network Assistant (VNA) for wireless operations and integrated helpdesk. Powered by Mist’s AI engine, Marvis, VNA is a new cloud-based micro-service […]

January 30, 2018

A flexible licensing model allows a company to invest more in the innovative ventures that will drive revenue, and less in core business processes. If you ask someone to name a handful of highly innovative companies, Apple is almost certainly […]

January 24, 2018

“The right tool for the right job.” If such wisdom holds true anywhere, it certainly holds true with the choice of database a developer picks for a given application. Document databases, one of the family of data products collectively referred […]

January 24, 2018

Accelerite, a provider of software for digital transformation infrastructure, today announced the general availability of a new product suite, Rovius Cloud Appliance, integrating compute, storage and virtualization to deliver a fully-managed enterprise cloud that is ready to consume in minutes. […]

January 23, 2018

LicenseFortress has launched as a standalone entity to focus on database software license management and audit protection service with a financial guarantee. Originally part of VLSS, a consultancy founded in 2005 with a focus on Oracle and VMware technologies, LicenseFortress was […]

January 23, 2018

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, can today reveal that while the vast majority of global companies (95%) have adopted cloud services[1], there is a wide gap in the level of security precautions applied by companies in different markets. […]

January 22, 2018

In a previous article, we discussed Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) and how DDM helps to secure PII/PHI data from unprivileged users. The DDM feature is available in SQL Server 2016 onwards as well as Azure SQL Database. This feature is […]