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Q&A: How a Column-based Architecture Can Deliver Quick Returns

Companies that improve database infrastructures by moving from a row-based to a column-based architecture can expect immediate improvements in query responses and report generation speed.

Single-Instance Storage for Mastering High-Volume Content Storage

As managing storage is ever more critical, single-instance storage can reduce your storage footprint and save you money.

Q&A: Breaking the Log Barrier

Logs must do more than just record the facts

Five Best Practices for Mitigating Insider Breaches

These five best practices will help you reduce the risk of internal data misuse and accidental data leakage.

Achieving Optimal Database Application Performance: Benchmark Tips and Techniques (Part 2 of 3)

In this second part of our three-part excerpt adapted from The Data Access Handbook, authors John Goodson and Rob Steward begin their discussion of nine guidelines that will help you create meaningful, useful benchmarks in your own organization.

Oracle Unveils Exadata Version 2 Database Machine

Designed for speedier data warehouses, online transaction processing

The Rise of Complex Event Processing

Message queuing stalwarts such as IBM and TIBCO bring decades of messaging processing expertise to the table, but some would-be players, including Informatica, come to CEP from what seems like a tangential trajectory.



IT Energy-Efficiency Efforts Pay Off, But Significant Savings Still Untapped

IT still prioritizes short-term cost savings over long-term energy reduction

Inquiry Focuses On Future of MySQL

Oracle has not yet revealed its plans for the open source database

With KONA, Kalido Touts a Number of Firsts

Kalido's new KONA appliance could well be the first of its kind

How Mobile Devices Change BI

Even the fastest bandwidth may not be able to keep up with data intensity of BI applications, so what must change?

Vendors Rip Microsoft Over Alleged Security Issues

Vendors issue public challenges to Redmond about security in Windows, other Microsoft products

i4i Rebuts Microsoft's Appeal in Patent Case

Companies contest how patent applies

Microsoft Warns of Another Server Message Block Bug

Possible vulnerability in SMB implementation affects Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 release candidate

Q&A: Making Data Meaningful with Visualization

How data visualization techniques can encapsulate vast amounts of data into intensely visual and data-rich displays.

Are Financial Industry Security Administrators Losing the War?

In the online banking segment, some industry watchers warn, the bad guys are winning the war against unsuspecting account holders.

Unsolicited Advice for NetApp

Management shuffling is not what this company needs.

Worldwide Server Revenues Down in 2Q

IDC says worldwide server revenues decreased over 30 percent

Windows 7: Coming to a Mainframe Near You

Big Iron shops have two options to run their Windows applications on System z: emulation via z/Vos or full-blown porting via Mono.