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- Another way to build open source databases
- Rather than build such tools into each open source database, the Open Database Model hopes to create the sophistication, so all databases can be enterprise-class. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Open-source Database, Sky Builders, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Oracle: Strong second quarter; Outlook in line; BEA book closed
- Oracle: Strong second quarter; Outlook in line; BEA book closedOracle: are they scared or ashamed ?EnterpriseDB should have this profit announcement on the first page of their sales presentation. The money is in the magic. Databases store stuff and retrieve stuff and provide you with an interface...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Outlook, open-source database, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
- Oracle users enjoy open source benefits but shy away from databases -- for now
- An early Texas settler claimed that the Rio Grande was "a mile wide and a foot deep." A recent survey among Oracle database users seems to offer the same sentiment about the prevalence of open source in the enterprise. ...
- Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., Benefit, Open-source Database, Open Source, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- Whose is the most popular open source database?
- Whose is the most popular open source database?Obviously, BOTH databases are very good, I really don't care about themarketing gimmicks. Great to have the competition!!From my POV....... MySQL has the greater community support so it is what we use. It is simple, seems to be very efficient for web use,...
- Tags: Databases, Postgres, MySQL, open-source database, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- Using PostgreSQL and Solaris 10 to Improve Data Warehouse Performance
- OmniTI is an Internet technologies consulting company based in Columbia, Maryland. OmniTI wanted to scale up to meet customer's growing database requirements and gain flexibility to handle growing workload without reengineering processes. The challenge was to migrate from proprietary to open-source database to control costs and establish a stable operating...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, PostgreSQL, Open-source Database, OmniTI, Sun Solaris, Storage, Databases, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-02-15
- Open-source database issues 'critical' fix
- Open-source database issues 'critical' fixWe'll let's run that popularity up the ole flagpoleand see who salutes, and how many times.Not unimportant, but...Neither of these issues sound like a critical security vulnerability. You don't let 3rd parties connect directly to your db anyway...and your app server should limit the number...
- Tags: Open-Source Database, security, open source
- Discussion threads 2006-01-10
- Start-up enters open-source database melee
- Start-up enters open-source database meleeBoringIf someone in the open source community would decide to offer a DBMS that faithfully followed the relational model then one might start to get excited. To those people offering us yet another SQL DBMS I would say, go back to your homes, the world doesn't...
- Tags: Databases, open source, open-source database
- Discussion threads 2005-05-23
- Open-source database gets backing
- Open-source database gets backingThis is probablythe only way for Pervasive to stay relevant in the DB market. Their own SQL product was terrible.Great news for PostgreSQL. I like this database.The other thing is that the database will become basic comodity infrastructure. With MySQL, there will always be a company...
- Tags: Databases, Open-Source Database, MySQL, liscence, open source
- Discussion threads 2005-01-10
- Flaws drill holes in open-source databases
- Flaws drill holes in open-source databasespatchs patchs everywhere and not a thing to drinkWell at least they are coordinated. patch windows, patch linux, patch bsd, patch osx.. Dont matter as long as its reported, you're made aware of the vulnerability and you do what your told. that works with 3...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, open source, SCO Group Inc., open-source database, security, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-05-19
Additional Resources
- Judge finds Oracle's Ellison withheld evidence
- According to Bloomberg, in a ruling that has important implications for Larry Ellison, Oracle's CEO and the company itself, district judge Susan Illston found that Ellison: ...deliberately destroyed or withheld e-mails and failed to preserve tape recordings that should have been turned over to lawyers for shareholders suing him......
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Susan Illston, Larry Ellison, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- 2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging
- The crossover is close. The Internet is poised to overtake the newspaper industry in total size as an advertising medium. And the question is whether it can also overtake it as a news medium. Says here, the year will be 2011. That is likely to be when...
- Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, News, Governor, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- The Office (2.0): No paper? No problem.
- I think I may have been the only person at this week's Office 2.0 conference using - gasp! - a pen and paper. There was no program "book" when I registered - the agenda was online only. And none of the exhibitors handed out press releases on paper - though...
- Tags: Document, Microsoft PowerPoint, Appirio, SlideRocket, Digital Signatures, Collaboration, Productivity, Groupware, Fax, Microsoft Office, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- The Importance of Dissent
- Word is going around that Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, is parting ways with Sun. Matt Asay blogs about it and says it's a good thing Widenius is taking his dissent on the road: At this point, however, Monty has done the right thing with his dissent. He has...
- Tags: MySQL, Arjen, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Enterprise password management really isn't a good idea
- Being at a university and working for a government department allows me to understand this concept well. There are shared resources here, there and everywhere, provided by different people and providers, all open to a "certain type" of person - employees or students. By having a single sign-on SSO point...
- Tags: Software, Password Management, Mozilla Firefox, Password, Single Sign-on, RoboForm Enterprise, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- What the fight against cancer really needs
- What the fight against cancer really needs isn't another feel-good telethon but an open source process. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Cancer, Biotechnology, Construction, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet
- Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- An open source rootkit kit
- I'm not ready to throw a security guru under the bus simply because he believes that an open source process can do what the older proprietary and highly secretive processes have not, namely deliver real security. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Register, Honeypot, Rootkits, Security, Open Source, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- NetSuite moves early to support Chrome
- NetSuite said Friday that it will offer native support for Google's Chrome browser, which is in beta and may not be enterprise strength yet. In a statement, NetSuite said its CRM, e-commerce, accounting and OpenAir unit will support Chrome in phases with support being complete in mid-October....
- Tags: NetSuite Inc., Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- The appliance computing culture earned its successes by focusing on the revenue generation side - and that, in turn, drove its own evolution to database technology, the "application as interfaces to data" view, and tight evolutionary links between University research groups and companies like DEC and DG. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Job, Processor, Database, Mainframes, Recruitment & Selection, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
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