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SAP: Days of the database are numbered
News Demand for cloud computing and faster access to data will lead to a future where companies don't need a database, says top SAP executive.
Tags: Databases, Cloud computing, Data Management, Database, SAP AG, Berlin, Vienna, Cloud computing, data management, top executive
Oracle sends out update to Database 11g
News Oracle Database 11g Release 2 focuses on consolidating hardware and virtualization, and arrives two years after the database software was originally launched.
Tags: Databases, Database management, Storage Management, Tool, Storage, Server, data warehouse, Oracle Corp., Databases, Database management
Amazon's in-cloud database gets MySQL option
News Net retailer's cloud-computing effort is getting more sophisticated with the arrival of a database service with which more people will be familiar.
Tags: Databases, Web services, Database, Google Inc., Information Technology, Amazon.com Inc., Web Service, Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, Server
UK police database: 'A major weapon in crime fight'
News A Logica-headed consortium has been awarded the US$113 million contract to deliver the first phase of the Police National Database.
Tags: Databases, Logica, Database, Michael Bichard, Impact Program, consortium, England, Silicon.com, U.K., information management
Perils of adding fields to database tables
Techguide Adding a field to a database table can cause all sorts of problems, if you’re not careful. Read about two such scenarios, and how you can plan for their occurrence.
Tags: Databases, Database management, Storage, Field, Table, Database, Database Table, Sales, Database Table Sale, ProductCode
5 tips to ensure cloud data quality
News Choose neutral platforms and read providers' fine-print. These are steps companies should take before leaping to cloud, say data management vendors.
Tags: Cloud computing, Database management, Database, Informatica, Cloud, Tool, SLA, remote site, Cloud computing, Environment
Report: Some UK govt databases may be illegal
News A quarter of U.K. government databases could contravene European human-rights laws, according to an independent body of experts.
Tags: Data mining & analysis, Databases, Regulations, DNA, Security, Report, Home Secretary, Government Database, European Court, Database
One million people's details could be culled from UK database
News The European Union rules the United Kingdom has violated human rights by keeping DNA details and possibly fingerprints of about 850,000 people suspected of a crime.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Database management, DNA, Crime, Home Secretary, European Court, Database, European Union, Steve Ranger
Consider alternatives to RDBMS
Techguide Applications are far too complex to force into the inherent limits of the relational database management systems model. Justin James encourages developers to explore their options.
Tags: Databases, Database management, Software engineering/development, RDBMS, database management system, Tool, Storage, Developer, Justin James, Programming
Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP
News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.
Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., software, Information Technology, CTO
Facebook acknowledges access problems
News Some members of the social network claim to have been unable to access their accounts for several days now; it's a database problem, Facebook says.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Database management, Databases, Facebook, Database, CBS Interactive Inc., Web 2.0, Web sites, e-mail
IBM's latest DB2 woos Oracle customers
News The company has released new versions of its DB2 database and InfoSphere Warehouse with an eye to picking up Oracle customers.
Tags: Databases, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., IBM DB2, database management system, database management, Database, Oracle Corp., Databases
Philippine govt, IBM quarrel in flood aftermath
News Glitch in Philippine pension system causes pileup in emergency loan applications, leading to yet another finger-pointing tiff between GSIS and IBM.
Tags: Database management, Politics, Services, Database, IBM Corp., IBM DB2, software, U.S., Information Technology, Philippine Government
More questions than answers on Google Books
News Google insists it has the best of intentions following its settlement with book rights holders, but there is a strong undercurrent of distrust in the publishing community.
Tags: Data Management, Databases, Settlement, Class Action, financial, knowledge, asset, University of California at Berkeley, director, Data Management
Aust immigration dept to upgrade system after damning audit
News Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) will look into adopting a new grants management system after a report found it to be so unreliable staff were forced to complete work offline.
Tags: Databases, Database management, SAP AG, CPU, Database, Australia, e-mail, payment, audit, team
