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Philippine govt agency sues IBM
News Government social security arm alleges system built by IBM and subsidiary Questronix crashed due to defective software; sues for breach of contract.
Tags: Lawsuits, Database management, Databases, IBM Corp., IBM DB2, Philippines, Database, OEM, database system, Social Security
Red Hat wins over Windows convert
News Its new customer will move from Microsoft Windows to Linux for database systems.
Embedded SQL in Java
Techguide There a number of pure Java SQL database systems develolpers can embed into applications. In this tip we introduce two open source projects, HSQLDB and Apache Derby.
NASA turns to open source problem-tracking databases
News The space agency will begin using new software written using Bugzilla tools to track and analyze problems with the Space Shuttle and Space Station programs.
Tags: Open source, Databases, NASA, Database, Shuttle, Space Station, Tool, database system, space shuttle, software
Microsoft details changes to SQL Data Services
News The company's development team reveals more details of the fully hosted service option for SQL Data Services, first announced last month.
Tags: Data services, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, RDBMS, Database, SQL, database system, SDS, program manager, Microsoft Visual Studio
Researchers tout 'wimpy nodes' for Net computing
News Carnegie Mellon researchers believe flash memory and feeble processors can do what conventional servers can't: power Internet sites at low power and low cost.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Computing, FAWN, David Andersen, Storage, Server, Intel Atom, Carnegie-Mellon University
10 questions to ask before collecting security data
Techguide More so when data relates to security, we should be careful about how we go about collecting it, and whether it is wise to collect it at all.
Tags: Data Management, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Risk Management, Data, Security, Vulnerability, Database, Authorization, Chad Perrin
LongJump launches 'database as a service' software
News Application developer LongJump has extended the field of companies offering core applications on the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model with the launch of a database system.
Tags: App servers, Databases, Web services
Use SQLite for a simple, lightweight database option
Techguide Learn about open source SQLite, a simple, compact database option suitable for applications that don't require large database systems.
Tags: Database management, Linux, Databases, Open source
China space race to the PC
News The manufacturer behind China's successful space mission hopes some of the new fame will rub off on its software.
Drizzle project to trim down MySQL
News The database project is aimed at trimming superfluous functionality from MySQL, creating a smaller, faster version.
Tags: Web sites, Innobase InnoDB, Database, Sun Microsystems Inc., stored procedure, co-founder, business logic, Oracle Corp., Linux, GNU
Microsoft Access could be the missing piece in your database solution
Insight Despite IT's general opposition to it, Access can be an excellent alternative to the larger database systems. Read up on some of the facts about Access, and find out why it may be the perfect choice for your database needs.
Amazon's SimpleDB makes it easier to work with data
Techguide SimpleDB takes advantage of Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud--the combination provides developers with the ability to store, process and query data sets in the cloud, or Internet.
Tags: Database management, Web services
New IBM database speaks Web services
News IBM on Thursday launched a new version of its database server software that includes better Web services support and revamped pricing.
W3C adds a touch of Sparql to Web 2.0
News Supporters of the Sparql query language say using the Web without it would be like "trying to use a relational database without SQL".
Tags: Web 2.0
