Data Warehouse
Best practices, how-tos and case studies on buying, building, implementing and getting value from data warehouse.
Cray Courts the Big-Data Market
How to Evaluate Enterprise Search Options
Wed, February 08, 2012 - An enterprise search platform delivers many benefits, including improved employee productivity, but there are dozen of vendors and three different approaches -- specialized, integrated and detached -- to consider. Here's how to find the product that best fits your company's search requirements.
Something Fishy About Google Chrome's Safe Browsing API, Lab Says
Tue, February 07, 2012 - A research firm that measures the security effectiveness of browsers noticed something it thought might be fishy with the way Chrome was doing things. Turns out, there may currently be a privacy concern about Google's use of end user IP addresses as part of its Safe Browsing API.
For 'Malware As a Service' Merchants, Business is Booming
Wed, February 01, 2012 - They are well organized. They pay close attention to product quality, working hard to make it effective and scalable. They are all about customer service, providing after-sales support. They even solicit the help of their customers in product development.
Microsoft Reveals Launch Date for Next-Generation SQL Server 2012
Tue, January 24, 2012 - But it's not clear when the release will be generally available
Enough Defense: is it Time for an IT Security Offensive?
Wed, January 18, 2012 - Frustrated with the seemingly impossible task of protecting their networks, more security pros are ready to take the fight to the attackers.
Tableau Revamps Its BI Visualization Tools with User-Centric Focus
Wed, January 18, 2012 - Tableau 7.0 is geared at getting BI into the hands of more users
Clamor for Cloud Apps Increases Corporate Data Breach Risk
Tue, January 17, 2012 - Vendor analysis of network and application traffic shows poorly managed remote access tools and traffic flowing outside port 80 are rampant.
Oracle Updates TimeTen in-Memory Database, Aims At SAP HANA
Thu, January 12, 2012 - Performance, scalability and analytic capabilities are the key new features in TimesTen 11g Release 2.
Oracle Reveals Pricing for Its SAP HANA Rival Exalytics, Signaling Imminent Release
Wed, January 11, 2012 - Both systems incorporate in-memory computing engines
Oracle Partners with Cloudera for Hadoop Appliance
Tue, January 10, 2012 - Announced last September, the Oracle Big Data Appliance is ready for purchase
Passwords Aren't Dead, Though Maybe Yours Should Be
Mon, January 09, 2012 - Despite all those "death to passwords" chants, some say it's still a solid form of authentication -- when users aren't being stupid about theirs.
Government Engineers Actively Plan for Cyberwar
Wed, January 04, 2012 - Governments are arming themselves to their cyber-teeth with offensive and counter-defense cyber weapons, and there's little enterprises can do to avoid the fray.
Watching the Watchers
Thu, December 22, 2011 - While there's no single fix, a number of experts weigh-in on how to make certain those with privileged access don't abuse it.
Oracle Q2 Net Income Jumps 17 Percent, but Hardware Sales Slump
Tue, December 20, 2011 - Still, sales of Oracle's specialized hardware-software appliances grew rapidly in the quarter, according to CEO Larry Ellison



