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Database Management & Programming News, Articles & Tutorials for Database Administrators
Granular or Cell Level Encryption in SQL Server 06/23/2014
Arshad Ali demonstrates granular level encryption in detail and explains how it differs from Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).
Do You Really Need to Tune Big Data Applications? 06/16/2014
Big data applications are here to stay. The promise of this technology is the ability to quickly and easily analyze large amounts of data and derive from that analysis changes to customer-facing systems. Management believes that the analysis and subsequent changes will drive up customer satisfaction, market share and profits, hopefully at a reasonable cost.
"The Chain Gang", a Riveting Tale of Chained and Migrated Rows in Oracle 06/12/2014
Chained and migrated rows in an Oracle database can adversely affect I/O performance, especially Exadata. Read on to discover how these rows are generated and what you may be able to do to correct the situation.
Introduction to SQL Server in Microsoft Azure 06/09/2014
The convenience, competitive pricing, resiliency, and ease of maintenance of the SQL Database Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering hosted on the Microsoft Azure platform are partially offset by a lack of support for some of the features available in full-fledged editions of the SQL Server. Fortunately, these limitations can be eliminated by taking advantage of the Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities and installing a SQL Server instance in an Azure-hosted virtual machine (VM).
How Safe is Cloud Storage? 06/05/2014
As more and more companies look to the cloud for their data storage needs, the same questions are being asked over and over again: if a security breech were to occur, who would be responsible and how much of a guarantee could the provider give us that our data would be safe from prying eyes.
Traits of a DBA - Part One – The Technical Side 06/02/2014
What does it take to become a database administrator, or what kinds of traits should I be looking for when I am hiring a DBA. Those traits can be summarized it two categories: Technical and Personal. In this article, Greg Larsen discusses the technical traits a DBA should have.
Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 05/29/2014
Integration with Microsoft's Azure and new business intelligence and Big Data tools are among the most striking features of SQL Server 2014, finds reviewer Paul Ferrill.
Oracle Expands Open-Source High-Availability with MySQL Database Fabric 05/27/2014
MySQL Fabric is a new open-source tool included in MySQL Utilities 1.4
Big Data Survey: Big Data Growing Quickly 05/22/2014
A survey of Big Data professionals indicates that, while confusion remains, the market sector is growing quickly.
New Rules for Database Design in the Cloud 05/19/2014
With a database in the cloud, the challenges of remotely hosted storage must be addressed.
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Already Powering Production Workloads 05/18/2014
Early bird special? Microsoft's newest database delivers some massive performance and efficiency gains for early customers.
More Microsoft SQL on Azure Update Details Emerge 05/06/2014
Microsoft releases more details on its upgraded cloud-based database offering as it gears up for an official launch.
Microsoft Previews SQL Database on Azure Upgrades 05/02/2014
Microsoft continues to make the case for the cloudification of business databases with new service tiers, improved service-level agreements and enhanced business continuity options.
[VIDEO] Where Are Database Threats Today? 04/28/2014
Amichai Shulman, CTO of Imperva, explains why SQL injection is not a database threat and discusses the current state of Oracle database patching.
Microsoft Gives Details on Its Analytics Platform System 04/26/2014
By combining SQL Server and Hadoop, Microsoft is positioning APS as an affordable gateway to big data analytics for enterprises.
Microsoft SQL Server 2014: The Ambient Intelligence Database 04/18/2014
Eyeing the Internet of things, the software giant touts the high-performance innovations that the newest version of SQL Server has to offer enterprises.
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