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Oracle: Deferred Segment Creation And Tablespace Restrictions 11/13/2014

Oracle offers Deferred Segment Creation for tables and indexes, which allows users with no access to a tablespace to create tables and indexes successfully.  Read on to see why this is a problem.

Manage your MySQL Data on the Go with Navicat Cloud and iOS 11/10/2014

Gone are the days that a Database Administrator (DBA) spends his or her time between a desktop workstation and database server(s). Today, DBAs require tools that will allow them to perform administrative tasks wherever they may be and lately, the trend has been towards applications specifically targeted to mobile devices, since that is what people always have with them.

Monitoring Azure SQL Database 11/06/2014

Marcin Policht presents different methods that allow you to monitor the performance and characteristics of your PaaS databases, ensuring that they behave in a manner that matches your expectations.

Removing Rows with the DELETE Statement in SQL Server 11/03/2014

Greg Larsen explores how to remove rows from a SQL Server table using the DELETE statement.

Oracle In-Memory Database: The Bloom Filter Example Re-visited 10/27/2014

Bloom filters can improve performance in recent Oracle releases, but Oracle 12.1.0.2 provides the In-Memory Database option and using that configuration can improve performance even further.  Read on to see how the in-memory option is configured and the performance it provides.

Backup and Restore Strategies in SQL Server – Part 2 10/20/2014

There are several high availability solutions that can be used with SQL Server. While these high availability solutions ensure maximum uptime for your databases, you need to set up backup and restore strategies to recover the data or minimize the risk of data loss in case a failure happens.

Microsoft to Cut Azure SQL Prices This Fall 08/27/2014

Microsoft is getting ready to slash prices by up to 50 percent after Azure SQL's new service tiers are made generally available next month.

Microsoft Entices Oracle Shops With SQL Server 2014 Migration Tool 07/25/2014

The company focuses on SQL Server 2014's in-memory capabilities in its bid to siphon enterprise database workloads from rival Oracle.

Oracle Big Data SQL Connects Various Data Sets for Analysis 07/16/2014

This can run a single SQL query on Oracle's own 12C database at the same time as in Hadoop and NoSQL data stores.

Couchbase Raises $60 Million to Fuel NoSQL Database Efforts 06/30/2014

 Investors continue to be confident in the prospects of NoSQL database technology.

Google Releases Cayley Open-Source Graph Database 06/27/2014

Cayley will be used to help Google continue to refine the idea of linking data together in graph databases, including Google's Knowledge Graph.

Database Monitoring Key to Reducing Security Breaches 06/13/2014

Only 48 percent of respondents to a recent survey indicated that they test or validate third-party software to ensure it's not vulnerable to SQL injection.

Oracle Launches In-Memory Option for 12C Database 06/10/2014

The 12C In-Memory Option is aimed at enabling ISV applications to accelerate performance by orders of magnitude for several use cases.

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.

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