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Database software
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January 21, 2011
21
Jan'11
Organ donors preferences recorded inaccurately
The preferences of 444,031 organ donors were recorded wrongly on the Organ Donation Register (ODR) because of a software problem.
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January 05, 2011
05
Jan'11
BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry
David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.
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August 30, 2007
30
Aug'07
Critical flaw found in Oracle developer tool
A popular tool used by Oracle developers contains a critical flaw that could be used by an attacker to compromise a system.
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March 26, 2007
26
Mar'07
What are some of the biggest challenges with unstructured data?
By far, the volume of data has to be the biggest challenge...
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October 16, 2006
16
Oct'06
Oracle fixes 101 flaws
Attackers could exploit 45 of the 101 flaws remotely without a username or password. Meanwhile, the new CPU offers more detail on the number of flaws patched and their severity.
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September 14, 2006
14
Sep'06
Three ways to create clustered storage, page 3
Clustered storage systems run on storage servers, NAS gateways and hosts. Here's how to determine which clustered file-system architecture is best for your needs and storage environment.
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August 24, 2006
24
Aug'06
How do I establish recovery priority for my applications?
If it's at the IT level, it comes from a data perspective. When you start moving up a little bit into the business side, people start looking at the applications because they don't really know where the data is. If we talk today about virtualization...
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August 01, 2006
01
Aug'06
Litchfield: Database security is 'IT's biggest problem'
At Black Hat USA 2006, database security guru David Litchfield unveils 20-plus IBM Informix flaws that attackers could exploit to create malicious files, gain DBA-level privileges and access sensitive data.
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July 28, 2004
28
Jul'04
Automated SQL injection: What your enterprise needs to know
The second of a two-part interview with SPI Dynamics CTO Caleb Sima tells what you should fear, why and what you can do to mitigate your risk.
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July 09, 2004
09
Jul'04
Old Mutual rolls out web reporting software to meet new regulations
Financial services group Old Mutual has rolled out web-based reporting software across its business worldwide to consolidate data...
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October 27, 2003
27
Oct'03
Council migrates to web enabled benefits system
Liverpool City Council has completed a six-week data migration project to get its £5m housing benefit and council tax system up...