Database software
With the volumes of digital data used by businesses growing at exponential rates, having the right information management and database software becomes key to corporate decision-making. While established products such as Oracle, DB2 and Informix remain widely used, open source alternatives such as MySQL and Ingres offer potential alternatives for IT managers. We examine the issues around choosing the right products and strategies for your organisation.
Jargon Buster: Database Management
This Jargon Buster guide to contemporary database management is an aid to stepping back and thinking afresh about an area of enterprise IT that has many decades of heritage (or legacy).
News : Database software
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October 16, 2018
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Oct'18
There is more to fintech than meets the eye
Financial technology goes way beyond the flashy apps facing consumers and into the depths of the back office
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October 08, 2018
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Oct'18
Geospatial Commission pumps £5m into unlocking value of location data
Commission wants to unlock the value of location data held by its partners through the use of emerging technologies
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October 05, 2018
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Oct'18
Hortonworks Cloudera merger proposal stirs market pot
The proposed merger between Hadoop distributors Cloudera and Hortonworks stings MapR, and elicits analyst comment pointing up the threat from cloud players AWS, Google, and Microsoft
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October 04, 2018
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Cloudera and Hortonworks sink differences to merge
Hadoop distributors Hortonworks and Cloudera have sunk their differences and announced their marriage
In Depth : Database software
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Silicon Valley startups home in on pressing value from data
A slew of California-based startup and early-stage data analytics companies are promising CIOs better ways to get value from their investments in databases and analytics Continue Reading
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How the Met Office is handling a deluge of data
‘Lazy’ open source tools are helping the UK weather forecasting service open up unprecedented volumes of data to all Continue Reading
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Blockchain starts to prove its value outside of finance
Technology behind bitcoin is being adopted in supply chains, power networks and even to support independent musicians Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Database software
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Developer blockchain tools are on-chain & off-chain
Document exchange and transaction management company Amalto has come forward with early adopter options for its Platform 6 enterprise application framework. This developer toolset is designed to ... Continue Reading
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Why log analytics should be ‘metrics first’
Open source log file analytics specialist InfluxData is insistent that we should take a ‘metrics first’ approach to log analysis. The company says believes in a metrics first approach that provides ... Continue Reading
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Instaclustr: 9 tips to improve Apache Kafka management
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Open Source Inside blog written by by Ben Slater in his role as chief product officer at Instaclustr. Instaclustr is known for its focus on providing ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Database software
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The high price of not understanding how automation works with existing software licences
Businesses must check their software licences before they introduce robotic process automation or they risk breaking the rules Continue Reading
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A Good American: a personal take on mass surveillance
Director Friedrich Moser draws some conclusions on mass surveillance from his groundbreaking documentary on the work of NSA whistleblower, Bill Binney Continue Reading
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It’s not too late to turn the tide on Investigatory Powers Bill
The government has set David Anderson QC an almost impossible task in his review of the sweeping bulk powers proposed in the Investigatory Powers Bill – but it is not too late to make a difference Continue Reading
Videos : Database software
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Big data impact on storage infrastructure
Ovum senior analyst Tim Stammers discusses how storage systems cope with large data sets and real time data access
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Video interview: Gartner chief of research, Chris Howard
In this video, Chris Howard, chief of research at Gartner, discusses why CIOs should look at cloud, mobile, big data and social computing
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Video interview: Environmental Investigation Agency using i2
In this video, Charlotte Davies from the Environmental Investigation Agency discusses how i2 is helping tackle Big Cat poaching