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.
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News : Database software
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October 18, 2019
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Oct'19
Mark Hurd, co-CEO of Oracle, has died
The software giant announced a leave of absence for Hurd only last month, while he underwent treatment for undisclosed health problems
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October 04, 2019
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Oct'19
How data drives wins at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport
We find out how Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport uses data to drive its business and Formula One race strategy
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September 27, 2019
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Sep'19
Bristol, CNRS and Oracle join forces against tropical disease
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Grenoble have identified a candidate synthetic vaccine against tropical disease Chikungunya, using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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September 25, 2019
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Sep'19
Executive interview: Speed is cloud apps benefit, says Oracle’s Miranda
In a Q&A with Computer Weekly at Oracle Open World 2019, applications head Steve Miranda discussed the supplier’s approach to cloud applications, digital assistants and machine learning
In Depth : Database software
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How to unlock the true value of data
With a robust data architecture in place, a firm’s data science team can turn raw data into business insight Continue Reading
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Sainsbury’s Bank moves data to AWS cloud with Teradata UDA
Bank decided on a fundamental shift to AWS cloud, using Teradata’s Unified Data Architecture, after it was divested from Lloyds in 2013. Here’s how it built from a new ground zero Continue Reading
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Storage 101: Structured data and its storage needs
Structured data is declining as a proportion of all data but its importance to business applications and its organised nature make its storage requirements very specific Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Database software
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Dynatrace analytics drives business towards the ‘expected normal’
Dynatrace has added a new raft of analytics to its software intelligence offering. Known as Digital Business Analytics, the software itself is made of code (it’s digital), it’s intended for ... Continue Reading
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What to expect from Scylla Summit 2019
The Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider team are big fans of Greek classics, San Francisco clam chowder shared-nothing architectures and open source-centric real-time big data ... Continue Reading
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DataStax offers bidirectional data dexterity for Apache Kafka
DataStax has opened up ‘early access’ to its DataStax Change Data Capture (CDC) Connector for Apache Kafka, the open source stream-processing (where applications can use multiple computational ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Database software
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Facebook’s high-stakes privacy gamble goes to Dublin court
A high-wire gamble with billions in compensation at stake for European internet users – part of a complex case between Facebook and the Irish information commissioner – hides challenge to the unlawfulness of US state internet surveillance Continue Reading
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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
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