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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06 Jun 2025
UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy
The UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition Continue Reading
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05 Jun 2025
UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
People experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2011
European Commission gives green light to CSC acquisition of beleaguered iSoft
The European Commission (EC) has approved CSC's acquisition of healthcare software maker iSoft. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2011
Police National Database launched containing details of 15 million UK citizens
A national database to allow police forces to share locally held information across the country has been launched by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). Continue Reading
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05 May 2011
Oracle JDeveloper review
Tim Anderson finds that Oracle's home-grown tool for Java development, JDeveloper, may have a traditional feel, but its smart editor and productivity tools make it particularly useful if you are working with the powerful Oracle ADF. Continue Reading
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21 Apr 2011
National Archives scoops Queen’s Award for Enterprise
The National Archives has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise - the first public sector body to receive the gong in more than ten years. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2011
Microsoft launches UK mapping service to rival Google Streetview
Starting in London, Microsoft has begun taking photographs of the UK for its street-level mapping service, Streetside. Continue Reading
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08 Apr 2011
Facebook has launched a project to ‘open source’ its datacentre
In the spirit of open source software, Facebook says it wants to share the innovations in one of its datacentres with the rest of the industry in its Continue Reading
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09 Mar 2011
IT fails to curb anti-social behaviour
Information technology failures are a key reason why efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour have failed for at least a decade.... Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2011
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. Continue Reading
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05 Jan 2011
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. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2009
Photos: Data visualisation – the case for graphic clarity
As new ways of analysing the world around us are developed, new ways to visualise that information are needed. Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2009
Photos: Top twelve enterprising iPhone apps for business
Apple’s iTunes App Store is one year old this week, but what are the hot applications for business users? Computer Weekly picks an application for every month of the online store’s life. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Sep 2008
The CERN laboratory and the Big Bang theory – Essential Guide
We answer 10 frequently asked questions about the CERN laboratory and Big Bang theory Continue Reading
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06 Nov 2007
How data deduplication works
Chapter one of our data deduplication handbook takes you under the hood to show how data deduplication works so you can maximise the efficiency of this data reduction technology. Continue Reading
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30 Aug 2007
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. Continue Reading
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03 Jul 2007
Data migration product specifications
Part of the Tiered Storage Buying guide focusing on product specifications for data migration tools. Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2007
What are some of the biggest challenges with unstructured data?
By far, the volume of data has to be the biggest challenge... Continue Reading
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Podcast
31 Oct 2006
Podcast: The state of Oracle security
In this edition of Security Wire Weekly, Oracle DBA Jon Emmons gives his observations about Oracle's new critical patch update format. Continue Reading
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16 Oct 2006
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. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2006
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. Continue Reading
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24 Aug 2006
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, you lose where that data is, so you're looking at the application, but it's really essentially the same idea. Continue Reading
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01 Aug 2006
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. Continue Reading
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28 Jul 2004
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. Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2004
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... Continue Reading
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27 Oct 2003
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... Continue Reading