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Cloaked in secrecy, Microsoft project aims to wed SQL, NoSQL databases

Microsoft technical fellow David DeWitt is secretly developing a data management system that can do the jobs of both SQL and NoSQL databases. Can he bring the two sides together?

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HIPAA compliance and SQL Server: Tricks and tools of the trade

Find out which tools help attain HIPAA compliance. Lena Weiner profiles HIPAA pro Brandon Leach, who explains the steps needed to secure SQL Server. Continue Reading

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Staying hip to HIPAA regulations: How one DBA stays compliant

How do DBAs who adhere to HIPAA regulations get their jobs done while staying compliant? We asked DBA Brandon Leach for some pointers. Continue Reading
Basic SQL Server security best practices

Read this article by Ashish Kumar Mehta to learn the basic SQL Server security best practices everyone should know -- but many forget. Continue Reading

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Eight ways that SQL Server developers hurt performance

Application developers who access SQL Server can affect server performance without knowing it. Here are eight things SQL Server developers often do wrong. Continue Reading
Speed up execution times in Microsoft SQL Azure

Compare the time cost of database calls to SQL Azure versus calls to a local server and get recommendations for improving the speed of database calls to SQL Azure. Continue Reading
Meet compliance requirements with improved database security practices

Small but consistent changes are the trick to securing your SQL Server database and maintaining compliance with the latest industry rules and regulations. Continue Reading

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Spark is latest hyped-up big data framework

Spark has been getting a lot of attention lately, but is the big data framework ready for enterprise use?

Provider uses health analytics to improve patient care

One community health center was not content with the quality of care it was delivering, so it decided to do something about it ...

News recap: Apache Spark's big week and organizing BI

A number of vendors announced new Apache Spark integrations this week, and a report from Dresner Advisory Services explains how ...

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Consolidation is key: IT management best practices

How do you swap a jumble of different IT methods for a centralized computing approach? IT management best practices move you to ...

IT business continuity plans help data centers expect the unexpected

When an unexpected IT event crashes a website, there is an effect throughout the business. Learn to prepare for the worst and ...

Rack cooling, workload management tools fight hotspots

Whether it's an enterprise or a research cluster, data centers are running into hotspots -- and cooling them from the outside in ...

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Design agility marks MongoDB enterprise use cases

NoSQL database MongoDB supports flexible schemas and agile development, several enterprise IT leaders told recent conference ...

Is a second machine age on the way, driven by big data?

MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee see elements that may betoken another machine age, including big data and advances in ...

In building the big data future, architectural issues add up

Building a big data architecture is more complicated than setting up a data warehouse to support BI applications. But that ...

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New AWS EC2 instance type changes cloud pricing scheme

New T2 line of instances replaces the T1.micro instance as well as two members of the M1 line, at a little over half the cost.

Netflix Security Monkey plugs AWS cloud security gaps

AWS shops say new open source software from Netflix will go a long way to help customers manage their part of the cloud security ...

AWS CloudFront buffed up with new customization features

AWS CloudFront gets new CDN features that allow for mobile device detection and the ability to deliver content to a specific ...

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Q4 drops Oracle stock, but cloud may be silver lining

In recent Oracle news, the Q4 report drops Oracle stock, but Ellison more focused on cloud gains. Oracle released new Virtual ...

Data in Micros' point-of-sale systems may be alluring to Oracle

Micros Systems sells POS software to major retailers, restaurants and hotels. Why is Oracle interested in that? Maybe, it's about...

No normalization unexpected In-Memory option top feature

Oracle Database In-Memory option beta tester didn't go for Ellison's big-ticket items. He calls freedom from normalization the ...

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Metadata tagging and the innovation behind search-based applications

Search-based applications and metadata tagging enable access to all kinds of enterprise information. But diverse formats make ...

A good SharePoint WCM architecture takes business savvy

SharePoint 2013 has a number of new WCM features, but be selective: A well-designed WCM system should scale and flex to meet the ...

Effective WCM systems work behind the scenes

Effective Web content management systems work behind the scenes to organize and present information based on audiences' actual ...

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Two new SCCM add-ons for advanced IT management

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager tools fit the bill for small shops, but enterprises may have to spring for ...

Why breaking up with Windows Server 2003 is hard to do

With end of life looming for Windows Server 2003, more users are migrating to Windows Server 2012. But for some it is taking ...

Microsoft issues critical fixes for Internet Explorer, graphics

Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday contains for a large number of vulnerabilities within Internet Explorer. Plus, the company issued ...