Don E. Sears

12 Tips for Making Remote Database Administration Easier by Don Sears No Title Make sure to review service levels as well as price. Service levels can vary widely by provider. No Title Assess your environment. Determine segments best suited for 24/7 support. Lower traffic, more stable segments may not require 24/7 support. No Title Make […]

A dangerous buffer-overflow flaw in Trend Micro anti-virus software products was reported by Trend Micro and confirmed by security researchers at iDefense Labs. Researchers at Secunia have also posted an advisory on this vulnerability and have deemed this to be highly critical. This flaw can be exploited in both Windows and Linux systems, and could […]

The business intelligence market is an extremely crowded space. Companies such as Oracle, Hyperion Solutions, SAS Institute, SAP, Microsoft, Actuate, InformationBuilders and Cognos have some form of BI application, either sitting on top of its own database technology or as a stand-alone product. For very large enterprises, these BI platforms may be a part of […]

Bears, Colts and Super Bowl football fans everywhere beware. Users browsing the Internet, perhaps innocently looking up a seating chart at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, could be in a lot more trouble than they would have ever expected. Malicious code was discovered on the Web site for Dolphin Stadium, the location of this years Super […]

Microsoft this week rolled out expected enhancements to its Software Assurance annuity-licensing program. Microsoft announced the planned changes to the SA program in September 2005. The changes include new planning, deployment, migration and legacy services designed for volume licensees. Two of the new benefits—new Windows releases—are exclusive to Software Assurance customers and aimed at midsize […]

Microsoft released on March 15 the first CTP (Community Technology Preview) of Service Pack 1 for its widely used SQL Server database. SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 will feature data-mirroring technology, functionality that Microsoft cut at the last minute from SQL Server 2005 due to customer quality concerns. The SP also includes SQL Server […]

Microsoft announced March 7 that it is has acquired application-transfer specialist Apptimum for an undisclosed sum. Formerly Eisenworld, Apptimum, based in Sunrise, Fla., began in 1998 and is best known for PC relocation products branded with the vacation-friendly moniker “Alohabob,” named after the founders father, who lives in Hawaii. Microsofts plans for the acquired intellectual […]

We know that the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is all about the latest, coolest technology to be consumed by the masses, but that doesnt mean managers and users of IT cant find a way to use it at work—for efficiencys sake—to help the old “bottom line.” We are talking about all of […]

Cisco Systems on Tuesday announced enhancements to its Catalyst switching product line, and also announced “the industrys first” Gigabit Ethernet-enabled IP phone. The switch improvements, announced in a news release,focus on security, high availability, failure-detection features and options for migrating to 10-Gigabit Ethernet. For security features, Cisco Systems Inc. highlighted the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor […]

Computer Associates on Wednesday announced a restructuring plan that will lay off 800 employees, or about 5 percent of its workforce, with 550 of the 800 reductions to take place in North America. The plan is expected to bring $70 million in savings on an annualized basis to Islandia, N.Y.-based Computer Associates International Inc., once […]