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MySQL Serves Up Database Support, IP Indemnification for All

MySQL AB, maker of the worlds most popular open-source database, is offering platinum-level, round-the-clock support—formerly available only for large-scale deployments—for sites of any size,...

IBM DB2 Flaws Found

Several flaws have been discovered in IBMs DB2 Universal Database that can be exploited to cause DoS attacks, to reveal sensitive information, to read...

Grid Computing Takes the Linux Route

Mondays launch of the Globus Consortium by HP, Intel, IBM and Sun Microsystems represented the second body devoted to the commercialization of grid to...

GlobusWorld Promises New Horizons in Grid

BOSTON—As the April launch of Globus Toolkit 4.0 fast approaches, GlobusWorld opened here on Tuesday with the promise of bringing open-source, standards-based grid computing...

BI Vendors Stress Need for Integration

Integration, whether of applications, data sources or even development environments, remains a pressing need for enterprises, and new business intelligence software releases seek to...

AppRadar 2.0 Detects App-Level Attacks

As attackers continue to move beyond Web and mail servers in their search for vulnerable hosts to compromise, security vendors are rolling out advanced...

Analysis Finds MySQL Code Low on Bugs

Just in time to counter security taints from last weeks MySpooler worm, which spread via weak MySQL passwords on Windows installations, MySQL on Friday...

MySQL Criticized in Wake of MySpooler Worm

In the wake of the MySpooler worm that spread via weak MySQL passwords on Windows installations last week, database users criticized the open-source database...

Book Review: Building Free, Quick Database-Driven Web Sites

Kevin Yank, technical business director for the Web development resource site sitepoint.com, has put out the third edition of "Build Your Own Database-Driven Website...

Grid (Still) Muddies the Licensing Waters

Software licensing is a mess.As systems grow more open to linking with other grids and more apt to be used by users across the...