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DBAs Cheatsheet to Comdex

By this time next week, well know whether Comdex has really managed to vanquish the purveyors of massage chairs from its halls, as the...

Yukons Data Transformation Services a Hit at SQL Confab

Aiming to unsnarl database administrators jobs, Microsoft Corp. revealed one new database tool and major enhancements to another at its PASS (Professional Association for...

Time to Take SQL Server Seriously

Heres the joke in Oracle Land: Whats the proper way to manage SQL Server performance disruptions? Answer: Turn it off.While Microsofts DBMS has done...

BI Software Keeps Eye on Disease

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. medical community has been on high alert preparing for Anthrax and other biological attacks, as...

IBM, Microsoft Look to Speed DBMS Development

IBM and Microsoft Corp. have previewed new tools they said will make developers more productive when creating applications for upgrades to their respective DBMSes.Microsoft,...

Survey: Biggest Databases Approach 30 Terabytes

Led by a surge in the amount of data being analyzed in data warehouses, the worlds largest databases are pushing new heights as they...

FDIC Looks to Curb Errors With XML Variant

About half of the 8.500 banks that report quarterly earnings to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. do so with mistakes intact. The Washington-based FDIC, along...

Microsoft Releases Windows Rights Management Services

As part of the further expansion of its nascent Security Business Unit, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday will announce the availability of Windows Rights Management Services,...

LeapFrog: Trouble In Toyland

LeapFrog Enterprises may enjoy strong demand for its educational toys, but the Emeryville, Calif. manufacturer could use a primer on how a supply chain...

DBAs Get Management Help

Data management vendors BMC Software Inc. and Quest Software Inc. are both rolling out tools to make it easier to manage IT environments that...