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Oracle Database 10g Update Tackles Security, Compliance

/zimages/6/114596.jpgSAN FRANCISCO—Everybodys taking the heat on security. Regulations require that databases be audited, while data encryption too often means a drag on performance and multiple...

The Downside of Citizen Journalism

I am not a big fan of the "citizen journalism" being practiced on the Internet these days. One of the tenets of "real" journalism...

From Gooey Designs to GUI, IT Helps Ice Cream Chain Deliver

The managers at one of the nations fastest-growing ice cream chains pride themselves on customers who know exactly what they want sweet-wise when given...

Medical Site Launched for Katrina Evacuees

Just as Hurricane Rita threatens the Gulf Coast, a health-care site has been launched today to allow medical professionals access to the prescription medical...

To Secure the Enterprise, Think Strategically

The single most common—and most damaging—error in IT security practice is the failure to approach it from a strategic perspective. IT security is a complex...

MacArthur Winner Is Search Pioneer

Jon Kleinberg was so incredulous when a representative from MacArthur Foundation called him on Tuesday with the news that he had been named one...

Book Consortiums IT Overhaul a Recipe for Success

Ask Don Linn to describe the state of IT at Consortium Book & Sales Distribution Inc. when he acquired the company in 2001 and...

Ellison Forswears Customer Upgrade Coercion

SAN FRANCISCO—Making a rare speech from prepared notes, Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison drove home the theme of this weeks OpenWorld conference: that his...

Who Will Win the Application War?

Im attending a conference this week, and I am watching a well-respected academic present his vision of the agile enterprise. He advocates clever new...

Gap Cant Afford Online Retail Holes

Shopped online at gap.com lately? Well, no worries. Neither has anybody else.While overhauling its online retail presence this month, Gap Inc. completely shut down...