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EDM and IT Operations

I saw an interesting article on DM Direct (DM Review's email newsletter) today - Leveraging Decision Automation in Database Administration.

MySQL with WAS CE

Search term: "mysql WASCE"

Google Bug Tracker - Unofficial

Philipp posts about Wouter Schut, who decided that if Google was going to do such a poor job responding to users who send them emails about bugs and suggestions, he was going to create a public bug tracking database himself.

Compact an Access Database from .NET

Over time, a database becomes fragmented when it is used. This makes it grow in size and perform badly. Not the two qualities you want for your mission-critical data.

Oracle Responds To Information Security Critics

Oracle the Database Company is taking time out on its corporate blog to address a number of critics on the security of Oracle Databases.

The What, Why, and How of Database Cleansing

Firstly the "What" - Cleaning a database is done to:

Building Database Enabled Websites

Moving from Simple Desktop applications with Microsoft Access , Paradox as the backend databases to the more robust SYBASE (db-library) , ORACLE , Microsoft SQL SERVER used in Client Server architecture with ODBC , OLEDB , TUXEDO frameworks we have moved to the Web based systems widely using Mysql , Microsoft SQL SERVER,ORACLE, POSTGRESQL databases as some of the backend supporters.

Cities Database Free Edition

Another POI database is on the market in the GeoDataSource Cities Database product. The company has several flavors that run as much as $1,000+. A free product is available to those who register.

Microsoft Access Database Optimization

There is a common "patchwork" philosophy in IT departments throughout the world that gives the idea that altering, changing, and fixing poorly designed databases is how you correct the problems - as opposed to starting from the ground-up and re-working a system.

Ingres Christens Project Icebreaker

The open source database company Ingres teamed with another open source player to deliver Icebreaker, a way to place database services on a server with no operating system required.