Microsoft preps SQL Server for battle in two enterprise arenas

The company announced the Datacenter edition of the server, for scaling up online transaction processing, and the Parallel Data Warehouse version, which can support hundreds of terabytes of data

ArcSight adds unstructured log analysis with Logger 4

New version claims to sniff out hacking, other surreptitious activities

Many open-sourcers back an Oracle takeover of MySQL

Observers say that Oracle's acquisition of MySQL will not be damaging to MySQL itself and question the motives of some detractors

Red Hat invests in EnterpriseDB with eye on Oracle and MySQL

Investment in the open source database vendor is a sign Red Hat may be worried about the implications of Oracle's coming takeover of MySQL

IBM showcases new analytics capabilities

Big Blue is announcing a range of new BI products at its annual Information on Demand show

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Slacker databases break all the old rules

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Oracle Database 11g shoots the moon

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Is SQL Server's latest security hole a real threat?
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Is SQL Server's latest security hole a real threat?

Blog by Sean McCown

Sentrigo discovered a new security hole in SQL Server, but so far Microsoft isn't paying attention. Let me show you why they should

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