Recently added articles from Database and Network Journal:

IP/MPLS network management--automate or disintegrate!(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE: COMPANY VIEWPOINT)(Company overview)

Apr 01, 2008; Sachdev, Rahul ... As a network architect for a telecommunications service provider, your task is to realise the strategic vision laid out for the company at board level. Your plans will determine how the overall aims are achieved: how services are delivered and profits generated In particular, ...

The good, the bad and the ugly of protecting data in a retail environment--Part 1.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)

Apr 01, 2008; Mattsson, Ulf ... The overall purpose of information security is to control risk by managing the impact of threats to information assets in the most cost-effective manner. This article takes a look at a typical point-of-sale (POS) solution, identifying common architectural weaknesses that can lead to data ...

Businesses are embracing an XML future to prepare for changing times.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE: OPINION PIECE)

Apr 01, 2008; Brown, Alex ... XML has just celebrated its tenth birthday, yet while that period has seen a rapid expansion of XML's technical capabilities, its transition from the technical to the business realm is still in its youth. There is little doubt that technologists have been proved right in their evangelising ...

Destination--quantum'.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE: OPINION PIECE)

Apr 01, 2008; Llewellyn, Roger ... In an age where the undisputed appeal of speed seems to be as critical in the datacentre as it is on the Formula One track, Roger Llewellyn, CEO of BI and data warehousing solutions provider Kognitio, looks at the options businesses have when it comes to analysing data. ...

Infosecurity Europe 2008.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)

Apr 01, 2008 ... A selection of papers from exhibitors at Infosecurity Europe 2008, Europe's dedicated Information security event. Now in its 13th year, providing an education programme, new products & services, over 300 exhibitors and 11,700 visitors from every segment of the industry. 22nd-24th April ...

Croft receives royal recognition.(IT News and Products)(Croft Technology )(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... IT firm Croft Technology has received official recognition from Her Majesty the Queen for providing information technology services to the royal household. Croft has been granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment and is now one of only a handful of organisations within the computers, software ...

Perforce Visual Client.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Perforce Software has announced the availability of the newest version of its cross-platform graphical interface, the Perforce Visual Client, for its FAST Software Configuration Management (SCM) system. The Perforce Visual Client provides access to versioned files through a consistent ...

Workforce-XML completes online certification solution.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Workforce-XML have announced that it has completed the AR01X online test and certification solution for both Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) and Independent Hardware Vendors (IHV's). The facility enables vendors to quickly and easily test and certify products online from anywhere in ...

Offer to build data warehouses for up to 10 Teradata for free.(IT News and Products)(illuminate Solutions )(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... illuminate Solutions have announced that it will begin selling its database engine and tool suite in North America on April 14, 2008. It also announced an initiative to build--at no cost to participants--a data warehouse for up to 10 Teradata, Netezza, NeoView or other ...

Compellent statement.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Compellent Technologies, Inc. issued the following statements regarding Microsoft's announcement of its release candidate of Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualisation software available with Windows Server 2008. Bruce Kornfeld, for Compellent, said: "Microsoft is taking an ...

Brocade partners with IntelliMagic.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Brocade[R]and IntelliMagic recently announced a strategic partnership that they claim will help Brocade customers maximise the performance and utilisation of their storage environments. Through this partnership, the Brocade Services, Support, and Solutions Division will bundle ...

Windriver and Esterel development.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Wind River Systems, Inc. has announced that it has established a new product integration with Esterel Technologies. The partnership will incorporate formal design and development technologies into safety-critical software for the avionics industry, which delivers advanced 3-D graphics and ...

IT Mill Testing Tools.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... IT Mill has announced a new set of tools for web application testing. With IT Mill Testing Tools the testing and quality assurance (QA) of web applications is simplified. New functional tests can be created and automated without any programming knowledge, using a browser-based recorder and ...

DataDirect Technologies extends support For SOA.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... DataDirect Technologies has outlined its plans to support the rapidly emerging Service Data Objects (SDO) standard within its family of data connectivity and mainframe integration products. The SDO standard, developed by a diverse group of leading technology vendors participating in the ...

MEGA International introduces EA Accelerator.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... MEGA International have introduced the MEGA EA Accelerator for TOGAF to expedite on-time, on-budget delivery of enterprise architecture projects and to reduce the risk of project failure. Based on the MEGA Modeling Suite for business process analysis (BPA) and enterprise architecture (EA), ...

Actinic version 9 ecommerce software.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Actinic recently announced the release of version 9 of its desktop ecommerce range. Actinic v9 provides a range of enhancements to its ease of use, plus new features that improve the customers' experience and make it easier and more efficient to manage a business selling ...

New hard drives from Verbatim.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Verbatim have released their new External 2.5" Hard Drive with storage space for up to 320 GB. The slim-line hard drives weigh ...

Riverbed Steelhead appliance certfied.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the technology and market provider in wide-area data services (WDS), has announced that its Riverbed[R] Steelhead[R] appliance running the Riverbed Optimisation System (RiOS[TM]) version 4.0 has achieved SAP[R] Certified Integration for third-party ...

Sybase iAnywhere unveils Advantage Database Server.(IT News and Products)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Sybase iAnywhere have announced the release of Advantage Database Server[TM] 9. The updated features include support for Visual FoxPro 9, performance boosts for large transactions, reduced end user configuration requirements and the addition of key functionality including an SQL Debugger ...

TERA to BladePatch cords.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Siemon is introducing new versions of their hybrid TERA to RJ patch cords. These cords feature a standards-recognised TERA plug on one end and Siemon's patented RJ45-compatible BladePatch plug on the other. The four pair TERA to BladePatch version utilizes high-quality category 7A stranded ...