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ITIL to take the pain out of change management
Change is a constant in IT, and a bugbear to boot. Learn how ITIL – the Information Technology Infrastructure Library – can take the pain out of change in IT.Tip
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History lesson points way forward on data management projects
Data management projects often suffer from historic amnesia. Projects that co-locate business and IT staff and keep to a manageable scale can achieve remarkable results, says consultant Andy Hayler.Advice
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IBM aims new database squarely at Oracle users
The latest version of IBM's flagship DB2 database offers several features designed to coax Oracle customers out of their software comfort zones.News | 23 Apr 2012
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'Big data' applications bring new database choices, challenges
The dormitory world of databases has been roused from slumber by “big data” and associated technologies: MapReduce, Hadoop, MPP, NoSQL. Andy Hayler details big data’s impact and the issues it raises.Column
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Deloitte spots analytics trends, ethics and open data
Deloitte identifies four analytics trends: an increased focus on ethics, the rise of open data, new business models and a refusal to do analytics for its own sake.News | 23 Jan 2012
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IT strategic priorities 2012: BI for innovation gains new prominence
Managing information to improve corporate performance will be a top priority in 2012, according to three new surveys.News | 19 Jan 2012
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Tejon Ranch ropes together database, records management software
The sprawling Tejon Ranch in California worked with IBM, Oracle and Iron Mountain to rustle up a robust database and records management system.News | 22 Dec 2011
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Business agility can be boosted by new approaches to database strategy
Rethinking database strategy can help to promote business agility and other strategic business goals. As organizations take a fresh look at their database infrastructure, what are the options?News | 25 Nov 2011
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BBC evolves digital asset management with Life
The BBC’s Life series marked an ongoing shift from film to digital media that is making the need for rigorous metadata and digital asset management in broadcast media more pressing.News | 14 Oct 2011
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'Stubborn' data modelers need sympathetic, but firm, handling
Data modeling experts offer tips on building effective models and dealing with the tendency of data modelers to get overly attached to their work.News | 21 Sep 2011
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Ordnance Survey gets to grips with geospatial big data
Ordnance Survey has pulled 17 databases into one Oracle geospatial database management platformOpinion
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Oracle’s MySQL 5.6 spans to NoSQL to offer more agility
Oracle has released version 5.6 of MySQL, which will hit the “sweet spot of the web market” according to Tomas Ulin, vice-president of engineeringNews | 06 Feb 2013
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'Big data' applications bring new database choices, challenges
The dormitory world of databases has been roused from slumber by “big data” and associated technologies: MapReduce, Hadoop, MPP, NoSQL. Andy Hayler details big data’s impact and the issues it raises.Column
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Tejon Ranch ropes together database, records management software
The sprawling Tejon Ranch in California worked with IBM, Oracle and Iron Mountain to rustle up a robust database and records management system.News | 22 Dec 2011
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LinkShare explains why it dumped DB2 for the Exadata database machine
LinkShare’s BI director says the need for scalability was a key factor in moving the affiliate marketing company’s data warehouse to Oracle Exadata.Q&A | 15 Dec 2011
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Business agility can be boosted by new approaches to database strategy
Rethinking database strategy can help to promote business agility and other strategic business goals. As organizations take a fresh look at their database infrastructure, what are the options?News | 25 Nov 2011
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Oracle: Embedded BI detects, analyses and acts
Oracle’s senior director for business development, BI in the UK Nick Whitehead argues that the company’s BI Foundation Suite delivers the capability to act on insight.Q&A
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Data replication software helps hospital network prepare for the worst
The UPMC health network faced several data replication software challenges when ramping up its disaster recovery site.News | 21 Jul 2011
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DBAs and data warehouse architects in high demand
Demand for senior DBAs and data warehouse architects has risen sharply. How can UK organisations find needed database skills, and how should skills availability influence database purchasing plans?Feature
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Internet SMEs look to database strategy to drive business growth
Two Web startups in the UK are putting their database strategies at the heart of their plans for growth. Other SMEs that aren’t as database-literate may be able to learn from them.News | 05 Apr 2011
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'Big data' applications bring new database choices, challenges
The dormitory world of databases has been roused from slumber by “big data” and associated technologies: MapReduce, Hadoop, MPP, NoSQL. Andy Hayler details big data’s impact and the issues it raises.Column
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Tejon Ranch ropes together database, records management software
The sprawling Tejon Ranch in California worked with IBM, Oracle and Iron Mountain to rustle up a robust database and records management system.News | 22 Dec 2011
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LinkShare explains why it dumped DB2 for the Exadata database machine
LinkShare’s BI director says the need for scalability was a key factor in moving the affiliate marketing company’s data warehouse to Oracle Exadata.Q&A | 15 Dec 2011
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Business agility can be boosted by new approaches to database strategy
Rethinking database strategy can help to promote business agility and other strategic business goals. As organizations take a fresh look at their database infrastructure, what are the options?News | 25 Nov 2011
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Watson’s natural language processing takes crack at unstructured data
IBM’s Watson computer defeated human contestants on Jeopardy. But Craig Rhinehart styles it more as a computing breakthrough than digital Rain Man. Is it the key to unstructured information?News | 09 Aug 2011
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IBM: BPM and BI take place in "IT without boundaries"
IBM's Nancy Pearson explains how BPM, BI and analytics fit in to the new business IT paradigm.Q&A
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DBAs and data warehouse architects in high demand
Demand for senior DBAs and data warehouse architects has risen sharply. How can UK organisations find needed database skills, and how should skills availability influence database purchasing plans?Feature
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Database concepts 101: Why we use DBMS software
Get expert insight about fundamental database concepts, including the potential benefits of using DBMS software and situations in which a database engine may not be required.Column | 12 Jul 2010
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Choosing a database engine: how to get the right one for your company
Get expert advice on choosing a database for an organisation, including guidance on who should make the choice and factors to consider when standardising on a database engine.Column | 09 Mar 2010
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DB2 looks to enterprise information management to fend off Microsoft
IBM's DB2 has come a long way since first hitting the scene in 1983. IDC analyst Carl Olofson sizes up DB2 in all its forms and reveals what to expect next from Big Blue.Question & Answer
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Tejon Ranch ropes together database, records management software
The sprawling Tejon Ranch in California worked with IBM, Oracle and Iron Mountain to rustle up a robust database and records management system.News | 22 Dec 2011
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Business agility can be boosted by new approaches to database strategy
Rethinking database strategy can help to promote business agility and other strategic business goals. As organizations take a fresh look at their database infrastructure, what are the options?News | 25 Nov 2011
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DBAs and data warehouse architects in high demand
Demand for senior DBAs and data warehouse architects has risen sharply. How can UK organisations find needed database skills, and how should skills availability influence database purchasing plans?Feature
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Internet SMEs look to database strategy to drive business growth
Two Web startups in the UK are putting their database strategies at the heart of their plans for growth. Other SMEs that aren’t as database-literate may be able to learn from them.News | 05 Apr 2011
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Database concepts 101: Why we use DBMS software
Get expert insight about fundamental database concepts, including the potential benefits of using DBMS software and situations in which a database engine may not be required.Column | 12 Jul 2010
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Choosing a database engine: how to get the right one for your company
Get expert advice on choosing a database for an organisation, including guidance on who should make the choice and factors to consider when standardising on a database engine.Column | 09 Mar 2010
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Oracle’s MySQL 5.6 spans to NoSQL to offer more agility
Oracle has released version 5.6 of MySQL, which will hit the “sweet spot of the web market” according to Tomas Ulin, vice-president of engineeringNews | 06 Feb 2013
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Companies struggle to get past open source ‘big data’ experimentation
Open source big data technologies are attracting enterprise interest. Experts say, Experiment, but have business value in mind.News | 13 Aug 2012
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'Big data' applications bring new database choices, challenges
The dormitory world of databases has been roused from slumber by “big data” and associated technologies: MapReduce, Hadoop, MPP, NoSQL. Andy Hayler details big data’s impact and the issues it raises.Column
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Accenture, Detica: Big data to drive business, trigger privacy concerns
Consulting firms Accenture and Detica see the big data wave as rich in new business opportunities, but rank with data privacy concerns.News | 17 Apr 2012
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European river managers delve into new knowledge management system
The UK’s Environment Agency has procured a semantic wiki based knowledge management (KM) system to aid river restoration across Europe.News | 11 Jan 2012
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Michael Stonebraker predicts trouble for relational databases in 2012
In a Q&A, database pioneer and VoltDB CTO Michael Stonebraker says that one size no longer fits all when it comes to buying database software.News | 04 Jan 2012
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Tejon Ranch ropes together database, records management software
The sprawling Tejon Ranch in California worked with IBM, Oracle and Iron Mountain to rustle up a robust database and records management system.News | 22 Dec 2011
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Business agility can be boosted by new approaches to database strategy
Rethinking database strategy can help to promote business agility and other strategic business goals. As organizations take a fresh look at their database infrastructure, what are the options?News | 25 Nov 2011
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DBAs and data warehouse architects in high demand
Demand for senior DBAs and data warehouse architects has risen sharply. How can UK organisations find needed database skills, and how should skills availability influence database purchasing plans?Feature
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Internet SMEs look to database strategy to drive business growth
Two Web startups in the UK are putting their database strategies at the heart of their plans for growth. Other SMEs that aren’t as database-literate may be able to learn from them.News | 05 Apr 2011
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