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Data Management

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Five Things You Need to Know About Social Engineering

How hackers can steal your data.

16 Dec 2009
Data Management
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How Washington, D.C. Is Using IT to Clean the Streets

Putting license-plate recognition technology and cameras on street sweepers helps the District of Columbia Department of Public Works, a CIO 100 winner, to get illegally parked carsu2014along with dirt and grimeu2014off the streets

24 Jul 2009 3 mins
Compliance Data Management
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How to Determine the True Cost of Microsoft SharePoint

A list of the many costs involved in implementing and supporting Microsoft SharePoint, including ones you might never have expected.

29 Jun 2009 10 mins
Data Management Enterprise Applications
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The Financial Crisis Cries for More Open Source

Companies in a tough economy should seek alternative software options, says the CEO of open-source database-maker Ingres.

8 Dec 2008 5 mins
Developer Open Source Outsourcing
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Understanding Service Level Agreements for Database Development

This excerpt from the upcoming book, SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action, introduces the role of service-level agreements (SLAs) as part of a DBA's overall strategy to maintaining reliable Microsoft SQL Server networks.

5 Nov 2008 9 mins
Data Management Developer Disaster Recovery
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Cool Programmer Challenge: Football Algorithm = $50,000

TopCoder is running a developer contest for ESPN to write an algorithm that predicts the outcomes of college football games for the sports network. The winner gets $50,000. Score.

16 Sep 2008 4 mins
Business Intelligence Data Management Developer
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Google App Engine: Getting Data Out Ain’t Simple. Yet.

Data checks in... but it won't check out! No, not really; data management is just more of a pain than you might expect. To use Google App Engine today, you need to use a Python API to export from its proprietary data store. But soon, Google says

3 Sep 2008 5 mins
Data Center Developer Web Development
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An Earthshaking Use of Open Source

A German scientific institute migrated to Linux and open-source software to monitor global seismic activity data for compliance with the nuclear test ban treaty.

7 Jul 2008 5 mins
Compliance Data Management Open Source
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Five Things the Boss Should Know About Microsoft’s LINQ

Do you think that LINQ is just another in a long series of odd Microsoft technologies? This database-meets-software-development technology could easily save your development staff time and avoid complexity!

16 Jun 2008 9 mins
Data Management Software Development
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UPS’s New Telematics System Cuts Fuel Costs and Makes Drivers More Efficient

The package delivery company's telematics system gathers data from 200 vehicle-related elements on its brown delivery trucks. After a successful test, UPS is rolling out the system to 11 new markets in 2008.

12 May 2008 6 mins
Data Management IT Leadership