Everyone talks about “best practices” but what exactly are they? A "best practice" is a professional procedure or tactic that is accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective. Take a ...

Organizations that use prepackaged ERP/CRM, custom, and third-party applications are seeing their production databases grow exponentially. At the same time, business policies and regulations require ...

Data encryption performs two purposes: it protects data against internal prying eyes, and it protects data against external threats (hacking, theft of backup tapes, etc.) Encryption in the database ...

As Oracle prepares to dump a passel of 81 security fixes on its user base -- including seven critical patch updates (CPUs) for its database product -- many database administrators are preparing to ...

The data management discipline known as data integration (DI) has undergone an impressive expansion over the last decade. Today it has reached a critical mass of multiple techniques used in diverse ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. In my opinion, one of the most reputable organizations providing credentials is Google, and one ...