databases in comment and analysis
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment Perhaps if they realised this wasn't an inexhaustible well of data for them to dip into whenever their leaky databases start to run dry, they might be a little more careful about conserving it. It's been a while since I've mentioned silicon.com's... [26 Jun 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment This model is most useful in companies with legacy environments that often split their technology platforms into such categories as mainframe, distributed systems, and databases. Pool software developers and save money, or disperse them to business... [09 Apr 2008]
Recession fears hit IT budgets
Comment There is also demand for skills around SAP Basis - the range of middleware programs and tools from the ERP giant that enable its modules to be interoperable across operating systems and databases. The state of the economy and its potential impact... [04 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment Databases must be protected yet functional - users must be able to confirm identity, yet cannot see particular personal information. So why as a consumer does he blithely share his own personal details at the drop of a hat? [25 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: ID cards - cock-up and conspiracy...
Comment Still, I couldn't resist the BBC's new politico-techno-conspiracy thriller - The Last Enemy - featuring ID cards, pervasive CCTV surveillance and gigantic databases. This is a giant government system that seems able to search TV news, automatic... [20 Feb 2008]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The HMRC data breach - in which the unencrypted details of 25 million people on the child benefit database were downloaded by a junior official onto a CD and sent, unregistered and unrecorded, by post to the National Audit Office - highlights the... [22 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Animated statistics
Comment For decades the statisticians had failed to come up with anything meaningful in terms of illuminating the depth and trends hidden in UN databases. Written at an Amsterdam airport hotel and dispatched to silicon.com via an expensive public wi-fi... [12 Oct 2007]
Data breach laws 'make companies serious about security'
Comment And he said because most databases don't have California-only information, if an organisation has to notify Californian customers it is hard for them to leave customers in the other 49 states in the dark. [03 Sep 2007]
The tech requirements of private equity funds
Comment Databases have to provide up-to-date information for managing and tracking investment performance. All private equity firms require access to databases containing key and current information about investors, prospective investments and acquisition... [20 Aug 2007]
Editor's Blog: Disclosing data breaches
Comment We have also already heard from those saying this shows just how infrequently communications and databases are encrypted. You may have noticed that at the start of this week silicon.com kicked off a major campaign. [19 Jul 2007]
Information overload
Comment The idea is that by putting everything into the same underlying databases, managers can get a joined-up view of the business. Stewart Baines finds out how to retrieve and understand essential corporate information. [30 Mar 2007]
Leader: Data privacy - it's your problem
Leader But as digital databases hold more and more information about us, we need to be more aware about who we are giving our data to and why. A report out this week warns the increasing amount of personal information held by various organisations is... [27 Mar 2007]
Q&A: James Gosling, 'father of Java'
Comment There are some areas like large-scale databases and ERP [where] there aren't any really serious open source ERP solutions. It's sort of gotten to the point where it's hard to imagine people using more because so much already is [used] - everything... [19 Mar 2007]
Go real-time with your data
Comment With terabyte-scale databases readily available, the new generation of data warehouse appliances offer real benefits to organisations analysing large volumes of transactions - such as financial services and telecoms. [15 Mar 2007]
Plugging and preventing data leaks
Comment This is particularly true when classifying structured information stored in databases. In today's knowledge economy, getting the right information at the right time can make the difference between success and failure. [07 Mar 2007]
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