Follow me on TwitterThe next DB2Night Show episode on Friday December 4 (10am Central) will be a no holds barred comparison of the IBM DB2 Express-C and Microsoft SQL Server Express and we will throw in Oracle XE for good measure. We will also talk about Cloud Computing and its impact on database professionals. This is a must see episode so register now.
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If you spend any time in the fast growing Russian IT market there is one name you will no doubt be familiar with. I am not talking about Microsoft, Oracle, HP or even IBM. A company with a very short name “1C” is an icon of the Russian IT economy. Founded in 1991, 1C helped the newly formed Russian companies to get proper accounting and other financial management footing to be able to compete on the local markets and to enter and, in many cases, lead in the global economy. 1C is a major software distributor and an award winning game developer. If you like combat [...] Cloud based version of Microsoft Office 2010 is supposed to be a free offering. Will Microsoft really set Office free or will it cripple it like it did with SQL Server Express to protect revenue. I recently blogged about Oracle killing one of its recent acquisitions a company called Virtual Iron. I posed a question if the same fate awaits MySQL. This proved to be a popular post and there was no shortage of comments. One particular comment identified what the person believes is a shortcoming of DB2: The way DB2 manages users — via the OS — is a large hurdle for people coming from MySql (or any other DBMS for what that matters). DB2 express will never flourish before they provide user management like MySql and MS Sql have. Brad Perkins replied that he considers [...] Arbour Networks knows a thing or two about internet security as their gear is used by most top tier ISPs. They run an interesting internet threat analysis service at http://atlas.arbor.net/. I’ve been watching it for the past couple of weeks. During this time Microsoft SQL Server has consistently been the top attack target. Not only has SQL Server been a consistent target, it has been a target for over 50% of all attacks. SQL Server under attack Now, I don’t want to come across as bashing SQL Server. I am not one of those people who will claim that Microsoft code is [...] |
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