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The 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. [...] 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 [...] How can something that is already free be cheaper? I will get to that in a minute. DB2 Express-C is IBM’s way of offering a full function commercial grade database management system using “open source business model”. DB2 is not open source i.e. you will not be able to go to SourceForge download source and hack database kernel code. What you can do though is get DB2 Express-C without paying any money and use it any which way you like including in your production applications for as long as you wish. In other words, you get the product for free and you [...] |
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