A Take on Effiency in Spaciotemporal Databases {0}

Summary: Spatiotemporal databases area good for applications in space and defense but historically suffer from performance issues. the way that databases work now is we store data about the known world, stuff that does not change or changes infrequently. we have been able to monitor moving objects but not with great effiency. since something is [...]

New Powerful App for Ipad {0}

Basically, this article is talking about the new App for Ipad. This app is for the Google searching engine. This app has new features to make it more interactive and visual. The advantage on this app that is user can be doing research and comparing the search results easier than ever. Cause this app can [...]

Relationship between YouTube and Google+ {1}

This article is talking about the YouTube change their web interface. This change has two major reasons. First thing is make their site prettier definitely. The other reason is for Google+ and YouTube become more relative. This change make the “share” function more prominently show on Google+. The new design makes the original content posted [...]

Other way to develop the back end {0}

This article is talking about Apache and Microsoft. In the web server market there has couple of company, but the most often we only see Apache and Microsoft. Apache and Microsoft they both have their own advantage. Since windows NT 4.0 was released, IIS to be used heavily as web server platform. Now, the IIS 6.0 [...]

New Health System {0}

This article basically talks about the national electronic health record. That means the patients’ health record will be available in the nation health system, and this record will follow the patients’ for life time. That’s very convenient technology. Patients’ even go to the other hospital or private clinic, the doctor will know their new patients’ [...]

Turning our applications into… products. {1}

Summary: Instead of our future start-up companies requiring expensive data centers before we even begin making money, entrepreneurs today can turn to cost-efficient virtual hosts that offer flexibility in a way never conceived before. “In the planning stages, ShareThis, a startup, realized that potential success would mean that it would have to establish a data [...]

Oracle’s Approach to Database Security {0}

Last week my blog post talked about McAfee’s database security offerings and how they were handling the security concerns of businesses.  Since database security is a key issue these days, especially with all these server breaches making the headlines, I wanted to cover another company’s approach at database security.  Oracle, the company known for its [...]

Hadoop Making the Headlines Once Again {0}

Since IT Executives mentioned that Hadoop was ready for enterprise use during the Hadoop World conference in New York about a month ago, big companies have already begun to switch over.  JPMorgan Chase, for example, still uses relational database systems for transaction processing, but it has now began using Hadoop technology for more and more [...]

Click Like You Mean It {0}

The article I read was about a research conducted using the University of Colorado Library’s website to compare 3 different click analytic tools: Google Analytics’ In-Page Analytics, ClickHeat, and Crazy Egg. Over a span of 6 months, they used the tools to monitor how the visitors were interacting with the website through clicks. What they [...]

SEO 101: Links and Keywords. {0}

This journal article talks about the importance of integrating SEO into website development. Search Engine Optimization or SEO, is the practice of constructing a web site that fits the search engine’s ranking criteria. Some analysts believe there are 77 factors affect how a web page is rank. Most of these factors concerns Google. While each [...]

SQL Injection {0}

According to the article written by Qian Xue and Peng He for Shannxi College of Communication Technology, MS SQL Server, one of the main products in the database market today, accounts for about 38% of relational databases software market share and 68% of Web database market share. This is a positive aspect for strengthening safety [...]

Data Staging Area of Data Warehouses {0}

A data staging area is in part of data warehouse. In the data staging area, it extracts data from a source, transforms data, and loads data into the data warehouse. There are many reasons and advantages to have a staging area in the data warehouse. It can load tables directly so that it can prevent [...]

The future state of Technology {1}

Have you ever seen the movie “Eagle Eye” and wondered if someone was able to track your every move.  Well that is actually becoming a reality.  Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union reported that there is a “widespread tracking of citizen’s movements” using automated license plate readers.  This technology is reaching a point where it [...]

Database Support {0}

Summary: Database support cost a lot for that service. It is about $36,000 per year. The service has a 24/7 service that is there if needed. It includes monitoring – tools, add-ons, proactive supports and backups. You can purchase this database support by a yearly contract.  This support will take care of the server that [...]

New Way of Thinking {0}

With computer hacking on the rise, it’s no wonder people are looking at other ways to avoid these inconveniences. The author explains this new way of approaching password guessing attacks from unauthorized users; it is called PGRP (Password Guessing Resistance Protocol). With past ways, the ATT-based login protocols allowed for very few user free attempts [...]

New SQL-based stand-alone cloud based database {0}

Summary: With cloud computing taking over the industry, the amount of efficiency and reliability with organizations has increased. Salseforce.com has released a stand-alone product built in the cloud that gives developers access to the cloud platform of their choice. This ultimately gives more flexibility to the developers when they are developing a database application either [...]

The Earth stored in a database. {0}

The article features a spectral database design by highlighting the process of collecting information via remote sensing. The spectral database here obtains information through satellites and other remote sensors. It picks up data regarding topography, vegetation species, soil type, and water type. There are four pillars that the model is built on which is stated, [...]

SEO vs PPC {0}

This journal article attempts to explain the superiority of search engine optimization compared to pay per click advertising. The objective of the two is to increase web site traffic. This article was based on a new site and both methods were used during the creation and implementation of the web site. The article was quite [...]

Global Warehouse {0}

Summary: Data warehouses of today’s companies are increasing in users and data at an alarming rate. Used for primarily business intelligence the data that is entered into these warehouses are causing some issues with quality in query transactions. Current businesses utilize tools that analyze data and exhaust the resources that support the databases. The reports [...]

Outercurve Foundation Accepts WebsitePanel Project {0}

Summary: Outercurve foundation has accepted the WebsitePanel project into their ASP.NET open source gallery. Formerly known as the CodePlex foundations, the organization is a non-profit organization that provides software IP management and project development supervision to other developer organizations. The organization makes it possible for developers to collaboratively work together in open source communities to [...]