Mar 10, 2012
As with my first blog entry of the quarter, I have again returned focus to database efforts that deal with the public sector and consumer involvement. I have found an article regarding a database system/web service that the government has put into place specifically for the registered complaints of unsafe products. At “saferproducts.gov”, one can [...]
Mar 5, 2012
A recent PC Mag article I discovered discussed information management systems and the plight of data storage/manipulation for today’s IT field. The study cited stated that data volume is currently increasing at approximately 59% per year and that it costs companies triple the amount to store data as it does to attain it. The study [...]
Feb 26, 2012
Among the multitude of organizations that have emerged in this newly created era of cloud computing, there is Xeround. Xeround is a database service that bases all of it’s in actions in the cloud. As if the concept isn’t attractive enough, Xeround recently upped it’s start-up funds to 30 million dollars through Series C Benchmark [...]
Feb 20, 2012
Imagine a world where your thoughts control your actions are determined before your body even receives the signal. You simply issue a mental command and the path to that command’s conclusion is instantly given to you. Sound cool? Well that’s unfortunate, because such a thing does not exist. But what does exist is a database [...]
Feb 12, 2012
Most everyone at this point is familiar with groups like Anonymous and the league of imitators that try and prove their worth by exploiting websites and penetrating systems. While these actions have garnered respect and impressed feelings from some online communities, a study cited by Barclay’s lead payment security officer Neira Jones concludes that approximately [...]
Feb 6, 2012
Upon surfing the articles of PC World (mainly in an effort to feel intelligent and savvy), I happened across an article regarding a product known as Joomla. For those of you inquiring as to what Joomla is, it is an open-source style content management system. Apparently, in their latest release Joomla has added a search [...]
Jan 30, 2012
It is a well known fact that organization is always beneficial to every task we carry out on a day to day basis. The difference with programming, and more specifically database management systems, is that the importance organization is greatly amplified. After all, that is the established goal of a database, is it not? It [...]
Jan 22, 2012
Here’s something I’m sure we can all relate to – upcoming database projects! Even when it comes to our own majors, a school project rarely feels like a useful exercise benefiting us as students. If you have yet to outgrow this notion, look no further than this article. Sharon M. Tuttle has been conducting an [...]
Jan 15, 2012
Data modeling is a vital aspect of database creation and management. The ER diagrams lay the logical framework for an entire system, upon which so many people and other systems will be relying. Fundamentals, as with every other academia subject, are a complete necessity. Luckily, articles such as this one exist which aid in understanding. [...]
Jan 8, 2012
Software innovations and specialized training programs have granted many institutions the ability to set up their own databases for a variety of purposes. One such organization is NamUs – the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. It was a database designed to share data and media across organization in an effort to help identify deceased [...]
