Nov 27, 2011
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 [...]
Nov 20, 2011
The number of databases getting hacked or compromised keeps going up, but the question is, are there any counter-measures being used against these database breaches? The answer to this question lies in the approach to database security McAfee has taken, providing businesses with protective countermeasures capable of thwarting the influx of potentially harmful intrusions. McAfee [...]
Nov 14, 2011
The majority of businesses out there have migrated over to the cloud, but some are still thinking about making the switch. When we talk about cloud computing, there are three options currently available – the private cloud, the public cloud, and the hybrid cloud. Businesses are still trying to figure out which works best for [...]
Nov 7, 2011
Believe it or not, McDonald’s had a database full of customer contact information that fell in the crosshairs of a couple of hackers back in December of last year. The information that was compromised belonged to innocent individuals who wanted to fill their empty stomachs by signing up for promotional deals through McDonald’s websites. These [...]
Oct 30, 2011
Many of us have either heard of or used Dropbox to move our files between computers and other devices. Dropbox has grown to become a recognized internet based file hosting provider and go-to service for backing up files primarily for individual consumers. Dropbox wants to change that by reaching out to business users as well. [...]
Oct 23, 2011
Music libraries are growing, high definition content is everywhere, image quality is getting better and better, but what happens when there is not enough storage space to store these bits and pieces of data. That is where researchers in Singapore took a break from increasing their sodium consumption levels, and devised a way of increasing [...]
Oct 16, 2011
Mobile devices are changing the way law enforcement personnel conduct everyday operations. Whether it is a routine traffic stop, or prisoner discharge, a police officer can now use an iPhone to snap a picture of an individual, specifically an image of the eye, and identify if he or she is a suspect. The way it [...]
Oct 9, 2011
Tablet computers have established themselves in the consumer device market and Amazon wants to get its feet wet by announcing their own tablet known as the Kindle Fire. What makes Amazon’s tablet different from its competitors is the way it handles web browsing. Amazon has developed their own web browser called “Amazon Silk”, which uses [...]
Oct 2, 2011
Printed documents are prevalent in practically all businesses and organizations, and Canon plays a key role in facilitating the production of printed material through their line of business grade copiers and printers. These same businesses and organizations have servers running database management systems, usually developed by Oracle. Using these same databases, documents are being processed [...]
Oct 2, 2011
Database management systems are an integral part of many products and services that are offered over the World Wide Web. MySQL, one of the most common open source database management systems and key component of the LAMP software stack, caught the attention of hackers on Monday, September 26, 2011. According to security vendor, Armorize, the [...]
