Open Software is a Great Resource Many have written in with examples of how Open Source software has been essential to their business solutions. Today, as I close out this topic, I am including comments from David. They pretty much encapsulate the comments as a whole. David Writes: Putting on my developer hat, open source software is a great boon. […]
Editorials
What Does Open Systems Mean?
What Does Open Systems Mean? All Open System software is not the same. There are number of different licensing models allowing different rights. May people equate Open System with free…but that is not necessarily true. One thing (I think) Open System software has in common is that the source code is available. Different licenses may allow you to contribute to […]
Would You Use Open Systems Software?
SSWUGtv – New Show! With Stephen Wynkoop In this edition… Privacy policies and data warehouses, Oracle and their 70x performance increase, Career tips from Laura Rose. Also, our guest segment is all about security… and so much more. Watch the Show Would You Use Open Systems Software? I raised this issue over a year ago. Most of the responses were […]
Initial Feedback on Data Privacy
Initial Feedback on Data Privacy I’ve heard from several people on the data privacy questions from yesterday (more here if you missed it) and it seems like this is going to take some work to define and get through. The feedback has been nervous, but of one of two camps: A. get your company to formally change and publish your […]
Server Data Retirement
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Data Privacy – Old News or New Issues?
Data Privacy – Old News or New Issues? I’ve been spending a lot of time working through data issues with a number of clients and friends and their companies. It’s odd (and good) that this is coming to light now, but I’m also beginning to see that this is both just the beginning and a much larger more persistent issue. […]
Encryption Comments & Feedback
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Disk Encryption
Disk Encryption Do you need Disk Encryption? Let’s ask a few questions? Do you have a laptop you carry with information you would not like for others to obtain? Do you have complete security on all of your workstations containing protected information? Do you have servers that may be decommissioned without destroying all sensitive information? These are all scenarios we […]
Disk Encryption
Disk Encryption Do you need Disk Encryption? Let’s ask a few questions? Do you have a laptop you carry with information you would not like for others to obtain? Do you have complete security on all of your workstations containing protected information? Do you have servers that may be decommissioned without destroying all sensitive information? These are all scenarios we […]
Online Data SAN Configuration
Online Data SAN Configuration When configuring a SAN for online services such as OLTP or OLAP databases there are so many different options to choose from. Many SAN servers are configured with a large amount of Cache resulting in acceptable performance regardless of disk configuration. On these larger SANs you may find a single RAID 5 or RAID 10 physical […]