By Dennis Fisher – Security researchers have identified a dangerous new vulnerability in several recent releases of Oracle Corp.’s flagship database software. The vulnerability puts not only the information in the database at risk, but in some cases, also can lead to a compromise of the operating sy
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Oracle patches critical database server vulnerability
By Paul Roberts – Oracle Corp. has released a patch for a recently-discovered critical security vulnerability affecting its database servers. The buffer overflow vulnerability affects all supported versions of Oracle database servers and could enable a remote attacker to compromise the data stored
New release of Checky XHTML validator for Mozilla
Version 1.5 adds one-key validation of local files, accessibility testing, and more.
DSDL Interoperability Framework
by Eric van der Vlist – DSDL ("Document Schema Definition Languages") is a project of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 (chair, Jim Mason) Working Group 1 (chair, Charles Goldfarb). The word "document" is meant to be read as "XML document-oriented applications", as opposed to data-oriented applications. "Lang
Scale to New Heights with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Break through to higher levels of database scalability with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit), the enterprise-class database optimized to run on the new generation high-end servers using the Intel Itanium processor family. Analyze hundreds of gigabytes to terabytes of data and get faster r
64-bit SQL Server Promises Extra Headroom For Solution Providers
By Barbara Darrow – Microsoft’s new 64-bit SQL Server 2000 will help solution providers better serve midsize businesses as well as enterprise accounts, industry executives said.
Bluestream Upgrades XML Database
By Lisa Vaas – Bluestream Database Software Corp. has released an upgrade to its native XML database that features smoother handling of collaborative content management with XML and binary data.
Oracle looks to scale management tool
The next generation of Enterprise Manager aims to enable database administrators to manage larger numbers of databases, web servers and other applications. Other improvements include drill-down capabilities for gauging application performance.
SQL Server for CE Achitecture and Replication using eVB
by Daniel Grandestaff – If you are planning a Pocket PC based mobile application using SQL Server for CE you need to understand the replication options and mechanisms.
Collaborate, Consolidate, Connect
By David Baum – Companies are using Oracle Collaboration Suite to consolidate servers and provide their employees with reliable, secure, highly available collaboration tools.