(Peter Laursen) With the release of Webyog’s flagship product, SQLyog Enterprise version 4.1, a new ODBC “Power Tool” is introduced that replaces the old “ODBC import tool.” Starting with SQLyog version 4.2 it was re-named “SQLyog Migration Tool,” so this is the term that I will use in this text.

Marketers in the open-source world deal with a technically sophisticated audience — generally DBAs and developers — that won’t tolerate marketing fluff. “They’re skeptical about puffery or anything that’s too polished. There’s a lot of cynicism towards marketing,” says Zack Urlocker, VP of Marketi

(Ingrid Marson) PostgreSQL developers have made a number of performance improvements to the next version of the open source database to improve its data warehousing capabilities.

(Michael Kelly) I remember my first security bug. It was so simple, I stumbled over it accidentally. (Well, I told the very angry people who were upset with me that it was an accident.) The problem started with a developer who had left his or her user ID in a code comment on the login page for a pro

(Halstatt Pires) A bit of programming is going to be necessary if you want to automate a site. There are many types of programs that can be used to automate a web site including JavaScript, PHP, Perl, ASP, Java and more. So, which do you use? For many, it is a personal choice.

(Jay Lyman) More flexible licensing is one of the biggest draws open source software has for enterprise users, and the current shift toward dual-core and multi-core processors and use of virtualization technologies may give Linux and open source software even more of an advantage, say analysts and o

NetQoS delivers products and services that enable some of the world’s most demanding enterprises to improve network performance. American Express, Barclays, Boeing, Chevron, Cisco, Citrix, DuPont, Sara Lee, and Schlumberger are among the corporations that rely on NetQoS performance management soluti

(Dan Woods) Open source usually refers to software that is released with source code under a license that ensures that derivative works will also be available as source code, protects certain rights of the original authors, and prohibits restrictions on how the software can be used or who can use it

(Blane Warrene) I have spent the majority of my technology years in and around financial services dealing with issues of data security, retention, archiving and reporting. Though the finance sector is considered heavily regulated, so are other industries, such as health care and government.

(Hugh E. Williams and David Lane) Most of the services we enjoy on the Web are provided by web database applications. Web-based email, online shopping, forums and bulletin boards, corporate web sites, and sports and news portals are all database-driven. To build a modern web site, you need to develo