Use this handy tip to determine the size of your SQL Server tables, which can be very useful for estimating the size and growth of a database over time.
<b>Groklaw:</b> "He said something interesting, that he remembers a lot about the APA, because it was a very significant deal, one that he knew at the time was important, because it would affect the future of Unix. It explains why after all these years he still has the drafts, don't you think? He knew this was historic and a significant moment in his career."
The electronic payment and risk management services provider has teamed up with security software vendor ThreatMetrix to provide advanced identity protection applications to combat online transaction fraud.
The $112 million cash purchase is the latest in a string of acquisitions and gives Iron Mountain an on-premises archiving option to pair with its popular cloud-based archiving offering.
<b>Serverwatch:</b> "Based on Oracle's recent actions, it seems the company is hell-bent on driving as many of its potential customers as possible away from the UNIX offerings it acquired from Sun and into the arms of Red Hat and other enterprise Linux vendors."
<b>Facebook:</b> "We built Flashcache to help us scale InnoDB/MySQL, but it was designed as a generic caching module that can be used with any application built on top of any block device."
<b>The Blog of Helios: </b>"What follows is a story about Alice I wrote in 2006, published in the now-offline Lobby4Linux.com website. I am reprinting this for those who may not have read it and to spend some personal time in remembering Alice."
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Now with the Landscape 1.5 release, Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind the Ubuntu Linux operating system, is extending its management platform as it looks to further grow its enterprise business."
<b>Tech Republic:</b> "A few weeks ago I had the distinct displeasure of waking up to a series of emails indicating that a series of RAID arrays on a remote system had degraded. The remote system was still running, but one of the hard drives was pretty much dead."
<b>PC World:</b> "We’ve identified eight species of “fanboys”--people who revere one tech platform above all others. Here’s what makes them tick."
OpenOffice is the best cross-platform office productivity suite, but it misses a few popular features like a clipart gallery, Google Docs integration, PDF import, and more than basic templates. But they're out there if you know where to look, and Eric Geier shows the way.
Netflow has changed since Cisco first introduced it. To get the maximum security benefit from this useful protocol, make sure collectors operating on your network are able to collect, analyze and store Flexible NetFlow templates and data.
New study surveying Microsoft vulnerabilities concludes that most can be mitigated by tightening up admin permissions ahead of the monthly patch cycle.
<b>I, Quaid:</b> "Jason Hiner, Editor-in-Chief over at Tech Republic, wrote an article where he describes what Canonical and Ubuntu can teach Microsoft, Apple, and others. Ironically, every virtue he praises Ubuntu for are all virtues they gain from practicing the open source way."
This week's marketing tips include a free copywriting Web tool, productivity advice to reduce your workload and a look at how studying your customers can increase revenue.
This week's marketing tips include a free copywriting Web tool, productivity advice to reduce your workload and a look at how studying your customers can increase revenue.