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Fortinet Updates FortiDB Database Security Appliances
Fortinet, a provider of unified threat management solutions, announced new features of its FortiDB™ database security appliance. The appliance now provides 24x7 monitoring and provides a complete audit trail, enabling organizations to comply with the Payment
Card Industry-Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).
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Videos Explore Cloud Computing, Business Intelligence, Service Modeling, WADL, XQuery, ADO.NET and Data Services
Videos, slides and podcasts of recent conference presentations have been published for on-demand playback on the World Wide Web. Videos recorded at
DataServices World in New York and San Jose feature speakers such as Geoff Brown (m2mi), Dr. Michael Carey (University
of California, Irvine), Peter Coffee (salesforce.com), Dr. Stefanos Damianakis (Netrics), Parand Darugar (Yahoo!), Mike Gorman (Whitemarsh), Mark Hapner (Sun
Microsystems), Dr. Carlo Innocenti (DataDirect), Susan Malaika (IBM), Ken North (KNComputing), Dr. William O'Connell (IBM), Mike Pizzo (Microsoft), Tom Tague
(Thomson Reuters) and Jeff Vroom (Adobe). The videos are available for media players that support the Flash, Windows Media, MP4 and QuickTime formats, as
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ITTIA Announces ITTIA DB-SQL for Embedded Applications
ITTIA announced ITTIA DB-SQL, a database manager for the i.MX family of processors
for Freescale Semiconductor. i.MX processors and ITTIA SB-SQL support the
Linux and Microsoft Windows CE platforms.
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Predictive Analytics World Set to Run February 18-19, 2009 in San Francisco
Conference Chair Eric Siegel, PhD has announced the agenda for
Predictive Analytics World. The
inaugural event features a lineup of 20 speakers and a program that includes case studies from leading enterprises. The conference will run February 18-19, 2009 at the
Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.
Continuent Announces Tungsten Database Scale-Out Stack
Continuent has released Continuent Tungsten
to advanced scalability and data replication capabilities. The Tungsten ScaleOut stack includes components for replication, cluster services management and
performance testing. Continuent Tungsten's replication capabilities support distributing data for scalability and performance. Tungsten also supports cross-site
clustering for disaster recovery.
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Updates to SQLSummit.com Driver Catalogs
SQLSummit.com continues to provide the most comprehensive catalog of database drivers, providers and XQuery engines. There have been
recent additions to the list of JDBC drivers, ODBC drivers, ADO.NET Data Providers and
IBM DB2 Extenders.
Navigation and XPath Holding Back the SQL/XML Database Industry
Michael M. David discusses flaws in the implementation of XML support for modern databases. He explores limitations imposed by single-leg, linear hierarchical
processing, an approach used with XPath navigation of document content. He discusses global views, multi-leg queries and
using hierarchical semantics to increase data value. Michael illustrates with examples of non-procedural processing using a hierarchical XML processor.
Middleware Under a Microscope in White Paper
A 90-page white paper from Ken North Computing, LLC discusses the role and importance of data access middleware.
"Middleware in Action:
Industrial Strength Data Access " describes how
middleware plugs into architectures for distributed applications and services, including SOA and ESB. It explains defining characteristics of best-of-breed data access
middleware, including features for performance and scalability. The report, and a separate executive summary (HTML
 ), provide a features checklist for compiling a report card for
database drivers and data providers.
1968 Survey of Database Systems Uncovered
A cache of documents
in a URS Project-70 folder has prompted Ken North to write about first-generation database technology. His report includes the CODASYL database systems survey of September 1968.
Reshaping and Restructuring XML
Michael M. David returns to SQLSummit.com to explore two approaches to transforming XML hierarchical data structures. He explains the difference between
restructuring and reshaping XML data, with the latter driven by the semantics of the data structure.
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Eclipse, Wiki and Agile Development
In an exclusive podcast interview, Ward Cunningham discusses the Eclipse Foundation, his EclipseCon 2006 keynote presentation and collaborative software
development. The podcast / audio interview runs 20 minutes. |
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Moving Beyond Java
This WebServicesSummit.com interview with
Bruce Tate explores why new programming languages are gaining favor with the database developer community. Bruce observes that developers are abandoning Java in favor of
lightweight solutions for creating web applications. He discusses the
Spring framework, Ruby on Rails and issues related to application
development frameworks. |
Security Flaws Undermine Database, E-Mail and Networking Infrastructure
Researchers have recently uncovered security vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL toolkit that's deployed on 60% of the web servers on the Internet. The potential problems
include buffer overruns, denial-of-security attacks, forging of digital certificates and compromising of confidential information. Ken North discusses these
OpenSSL vulnerabilities, recent research about an RSA attack based on Simple Branch Prediction Analysis, and the effect on
digital certificates used for authentication and secure communications.
XML in Focus
The latest release of IBM DB2 adds an XML type, new indexing methods and other capabilities for operating with XML in databases. Ken North takes a look at
DB2 pureXML technology and implications for SOA, web services and content processing.
CWD4ALL for Modeling SQL and Multidimensional Data
CWD4ALL for SQL Developer is the latest edition of Ikan Group's CWD4ALL data modeling tool. It enables DBAs and developers to
use entity attribute relationship modeling to create models. The product supports reverse engineering and modeling for SQL and OLAP databases.
Open Source BI Poised for Great Leap Forward
The availability of open source business intelligence (BI) software has improved dramatically in the past two years. A recent survey by Ventana Research reports
surprising levels of adoption and plans for open source BI. In this article about open source BI software, Ken North discusses trends, LAMP,
Eclipse and what's available from open source BI projects.
News
EnterpriseDB Raises $10 Million from IBM and Other Investors
EnterpriseDB has raised $10 million in series C financing from IBM, Charles Rivers Ventures, Fidelity Ventures and
Valhalla Partners.
EnterpriseDB offers services for PostgreSQL, a version known as Postgres Plus, and
PostgreSQL Plus Advanced Server for Linux and AIX. LogiXML Adds ETL Tool to Web-Based BI Product Line
LogiXML, Inc. release of LogiETL, an extract, transform and load tool for putting enterprise data into a consistent format to support
integration with a variety of applications. LogiETL is a Web-based data integration tool that can transfer data from disparate sources, including SQL databases,
web services, Excel and XML files, RSS/ATOM feeds, Amazon SimpleDB, Google Docs, and Google Spreadsheets. Sun UltraSPARC
Processor's Transactional Memory to Revolutionize Database Servers
Sun Microsystems plans to ship a new UltraSPARC processor, code-named Rock, that will introduce transactional memory. By supporting atomic transactions,
it promises to reduce bottlenecks in database servers. Ken North take a closer look at Rock transaction
processing and database price/performance.
Sun Microsystems Acquires MySQL for $1 Billion
In a deal Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz described as the "most important acquisition in the company's history", Sun Microsystems is acquiring the open-source database
company MySQL AB. Ken North takes a closer look at the MySQL acquisition, and past acquisitions of database companies.
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IBM Acquires Solid Information Technology and SolidDB In-Memory Database
IBM has reached an agreement to acquire Solid Information Technology, the in-memory database company. Annual revenues for Solid are not a compelling reason for buying the company, but
Solid has a transactional storage engine certified for MySQL. SolidDB is a prime
competitor of the TimesTen in-memory database product acquired by Oracle.
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More news from SQLSummit.com
Security
SQL injection, buffer overruns, and
process injection are serious problems. CIOs, CTOs, system architects,
developers, and DBAs need to be aware of the threats. Try our security
topic for news, alerts, more information and a list of helpful resources.
SQL Injection Vulnerability with JBoss Seam
Secunia has issued an advisory for JBoss Seam users that warns of an SQL injection vulnerability. The org.jboss.seam.framework.Query class has a flaw that enables a malicious user to exploit the "order" parameter of the getRenderedEjbql() method. Input to the
parameter is not properly sanitized to prevent SQL injection attacks. The vulnerability affects JBoss Seam versions before 2.0.0 GA.
MySQL Denial of Service Vulnerability with InnoDB Engine
MySQL installations using the InnoDB engine are vulnerable to denial of service (DoS)
attacks by malicious users. The problem is a function in ha_innodb.cc that can trigger an assertion error by the InnoDB engine and crash the server. The
vulnerability affects MySQL 4.1.20, 5.0.44 and 5.1.17.
Authentication Vulnerability Affects DB2 9.1
An IBM DB2 9.1 security vulnerability can be exploited to trigger memory corruption or launch a denial of service attack. IBM has released DB2 9.1 fix pack 3a that corrects the problem.
Oracle Employee Arrest for Terrorism Heightens IT Globalization Concerns
Anti-terrorist police in India have arrested an Oracle employee as a member of the LeT terrorist organization and a suspect in recent Mumbai train bombings. The LeT
terrorist arrest is one of a series of events, including the HSBC call center fraud and the MphasiS/Citibank scandal, that have marred
the IT industry march to globalization.
SSL Auditing, Security Taxonomy
Kevin Dick discusses a security taxonomy
of distributed systems in a podcast and video programs released by
WebServicesSummit.com. Kevin is CEO of Network Resonance, the company that
recently patented a secure SSL auditing technology (more).
At an SDSIC web services conference, a panel of experts discussed security.
Topics included browser vulnerabilities, XML injection, SQL injection, and
security problems related to federated identities. Presentations
and interviews recorded at the conference discuss security issues.
Webcasts and Mobile Video
Featured Links
Platform-Neutral Solution to Native XML Integration with SQL
IBM, Microsoft and Oracle have taken the SQL:2003 path to integrating native
XML with SQL. Michael M. David presents an alternative approach to hierarchical
processing for any SQL DBMS that implements the 1992 or 1999 SQL standard. He
explains platform-neutral XML integration using left outer join, lowest common
ancestor and sorted outer union techniques (more).
SQL/XML
WebServicesSummit.com released two (MP3 audio) podcasts of an expert panel
discussion featuring Ron Bourret (XML-DBMS), Dana Florescu (Oracle), Michael Kay
(Saxonica), Jonathan Robie (DataDirect Technologies) and Michael Rys
(Microsoft). The panelists discuss XQuery, SQL/XML, native XML databases and
XML-enabled databases (more).
Misuse of Object-Relational Mapping
In this editorial, Shahid N. Shah discusses the current state of data modeling and the misapplication of object-relational modeling. He's writing about information
technology in the healthcare industry, but his commentary is valid for other segments (more).
Database Developer: MySQL Ready for Prime Time
A decade of development has moved MySQL out of the bare-bones DBMS category,
enlarged its user base, and turned MySQL AB into a profitable company. MySQL
5.0, the newest version, is a great leap forward. There have been enhancements
to the tool sets, storage engines, types and metadata. MySQL 5.0 includes
features enterprise developers have come to expect from commercial SQL products
(more).
Using Database Plug-ins with Oracle, DB2,
SQL Server
An SQL database is more than a passive data container. Microsoft has announced
SQL Server 2005 will embed the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Developers using
IBM DB2, Oracle and Sybase can embed Java classes in databases. Read more about
"Logic in the Database".
Got SOX?
Information
systems are under the microscope today. Cathy Mugford of Control Consulting
Corporation explains Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, controls and
tools.
Data Access
There are new sources for drivers and providers on the list of .NET data
providers, JDBC drivers, OLE DB Providers and XQuery
Engines and Processors. Data Access Workshop presentations about ODBC,
JDBC
and OLE
DB.
XQuery in
Five Minutes
Dana Florescu's presentation at CIDR 2005 discusses declaritivity and other characteristics.
 "Plugging SQL and ODBC into Integration Frameworks".
Interested in an open source SQL DBMS? Read about "Java, SQL, Cloudscape and
Derby" in Dr.
Dobb's Journal.
XQuery
and SQL: Vive la Différence
This article in DB2 magazine discusses XQuery,
SQL and the XQuery API for Java (XQJ).
 Cyrillic
translation 
 DB2
original
Now available: Updated ODBC
driver, JDBC driver, .NET
data provider lists.
 ODBC, JDBC und die Suche nach der Black Box
 ODBC, JDBC
and the Search for a Black Box
Audio and Video Content
- JP
Morgenthal (Software AG) discusses integration technologies and RFID
- Bob
Bickel (JBoss, Inc.) discusses middleware, J2EE vs. .NET, Open Source,
and aspect-oriented programming with Java and C#
- John
Goodson (DataDirect Technologies) discusses trends in data access middleware and query APIs for
XML (XQJ).
- Dean
Guida (Infragistics) discusses trends in mobility and presentation frameworks, .NET,
Microsoft Longhorn and Avalon.
- Clive
Finkelstein discusses information engineering, portals and data
warehouses
- Interview with Thor
Larholm (PivX) about security issues and vulnerabilities.
- Interview with Dave McComb about
semantics, ontologies and modeling.
- Interview with Peter Aiken (Virginia
Commonwealth University) about DM3
- Interview with Geoff Brown (Oracle) about grid computing
- Interview with Ed Julson (Sun) about
service-oriented architectures, web services, ebXML
- Interview
with Dr. Tushar Hazra about portals, model-driven architecture,
best-of-breed software
- Keynote at Enterprise Data Forum 2003
- Roundtable discussion with Bob Bickel (JBoss), Dean Guida (Infragistics),
John Goodson (DataDirect)
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07-Feb-2009.
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