November 2016

November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16
Oracle buys Dyn DNS house to up its cloud game

To flesh out its cloud product line, Oracle is adding Dyn's DNS services to offer similar internet capabilities as rivals AWS and Microsoft. It's another sign that 2016 is the year of cloud for Oracle. Continue Reading
November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16
What happened to the Oracle PULA software licensing contract?

Word of a purported Oracle Perpetual Unlimited License Agreement slipped out last year, but nothing has been heard since. Oracle's silence on the PULA is all about the cloud, experts say. Continue Reading
November 04, 2016 04 Nov'16
Database Performance Analyzer pumps up Bodybuilding.com's performance

Sean Scott, DBA for Bodybuilding.com, wanted a performance tool that ran like it was designed by a DBA. He chose SolarWinds DPA to handle performance and Cyber Monday peak loads. Continue Reading

Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote...

5 best practices for managing real-time data integration

Real-time data integration isn't like traditional data integration -- "it's moving, it's dirty and it's temporal," cautions one ...

Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

StoryFit data scientists employ machine learning algorithms to gauge film script scenarios' prospects. They use Import.io tools ...

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Tableau Ask Data gives BI users simple NLP data query tool

Tableau's new Ask Data software uses natural language processing to enable users of any skill level to more easily search for ...

Expert urges data pros to hone data science skills

IT expert William McKnight shares job tips for data professionals looking to prosper in a changing enterprise. His first piece of...

Demand for data scientists is booming and will only increase

Fueled by big data and AI, demand for data science skills is growing exponentially, according to job sites. The supply of skilled...

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SAP managed services weed out IT complexity at Ball Horticulture

Ball Horticultural outsourced its SAP Basis administration to Symmetry when the complexity of its SAP environment grew, but ...

Haribo can't bear SAP S/4HANA implementation

Haribo's recent deployment of S/4HANA may have led to problems getting its products into stores, but experts believe they could ...

10 record-to-report tips in SAP ECC for audit compliance

Ensuring a comprehensive segregation of duties and limiting the financial postings that can be made manually are some of the ways...

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Talend Stitch tools load data to Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Cloud data warehouses see serious data transformation work moving cloud side. Talend's first integration with Stitch, which it ...

5 trends for SQL Server environments as SQL Server 2019 looms

SQL Server is undergoing new changes, as Microsoft prepares to release the 2019 version of the database software. Other changes ...

SQL Server 2019 improves Linux, container support

The SQL Server 2019 release includes new big data integration features, a collection of database engine enhancements and improved...

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Master-slave terminology alternatives you can use right now

Software companies have found alternatives for master-slave terminology to describe their distributed systems. It's time for the ...

RESTful parameters antipattern considerations for queries, paths

Choose carefully for path and query parameters in URL design. Lackluster choices in the design phase can plague client resource ...

Developers find cautious optimism for serverless platforms

Experts urge cautious optimism around serverless development. It has its benefits, but tools that don't work as expected and a ...

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How to prepare your data center for an HCI appliance

Vendors tout hyper-converged infrastructure as a plug-and-play offering, but before you install anything in your data center, be ...

Hone these top 5 data center skills in 2019

As data centers become more software-based, admins should prepare themselves by learning about the cloud, containers, DevOps and ...

Carbon Relay debuts AI-based software for data center cooling

Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.

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Personalized content solidifies the customer experience

Today's customers expect customized, curated digital experiences. Learn how to deliver what customers need and stay ahead of the ...

Create a winning personalized customer journey

Web content management platforms, customer data platforms and matchmaking can all help companies create and implement a ...

Google, WordPress develop a CMS for news

Google is funding a WordPress-based content management system aimed at helping small news publishers juggle the demands of ...

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LinkedIn's recruiting platform billed as 'Intelligent Hiring Experience'

LinkedIn's use of AI requires the sharing of data. It is one reason why the company is combining its talent tools into one system...

HR chatbots take on recruitment, benefits tasks

HR chatbots are taking on straightforward administrative tasks in recruitment and benefits. And that could be a good thing for HR...

Despite demand, few job ads cite flexible work options

Flexible work options are desirable, but not advertised. Hired has acquired Py, a platform used by employers to assess a ...