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Amazon Web Services history set the stage for cloud data grab

Seeing the future is hard, as a look into Amazon Web Services history can show. Now, though, it's clear that the cloud leader seems ready to take a bigger piece of the data management pie. Continue Reading
Talking Data podcast: Big data variety has continental flavor

Brian McKenna joins the Talking Data podcast crew to look at differences in managing and analyzing big data as handled by IT shops in the U.K. and continental Europe. Continue Reading

Power BI update firms up Microsoft analytics market

With its latest update to Power BI, Microsoft showed its commitment to its business intelligence platform and maintained its ...

MicroStrategy product development advances after Voice.com sale

Analytics and BI vendor MicroStrategy sells the Voice.com domain name and moves forward with product R&D in a competitive market ...

Social media analytics applications live and die by the data

This handbook provides insight and advice on how to use analytics to get information on customer sentiment and marketing ...

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Review AWS Quick Starts for third-party integrations

AWS Quick Starts integrations use CloudFormation templates to automate deployment of popular technologies from Tableau and IBM, ...

New AWS cloud security features fill gaps

AWS is on pace to deliver more than 1,800 new features and services this year, and many target cloud security.

Secure Lambda functions and meet cloud compliance standards

While AWS Lambda itself is secure, users are responsible for the functions they run with the service. Set up CloudWatch, KMS and ...

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Acquia Content Cloud is here, in private beta version

Acquia Content Cloud is a cloud-based headless content management system built on Drupal. The content-as-a-service product is ...

Dropbox Business gets integrations with G Suite, Slack and Zoom

Dropbox Business has been overhauled in an attempt to make it a hub for business communication and collaboration. The updates ...

5 Microsoft PowerApps use cases in the enterprise

Organizations use Microsoft PowerApps to simplify a number of tasks, including employee onboarding, inspections, new user setups,...

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Oracle Analytics Cloud update unifies BI products, pricing

Oracle Analytics Cloud now offers a consistent UI and all-in-one pricing for Oracle's analytics tools. But an on-premises BI ...

How to create Oracle Multitenant database user accounts

Database administrator Brian Peasland outlines the process of creating users in an Oracle Multitenant environment and details new...

How to connect to a pluggable database in Oracle Multitenant

Once you've created pluggable databases in an Oracle Multitenant system, the next step is to connect applications to them so they...

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SAP customers plan to stay on ECC6 beyond 2025 deadline

A new survey suggests SAP customers will stay on SAP ECC6, despite SAP's plan to pull support by 2025. One analyst said reports ...

SAP.iO gives startups a leg up with resources and investment

Goodr and Ruum are part of SAP.iO, a startup incubator that provides investment, as well as technical and business resources to ...

A breakdown of 10 commonly used SAP ECC components

Whether you've already implemented SAP ECC or your company is considering expanding its use of the on-premises ERP system, it's ...

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Key features to create a SQL Server audit trail in databases

SQL Server offers a set of built-in auditing tools that can help make the process of tracking logins and other database ...

Check SQL Server Query Store performance impact before using

Many IT teams hesitate to use SQL Server Query Store due to performance concerns. Consultant Andy Warren offers tips on how to ...

SQL Server vs. MySQL: Learn the differences

MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server relational databases have their pros and cons. Weigh the differences between SQL Server and MySQL ...