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	EnterpriseDB revs up Oracle attack with new management tools EnterpriseDB could increase the relevance of its database to Oracle shops with a new toolset, announced Tuesday, that can manage many servers at once. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum 7 Questions to Ask before You Dedupe Deploying data deduplication in a midrange data center requires careful consideration. This paper will guide you through key questions, from estimating benefits in backup speeds and reducing failed backups. Read More In this Issue Hadoop finds niche alongside conventional database systems Tenn. BlueCross finishes companywide data encryption HP releases 3Par storage system, federated storage software Darlene Storm: Judge: Warrant required for cell phone location data, mentions Orwell's 1984 Ben Golub: Big data SMAQ-down Intel posts fix for bug that crashes SSD 320 drives Sharky: Is it here yet? Is it here yet? Is it here yet? IT Blogwatch: Scary Facebook changes: Privacy facts and FUD Dell unveils next-gen EqualLogic arrays Start-up Pure Storage emerges with all-SSD array From CIO.com: SaaS ERP is Making the Grade at Brown University Yale warns 43,000 about 10-month-long data breach RFID boosts residential recycling in South Carolina county Microsoft disables 'supercookies' used on MSN.com visitors Amazon AWS GovCloud: Lessons for the private sector Dropbox cloud was a haven for data thieves, researchers say WHITE PAPER: IBM Taming the Data Demons Taming the data demons: leveraging information in the age of risk explores the framework and advantages of a holistic approach to data risk management, and provides both IT and line-of-business executives with the "why" and "how" to begin putting an end-to-end data risk management program to work in your organization. Learn more Hadoop finds niche alongside conventional database systems Hadoop, the open-source software used for crunching petabytes of data, isn't replacing conventional database management systems but is instead being used to tackle different problems. Read More Tenn. BlueCross finishes companywide data encryption BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, responding to the theft of 57 hard drives in 2009, has completed a $6 million project to encrypt all of its stored data. Read More HP releases 3Par storage system, federated storage software HP today announced a federated software product that allows storage administrators to migrate data without downtime and unveiled a new, highly automated, high-capacity storage array for virtualized and cloud environments. Read More Darlene Storm: Judge: Warrant required for cell phone location data, mentions Orwell's 1984 Things are looking up for our Fourth Amendment rights and privacy in the clash of technology and law enforcement surveillance. A judge ruled that a warrant is required, denied the government's motion, and even referenced Orwell's 1984 in his refusal. CA passed a cell phone privacy bill and a Maryland court refused to issue a fishing expedition warrant. Read More Ben Golub: Big data SMAQ-down Interestingly, some of the large, traditional storage vendors are embracing the term "big data," using it as an umbrella term for all large collections of data and hence an umbrella term for all of their offerings. A more nuanced understanding of big data actually shows it to be antithesis of both the technology and the business models of the traditional storage vendors. Read More Intel posts fix for bug that crashes SSD 320 drives Intel issued a firmware upgrade that fixes a bug that caused its SSD 320 solid-state drives to crash and lose data, months after the issue first came to light. Read More Sharky: Is it here yet? Is it here yet? Is it here yet? Pilot fish is working late to get ready to leave for a badly needed vacation, but the database is responding really slowly. Who would be on the database at this hour? Turns out there's a session hitting the database from a workstation halfway around the world. Read More IT Blogwatch: Scary Facebook changes: Privacy facts and FUD Facebook has been mucking around with its privcy settings again. Cue much fear, uncertainty, and doubt from the peanut gallery. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers analyze the changes. Read More WHITE PAPER: Websense, Inc. Unified Content Security Defined In particular, this paper defines a unified content security solution as one that has a unified architecture, consisting of unified content analysis, a unified platform, and unified management capabilities. A detailed explanation is provided for each of these components and the individual elements that comprise them. Learn more. Dell unveils next-gen EqualLogic arrays Dell announced new versions of its midrange EqualLogic SAN arras, the PS4100 and PS6100, which are now qualified with VMware's vSphere v5.0 and offer the use of 2.5-in drives and solid state drives. Read More Start-up Pure Storage emerges with all-SSD array Pure Storage, a start-up that just received $30 million venture funding, has announced an all-NAND flash storage array that it said can compete with traditional hard drive-based systems on price. Read More From CIO.com: SaaS ERP is Making the Grade at Brown University When powerful ERP applications are needed by growing businesses today, SaaS ERP is being looked at more and more as a viable option to traditional complex, expensive and labor-intensive packaged ERP suites. And while SaaS ERP is still young, in the right setting and with the right users, it's offering some eye-opening real world gains for a variety of organizations. Read More Yale warns 43,000 about 10-month-long data breach Yale University has notified about 43,000 faculty, staff, students and alumni that their names and Social Security numbers were publicly available via Google search for about 10 months. Read More RFID boosts residential recycling in South Carolina county RFID tags attached to residential recycling carts have helped one South Carolina county more than double the pounds of plastics, paper and glass being recycled there. Read More Microsoft disables 'supercookies' used on MSN.com visitors Microsoft has disabled an online tracking technology that a Stanford University researcher said allowed the company to sneakily track users on MSN.com -- even after they deleted browser cookies and other identifiers. Read More Amazon AWS GovCloud: Lessons for the private sector Amazon introduced a new cloud service aimed specifically at the United States government. There are also some valuable lessons for private sector businesses and IT admins to learn about cloud servers and data storage from the new offering, called Amazon Web Services GovCloud. Read More Dropbox cloud was a haven for data thieves, researchers say Files entrusted to cloud-storage provider Dropbox were susceptible to unauthorized access via three attacks devised by security researchers, but the provider has since closed the vulnerabilities. Read More
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