Data Management

Hadoop pitched for business intelligence

Written as Web indexing software, Hadoop is now being marketed as a tool for complex business intelligence tasks

Oracle database admins acknowledge security gaps

Survey shows 75 percent of organizations do not have a means to prevent users from tampering with sensitive information stored in databases

Oracle to eliminate budget plans in MySQL license hike

With a pending fee increase and the elimination of lower-tier license plans, customers could see annual costs increase more than four-fold

News quiz: The week in tech

InfoWorld news quiz: Oct. 8, 2010: The Facebook movie debuts, is Apple singing the Android blues?

There’s a fine line between helping a new IT hire and doing all the work

In this tech tale, a new help desk employee who lacks 'attention to detail' makes for a frustrating training experience

Real-life IT tales of dead mice, challenging coworkers, and an anti-tech user

Techies share their most noteworthy IT experiences in InfoWorld's Off the Record blog

MongoDB conversation

News quiz: The week in tech

InfoWorld news quiz: Oct. 1, 2010: The Facebook movie debuts, aliens need friends too

You can no longer rely on encryption to protect a BlackBerry

A Russian passcode-breaker firm exploits a weakness in RIM's encryption to crack open backups

Microsoft gives SQL Server 2008 new SharePoint integrations

SQL Server 2008 SP2 also features updates to reporting and management tools and support for up to 15,000 database partitions