Databases

US DHS funds security for open source

Grant to fund audits of more than 40 open source projects

Update: AOL buys video search engine

AOL will integrate Truveo's 'Visual Crawler' technology into its video search services

SQL Server could make ‘better together’ ring true

Windows Server, Visual Studio, and SQL Server may impress even hardened skeptics

The tolerance continuum

The SOA community is searching for a balance between openness and strong governance

Why knowledge workers are expensive

IBM leads program to improve patent quality

Vendors team with USPTO on initiative to speed up patent approval process, improve quality of patents

MySQL gets U.S. gov’t stamp of approval

Five-year contract makes it easy for government customers to buy MySQL open source products

Oracle to increase staff in India to 10,000

Oracle has spent nearly $2 billion in India on development centers, investments in companies

Microsoft Research India to work on cryptography

Microsoft taps India's leading academic institutions for students with complex mathematical skills

IT will give up control of the network

As traffic increases, outsourced infrastructure and management will be the only viable solution