DBTA E-EDITION
April 2025
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Trends and Applications
The truth about cybersecurity is that it's almost impossible to keep hackers outside of an organization, particularly as the cybercrime industry becomes increasingly sophisticated and technologically more advanced. Furthermore, once a hacker has broken through an organization's defenses, it is relatively easy to move within the network and access information without being detected for days, even months.
For organizations that are always trying to leverage the latest technology to gain an edge over their competitors, utilizing public cloud computing is at the top of the list for most decision makers. The scalability and cost-effectiveness, along with businesses not needing to invest in traditional infrastructure and having it managed by a third party, offer myriad benefits for companies in all industries.
Columns - Database Elaborations
Everyone knows and loves the first three normal forms. We go through the process of normalization to remove redundancies in our data structures. But the redundancies we remove have nothing to do with trying to save space. Instead, the desire is to prevent maintenance anomalies. The normalization process involves stepping through the evaluation of normal forms that decompose a data structure into multiple structures based on the needs of these normal forms.
Columns - DBA Corner
For decades, mainframes and COBOL-based systems have been the backbone of enterprise computing, powering industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and government. Despite the rise of modern database technologies and cloud-based solutions, legacy databases remain deeply embedded in mission-critical operations.
Columns - SQL Server Drill Down
As today's database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database management. When DevOps teams and DBAs combine effective automation with Microsoft SQL Server use, it allows organizations to experience better server monitoring and increase server performance while removing common hurdles to software development.