Most database implementations are anything but static. Once deployed, databases are queried, updated, loaded, unloaded, reorganized, and data is deleted and inserted from them on an ongoing basis.

This story was originally published by Data-Smart City Solutions. A city’s data is one of its most valuable assets. Urban data is the bedrock of the performance management programs that allow cities ...

512/463-6581 or roddy.seekins@dir.state.tx.us Bill McGarigle Contributing Writer Several administrative, technical and political factors must be considered when deciding how much accuracy to have in a ...

Rail asset management software needs more than a database — find out why a planning layer drives better intervention ...

A disaster recovery plan is like insurance—you’re glad you have it, but you hope you never need it. With automobile insurance, you pay a regular fee so that you are covered if you have an accident. In ...

Insufficient disk space on database servers was the cause of Toyota car production grinding to a halt for 36 hours at 14 plants in Japan late in August. But just how does such a situation arise?

Good data are a building block of scientific advancement and discovery, and innovative research depends on it. But as researchers know, utilising data is a multi-faceted challenge, and the process of ...

One thing is certain. The volume of data continues to grow. Good if you sell databases, but if you are in charge of your data management strategy the job is becoming ever more complex. While ...