Programming Beyond Relational Features in SQL Server 2008 - A Free Live Webcast

Programming Beyond Relational Features in SQL Server 2008 - A Free Live Webcast - Aug 19 @ 10am PT


Leonard Lobel, lead author of the Microsoft Press book Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2008, will guide you through detailed demos that showcase the new "beyond relational" features introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Register for the webcast now. More upcoming webcasts: Best Practices for Upgrading and Migrating to SharePoint 2010Presented by Joel Oleson, Dux Raymond Sy August 20 @ 10am ...

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US Justice Department Sues Oracle Over Contract Fraud

The US Justice Department sued Oracle, the world's second- biggest software maker, of fraud, and has filed a suit claiming that the company the company, more at http://www.adi-news.com/us-justice-department-sues-oracle-over-contract-fraud/22994/

The Open Source Software That Runs Facebook

Facebook connects its 500 million users using an array of open source software to enable social networking as well as data intelligence. Facebook's open source Web serving infrastructure has a lot more than just the traditional LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) stack behind it.

During a keynote session at the OSCON open source conference, David Recordon, the senior open programs manager at Facebook, detailed the infrastructure in use today at Facebook.
Read the full story at http://www.developer.com/features/article.php/3894566/Inside-Facebooks-Open-Source-Infrastructure.htm

Oracle Backup Failure Major Factor In American Eagle 8-Day Crash Read more: http://www.storefrontbacktalk.com/securityfraud/oracle-backup-failure-maj

It seems a failure in an Oracle backup utility coupled with the failure of IBM hosting managers to detect it and to verify that a disaster recovery site was operational were the key factors in turning a standard site outage at American Eagle Outfitters into an 8-day-long disaster, according to an IT source involved in the probe

Read more: http://www.storefrontbacktalk.com/securityfraud/oracle-backup-failure-major-factor-in-american-eagle-8-day-crash/#ixzz0vdZNYlaU