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Upcoming OpenSSL Security Overhaul Is Long Overdue
The many OpenSSL vulnerabilities coming to light in recent months have motivated a thorough audit of the open system's code. But this hasn't prevented companies from implementing proprietary SSL...
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MySQL vs. MongoDB: The Pros and Cons When Building a Social Network
Choosing the right database for a project is an extremely important step in planning and development. Picking the wrong setup can cost quite a bit of time and money, and can leave you with numerous...
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New Compilers Streamline Optimization and Enhance Code Conversion
Researchers are developing compiler technologies that optimize and regenerate code in multiple languages and for many different platforms in only one or a handful of steps. While much of their work...
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Rather than out-and-out replacing their relational counterparts, MongoDB and other NoSQL databases will coexist with traditional RDBMSs. However, as more -- and more varied -- data swamps companies,...
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Troubleshoot Lost MySQL Remote Connections
There aren't many MySQL databases that don't need to support users' remote connections. While many failed remote connections can be traced to a misconfigured my.cnf file, the many nuances of MySQL...
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MongoDB 3.0 First Look: Faster, More Storage Efficient, Multi-model
Document-level locking and pluggable storage APIs top the list of new features in MongoDB 3.0, but the big-picture view points to a more prominent role for NoSQL databases in companies of all types and...
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Preparing Developers for a Multi-language Multi-paradigm Future
Tried-and-true languages such as Java, C++, Python, and JavaScript continue to dominate the most popular lists, but modern app development requires a multi-language approach to support diverse...
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Elasticsearch is a great tool to provide fast and powerful search services to your web sites or applications, but care should be taken when moving from development to production. By following the...
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Troubleshooting Problems with MySQL Replication
One of the most common MySQL operations is replicating databases between master and slave servers. While most such connections are straightforward to establish and maintain, on occasion something goes...
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Avoid Being Locked into Your Cloud Services
Before you sign on the dotted line for a cloud service supporting your application development or other core IT operation, make sure you have an easy, seamless exit strategy in place. Just because an...
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Don't Go Into Elasticsearch Production without this Checklist
Elasticsearch is a great tool to provide fast and powerful search services to your web sites or applications, but care should be taken when moving from development to production. By following the...
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Before you sign on the dotted line for a cloud service supporting your application development or other core IT operation, make sure you have an easy, seamless exit strategy in place. Just because an...
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Three Different Approaches to Hardening MySQL Security
The new MySQL 5.7.6 developer milestone 16 features noteworthy security upgrades, but others propose more radical approaches to database security. One method puts applications in charge of testing and...
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How to Minimize Data Wrangling and Maximize Data Intelligence
It's not unusual for data analysts to spend more than half their time cleaning and converting data rather than extracting business intelligence from it. As data stores grow in size and data types...
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The Fastest Way to Import Text, XML, and CSV Files into MySQL Tables
One of the best ways to improve the performance of MySQL databases is to determine the optimal approach for importing data from other sources, such as text files, XML, and CSV files. The key is to...
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Business managers become techies, and techies become business managers in the modern decentralized organization.These days, every company is a tech company, and every worker is a tech worker. Business...
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Your database-scaling strategy should match the way the system is used, and the extent to which the database's nodes are distributed.Not so long ago, the solution to balky database performance was to...
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