Consultants say the functionality looks strong and it should be effective, but at the possible price of trading one vendor ...

I'm just a little blown away how big this has all gotten here. I feel like I'm way high this time. If those of you here last year, recall that it was definitely a small room, and it's much bigger this ...

For Oracle database administrators (DBAs), one of the most critical yet routine tasks is managing backups. Recovery Manager (RMAN), Oracle's native tool for backup and recovery, remains the go-to ...

Initial releases of a new major version typically process from Alpha, through Beta to Stable over a period of several months. However, the Stable level is only available once the Java specifications ...

The open-source NGINX project maintains two branches: mainline and stable. mainline: Mainline is the active development branch where the latest features and bug fixes get added. It is denoted by an ...

EMC, IBM, and others are strengthening their ability to back up virtual machines. Initial versions focus on database servers. More will be needed down the road. Major storage players EMC and IBM are ...