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Data Storage: Unstoppable Growth of Data

By Dick Weisinger

Another new report is out that confirms once again that unstructured data is growing at an explosive pace. Companies are having a hard time trying to manage and contain that information. In the new report from IDC, called Enterprise Disk

Oracle: Database Security Worries

By Dick Weisinger

Complex database environments are making it difficult for database administrators to secure those networks. The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) found that more than half of 316 DBAs they surveyed were managing more than 100 databases in their environment. And

Structured Data: New Apps Choose Open Source

By Dick Weisinger

Oracle still leads Database vendors in market share, holding more than 44 percent. But Open Source alternatives may have Oracle worried. Forrester Research recently estimated that the size of the Open Source database market has now reached $850 million and

Structured Data: Revolution in Data Warehousing

By Dick Weisinger

Data Warehousing has grown popular, so popular that 18 percent of organizations say that their warehouses are doubling in size every year. The rapid growth of data often means that organizations are staying busy tuning their systems to maintain the

Storage: Data Consolidation Cuts Costs

By Dick Weisinger

Companies can be more efficient in spending money on data management. A Gartner study identified nine areas in which organizations could reduce costs related to data managment and integration. An area ripe for cost savings is consolidation of data among