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  When it comes to analyzing safety data, FAA might be in database hell

  One of the most important functions of the Federal Aviation Administration is to gather, review and analyze all manner of aviation safety data to reactively and more to the future, proactively prevent accidents and manage safety risks.

  By Michael Cooney | 26 April, 2012 06:28

  Tags: aviation safety, Configuration / maintenance, database, Data Center, FAA, GAO, hardware systems, NASA, security

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  Interpol urges airlines to be vigilant of terrorists using fake or stolen passports

  Interpol is urging the world's airlines on Tuesday to establish a passport database to help prevent attacks by terrorists using fake or stolen travel documents.

  By AAP | 08 June, 2011 09:45

  Tags: airliners, database, interpol, passports, security, terrorists

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  Five things you need to know about MySQL

  1. Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Open-source advocates feared that Oracle, which gained ownership of the open-source MySQL database through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, would choke off its development in order to protect the proprietary Oracle 11g database. That hasn't happened so far, as evidenced by two significant MySQL updates this year alone that provided features like additional scalability and better performance on Windows.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 27 May, 2011 04:15

  Tags: applications, Applications | Data Warehouse, database, mysql, open source, oracle, software

• Oracle, SAP working on Exadata support

  Frequent rivals Oracle and SAP are behaving more like "frenemies" when it comes to Oracle's Exadata database machine, high-profile mudslinging notwithstanding.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 09 June, 2010 02:53

  Tags: database, Exadata, oracle, sap

• SAP to buy Sybase for $US5.8B in all-cash deal

  SAP has announced it will buy mobile and database vendor Sybase for roughly $5.8 billion.

  By Computerworld Staff | 13 May, 2010 08:25

  Tags: database, mobile, sap, sybase

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