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  10 essential performance tips for MySQL

  As with all relational databases, MySQL can prove to be a complicated beast, one that can crawl to a halt at a moment's notice, leaving your applications in the lurch and your business on the line.

  By Baron Schwartz | 14 May, 2012 20:11

  Tags: software, mysql, data management, Database Design, Database Administration, applications

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  Master MySQL in the Amazon cloud

  For many MySQL database admins, Amazon Web Services represents the brave new world of cloud computing -- one fraught with disappearing servers, disk I/O variability, and other shared resource challenges, not to mention questions regarding the security of data.

  By Sean Hull | 30 April, 2012 20:15

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, applications, cloud computing, Database Administration, data management, IaaS, internet, mysql, software

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  The Oracle flaw: Clarifications and more information

  Since InfoWorld published "Fundamental Oracle flaw revealed" on Jan. 17, we've received abundant feedback from Oracle users and consulted with Oracle representatives, who went through the story point by point, offering clarifications and additional details, including information about the patches that address the flaw.

  By Paul Venezia and Eric Knorr | 24 January, 2012 04:32

  Tags: applications, Database Administration, data management, data protection, data security, oracle, security, software

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  Fundamental Oracle flaw revealed

  Over the past two months, InfoWorld has been researching a flaw in Oracle's flagship database software that could have serious repercussions for Oracle database customers, potentially compromising the security and stability of Oracle database systems.

  By Paul Venezia | 18 January, 2012 09:24

  Tags: applications, Database Administration, data management, data protection, data security, oracle, Patch management, security, software, twitter

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