Configuration files are an important component of your workflow. They provide both security when sharing code and standardization when working across multiple environments (e.g. Stata and R).

Developing database-backed software, often one finds it convenient to store stuff in the database which one might traditionally express in code, but which is useful to store in the database (so that ...

With the growing interest in adopting best practices across IT departments, particularly according to standards such as the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), many organizations are ...

"Where do I find database security benchmarks?" That was the question posed to me this week when discussing database security assessment. It's an odd question for database administrators (DBAs) ...

When I want to wear a certain clothing item, I take out it of the closet. When I go shopping, I add those clothes it to my closet and there are now new items for me to pick out in the future. A ...

I've installed Horizon View, VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) product, dozens of times over the past decade. With each release, for the most part, the installation process gets easier and ...

Two critical privilege escalation vulnerabilities in MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona Server for MySQL can help take control of the whole server, which is very bad for shared environments MySQL, MariaDB, ...

Database giant Oracle Corp. is warning customers about security holes in versions of its Oracle 9i Database Server. On Monday the Redwood Shores, Calif. company released a software patch and Security ...