It is funny how exotic computer technology eventually either fails or becomes commonplace. At one time, having more than one user on a computer at once was high tech, for example. Then there are ...

Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan is expected to tell Cabinet that there were 83,489 DNA profiles in the system at the end of ...

Relational database management systems (RDBMS) rely on an optimizer (or relational optimizer) that transforms SQL statements into executable code. Before any SQL statement can be run by the RDBMS, the ...

Minister for Communications, Culture and Sport Patrick O'Donovan will seek Government approval for almost €100 million to build the National Velodrome and Badminton Centre at the Sport Ireland Campus ...

A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases. A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have ...

Relational calculus. Query processing and optimization. Transaction processing: failure, recovery, and concurrency. Database security. Logic-based systems. Parallel ...

KARACHI: Today’s world can aptly be called a digitally-driven world. The technological influx has influenced almost every aspect of our lives. Due to this, data has become one of the most valuable ...

The actual definition of real-time database versus the abused interpretation used by marketers of real fast database systems. The interplay of transient and persistent memory, and hard and soft ...

In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Rob Maier discusses the Federal Circuit's recent decision in 'BSG Tech v. Buyseasons', which found a patent directed to database functionality invalid as not ...