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Administrators: Force Secure Passwords Because Users are Lazy

The story of how a stolen laptop and a careless employee got me banned from my favorite pawn shop.

0 replies - 322 views - 08/23/08 by Joe Lippeatt in Articles

MySQL 6.0.6 Alpha Released Introduces Maria

MySQL 6.0.6-alpha, a new version of the MySQL database system has been released and intoduces two new storage engines most interesting Maria.

0 replies - 592 views - 08/19/08 by Schalk Neethling in Announcements

A review of (Open Virtual Machine Format) OVF from a systems management perspective

I finally took a look at (Open Virtual Machine Format) OVF, the virtual machine distribution specification that was recently submitted to DMTF. The document is...

0 replies - 17 views - 08/11/08 by vambenepe in News

MySQL Connector/C++ Preview Released

The MySQL Connector/C++ provides a C++ API for connecting client applications to the MySQL Server. The MySQL Connector/C++ mimics the JDBC 3.0 API. JDBC is a...

0 replies - 110 views - 08/06/08 by Schalk Neethling in Announcements

Drizzle - What If There Was A MySQL Version Optimized For The Web

For the last 2-3 years, Brian Aker and I have had many discussions about how to refactor MySQL. Brian has been the one driving these discussions by asking why...

0 replies - 1029 views - 07/24/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

Drizzle - What If There Was A MySQL Version Optimized For The Web

For the last 2-3 years, Brian Aker and I have had many discussions about how to refactor MySQL. Brian has been the one driving these discussions by asking why...

0 replies - 111 views - 07/24/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

Monty Says - It's A Bugs Life - MySQL 5.1

This is a request to all MySQL users to help mysql developers, by providing information, so that we can help you, by providing a more stable MySQL server for...

0 replies - 605 views - 07/21/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

Maintaining A SQL Server Database - Maintenance Plans

This video shows you how to create a maintenance plan in SQL Server 2005 to backup and maintain your database. It also shows you how to use choose the right...

0 replies - 787 views - 07/19/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

MySQL 5.1.26 RC - FEDERATED Storage Engine Now Disabled By Default

MySQL 5.1.26-RC has been released today and is slated to be the last release candidate before we declare MySQL 5.1 as "production ready" (GA). We...

0 replies - 311 views - 07/14/08 by Schalk Neethling in Announcements

GlassFish Application Server Refcard Available - Download Now

GlassFish is a free, open source application server which implements the newest features in the Java EE 5 platform, and the use of the GlassFish application...

4 replies - 3521 views - 07/14/08 by Jill Tomich in Articles

Saving Twitter in Three Easy Steps

I don’t think I’m alone in seeing Twitter’s service deteriorate to the point where euthanasia seems like the only humane option.Without any obvious...

0 replies - 523 views - 06/30/08 by peterelst in News

TheServerSide Java Symposium Europe is Over

Well, I'm home from Prague, from another edition of TheServerSide Java Symposium. This year was definitely a few notches up from last year in Barcelona in my...

0 replies - 1768 views - 06/26/08 by olabini in News

Delivering web software on a VPS

Much of my time is spent as a developer of web related software1. But recently I've found it impossible to avoid being drawn into some quite complex hosting...

0 replies - 382 views - 06/25/08 by Schalk Neethling in Articles

Rails 2.1 on GlassFish - it works!

Rails 2.1 was released earlier this month. GlassFish provides a complete development/deployment environment for Rails applications. Some of the main...

0 replies - 373 views - 06/19/08 by Arun Gupta in News

Design Patterns Refcard Available for Download

DZone continues its Refcardz series with a new, free PDF cheatsheet on Design Patterns.

20 replies - 6558 views - 06/16/08 by Jill Tomich in Articles