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October 2007 - Posts

• Tracking Privileged Database Users

  Do you know what the privileged users of your database systems are up to? Privileged users are the "super" users and administrators with global, or near global, access to all of the data in your corporate databases. They may be known as SYSADM, Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:01 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: data security, database auditing

• New IMS Version 10 Redbook

  For the IMS users out there who read my blog, you ought to download the latest and greatest IBM redbook covering the new version of IMS, Version 10. It is titled IMS Version 10 Implementation Guide A Technical Overview and like all of IBM's redbooks, Read More... Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 4:10 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: IMS

• Computerworld Tackles e-Discovery and Archiving

  Regular readers of this blog know that I've been discussing the trends and requirements driving organizations to archive database data and to prepare for the e-discovery requests that will be made upon that data. Well, lo' and behold, Computerworld Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:04 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: database archive, e-discovery, data storage

• Atom Data Storage

  Scientific American reports: IBM announced that they have made breakthrough discoveries in nanotechnology to the point of possibly enabling the creation of data storage devices using components no bigger than a few atoms or molecules. Researchers at the Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:14 PM by cmullins | 1 Comments Filed under: data governance, data storage

• Never Hire Little Bobby Tables!

  This little comic was produced by XKDC ... I gotta admit, I love geek humor. Maybe you do, too? Read More... Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 3:29 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: misc, data security

• New Database Archiving Articles

  Those of you who've been reading my blog for awhile know that I've been talking about the trends and requirements for database archiving . Well, I've been writing about database archiving issues in print publications, too. This past week two Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 1:58 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: database archive, e-discovery

• Central Canada DB2 User's Group

  This week I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the Central Canada DB2 User's Group . For those of you who are used to attending the typical DB2 user group, you should know that this is anything but the typical user group meeting. Now I Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:13 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: db2