Network World

Six free databases with commercial-quality features

How effective are free and open source data bases? For answers, we reviewed 6:: Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle's MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby and Firebird SQL. Free or open source ...
Redmond Magazine

Best Practices for Setting Up Resilient Databases for Scalability, High Availability and Disaster Recovery

When it comes to mission-critical systems and databases, we all know that we need to plan for disaster. It's not the most exciting work; there's often little reward even when it's well done, and the ...
TechRepublic

Using Access to build a front end for SQL Server

Using Access to build a front end for SQL Server Your email has been sent What are the advantages of using Access as the front end to a SQL Server database? For starters, it's likely that your ...
TechRepublic

Step-By-Step: Learn the basics of using DTS in Microsoft SQL Server

Step-By-Step: Learn the basics of using DTS in Microsoft SQL Server Your email has been sent Learn how Data Transformation Services (DTS) can help you import, export, and/or transform data from ...