IOUG – BusinessWeek, July 12, 2007
Can Oracle's Database 11g Deliver?
And 11g can cordon off information so it's only changeable by a CFO or auditor. "If you're concerned about security and compliance, then it's definitely a must-have," says Ari Kaplan, president of the Independent Oracle Users Group, which includes 20,000 members. Kaplan is also a senior consultant at Datalink (DTLK), which designs systems that use Oracle software. "Everything that happens in the database is put in a lockbox."
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dbaDirect – CRM Magazine, July 1, 2007
Secret of My Success:dbaDIRECT's Outsourcing Hit
"I had a number of colleagues who recommended dbaDIRECT, as it was considered one of the premier database management vendors in the market and offered 24/7 support--an important consideration for us. Still, we did our due diligence and looked at other companies, but we kept coming back to dbaDIRECT, so we selected them."
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GlobalSpec – The Economist, July 12, 2007
Know Your Subject
This is due in large part to GlobalSpec's definable customer base. Its knowledge about the needs of its users sets it apart from the generalist search-engines, says Angela Hribar of GlobalSpec. Vertical sites, which serve up search results from a carefully selected group of topic-specific websites, can also target advertising at particular audiences more precisely.
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Firefly Energy – Wired, July 5, 2007
Next-Gen Car Batteries Promise Longer Life, More Power
Firefly Energy is breathing new life into lead-acid batteries, a technology that hasn't changed much since Thomas Edison used them to power electric cars in the 1890s.
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ProtusIP Solutions – NetworkWorld, June 27, 2007
Protus Enables XML for Faxing
If you still have the need to use faxes (which actually is the case for many companies simply because they would rather have one less type of equipment to deal with) then a service like Protus should look very attractive.
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CompTIA, SIM – InformationWeek, July 21, 2007-07-27
Want to keep your job safe? Beef Up Your Soft Skills
The Computing Technology Industry Association, which develops exams for a variety of vendor-neutral certifications, also is seeing strong demand for project skills among its membership. Its CompTIA Project+ certification, a general project management certification that helps IT professionals understand the fundamentals of handling projects, is among its most popular.
