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August 30, 2006

A Database Breach

We've discussed data breaches here before, but here is one where the data breached was in a database.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 10:58 AM

August 29, 2006

Data Breaches Cause Firings

It looks like some IT executives are paying the penalty for presiding over data breaches... but is that the proper approach to take?

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 9:26 AM

August 25, 2006

Agile Shmagile

My thoughts on the whole "agile" movement.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 12:32 PM

August 22, 2006

A Database Metablog?

This blog of blogs offers an interesting way to keep up-to-date on what is being said in the blogosphere regarding database management.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 10:57 AM

August 21, 2006

My Favorite Oracle Books

I am by no means an expert on Oracle, but I like to keep up-to-date on all of the most popular DBMSes so I regularly obtain and read all types of technical books. Today, I'll share with you my list of favorite Oracle books.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 11:11 AM

August 10, 2006

SHARE in Baltimore Next Week

A reminder about a great conference and a warning about airport security.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 11:34 AM

August 9, 2006

Update on DBA Salaries

An update on salaries from Enterprise Systems.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 11:03 AM

August 8, 2006

VA Loses Another Laptop

No, even though it may seem like it, this is not old news. Yet another laptop goes missing at the Veterans Administration.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 9:19 AM

August 7, 2006

A Data Quality Initiative

In this blog entry I share a recent Q A exchange on data quality.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 3:10 PM

August 2, 2006

The Data Commandments

A couple of months ago I threatened to produce a list of data commandments, and today, I make good on that threat.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 11:44 AM

August 1, 2006

Relational Still Matters

Have you noticed that relational "technology" is taking a beating these days? With new "data models" purported to be better than relational, it seems that the industry is all too ready to stick a fork in relational.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 12:20 PM