AWS adds database features and license options aimed at simplifying agent deployment

The announcements add built-in durability for Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey and a new bring-your-own-media option for Amazon ...
ZDNet

Reasons to move your .NET network from Oracle to SQL Server

If you’re building a Microsoft .NET network and you have an Oracle database, you should migrate it to SQL Server. It is not a question of which is better but of which one is the right tool for you. In ...
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Hardening SQL Managed Instance Establishes a 2026 Zero-Trust Blueprint for Azure, GCP, and Oracle

The cloud security landscape has evolved dramatically by 2026, with Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI) now operating under a strict Zero-Trust framework that prioritizes data-centric defense over ...
Network World

Three best practices for reducing the risk of SQL injection attacks

This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices. Click here to subscribe. SQL injection attacks have been around for more than 10 years. Database security experts know they ...
Network World

SQL injection attacks led to massive data breaches

The huge data thefts at Heartland Payment Systems and other retailers resulted from SQL injection attacks and could finally push retailers to deal with Web application security flaws. This week’s ...
Dark Reading

SQL Injection, XSS Flaws Found In Network Management System Products

Patches are currently available for two of the disclosed vulnerabilities. Two patches are pending from Castle Rock, which has yet to disclose a date when they would become available and Ipswitch, ...
Ars Technica

SQL DTS package scheduling, activex vbscript, fso, & network drive access???

We are running SQL 7 and SQL 2000 here at work and have decided to use the DTS package scheduling utilitiy to do realitively simple to more complex tasks for us.<BR><BR>So, I've created an active ...
Ars Technica

Adding "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE" to SQL 2005?

I have a DC that runs SQL 2005 SP1 and IIS6 and I was wondering how I can add the Network Service account as a login for SQL. It just said it did not recognize the login...I'd rather run the ...