This article explores ways in which small and mid-sized businesses can improve the performance of their databases — and their businesses — by upgrading to SQL Server 2008. 

This ESG Research Brief analyzes the current state of database security and categorizes databases as a “dangerous and growing security gap”. Read this brief which offers steps to improve database security across the enterprise. 

This whitepaper outlines the drivers for log management as well as their underlying challenges and drive towards a common set of requirements for evaluation of log management tools. 

Authored by database security expert Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press) is the definitive 454-page guide for both security pros and DBAs. Chapter 2, presented here, covers topics central to hardening the database. 

Corporate databases are in constant danger. Outside criminals can exploit web applications and employees with malicious intent present an even greater threat. This webcast traces the steps involved in breaking into a database and presents a reference architecture and checklist for implementing iron-clad database security measures. 

This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference presents a practical 5 step plan toward achieving greater standards of database security and compliance. These steps consist of discovering, securing, monitoring, protecting and managing your databases. Download the slides to learn more. 

Data breaches run rampant and there is very little information about how to build a practical, effective data security program. We'll detail the steps to take and the technologies available to keep your organization's most valuable information assets safe. Read on to learn more about protecting the database without threatening the budget. 

Safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII) and remaining in compliance with government regulations is a difficult challenge made easier with database tools from Embarcadero Technologies. 

This IDC white paper presents the benefits to enterprises adopting a preemptive approach to IPC, the internal threats to business information, the impact of government regulations on the protection of data, and highlights how Oracle provides database security products that enterprises can leverage to protect themselves from costly data breaches. 

SharePoint has built-in features that allow site owners to create site maps without any custom coding at all. 

The HITECH Act, a new Federal mandate, is compelling many to rethink HIPAA compliance. View this webcast for an in-depth review of new mandates, top priorities in healthcare IT, and the application of data security and log management in healthcare. 

Microsoft SQL Server has steadily gained ground on other database systems and now surpasses the competition in terms of performance, scalability, security, developer productivity. This paper highlights some of the mission-critical areas in which SQL Server 2008 excels.