The drivers and benefits of using open source in the enterprise have been widely documented. Ultimately, enterprise users adopt open source for two primary reasons: cost and vendor independence. These ...

Databases can be: Hash-based systems that store data as key/value pairs. That includes popular Unix database tools like Berkeley DB, DBM, and GDBM. Hierarchical databases, once an especially popular ...

A serious data breach brings monetary damage in its many forms: business disruption, bad publicity, stiff ones for noncompliance, and undermined customer confidence. But most damaging of all is the ...