Authored by database security expert, IBM Gold Consultant, and Guardium CTO Ron Ben-Natan, Ph.D., Implementing Database Security and Auditing (Elsevier Press, 2005) is the definitive guide for DBAs, IT security professionals, and auditors. CHAPTER 12, AUDITING CATEGORIES: Learn which audit trails to implement in order to address common compliance requirements, including audit trails for: Database logins and logouts, Client information, Usage outside normal hours, Database errors, Changes to privileges and other security attributes…and many others.

Use of XML as a primary data format is spreading rapidly. Combining Oracle® XML Publisher with HP Output Server creates an output management system that can effectively process and reliably deliver XML-formatted output to print, fax, email, web, and other output destinations. More and more organizations are turning to XML as a medium to solve interoperability issues because data presented in XML is self-describing, and thus more easily understood by different systems. This paper describes a real-life implementation of HPOS and Oracle XML Publisher. The solution successfully processes thousands of job submissions per hour of XML-formatted data and non-XML-formatted documents from a combination of Oracle and non-Oracle applications.

Need to make the case for remote database and applications support for your UK based business? This insightful paper by Quantix provides real world examples of how both commercial and government customers drive greater ROI and critical service assurance using remote database management and support applications.

For years, Slumberland supported its retail IT needs by buying servers loaded with the biggest drives available. In 2003 the retail information system reached its end of life and the company’s IT team decided it was time for a storage area network (SAN).