by Andy Slater | Jan 18, 2017 | Oracle Critical Patch Update, Security
Oracle Patch Update January 2017 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday evening (17/1) and it’s a pretty small list of vulnerabilities in comparision with typical releases. This Oracle... 
by Andy Slater | Dec 21, 2016 | Data, General
5 New Year Resolutions for DBAs It’s said that “promises are made to be broken”. Surely database administrators don’t fall in that category? It’s that time of the year to keep up with the tradition and pledge to make some... 
by Julian Boneham | Nov 24, 2016 | Cloud, Events, Julian Boneham, Oracle
Oracle ISV Cloud: a candid view Yesterday evening (23/11) I attended an Oracle event in London aimed at their ISV (Independent Software Vendor) partners and I was expecting to be heralded with a lot of Oracle rhetoric around the growth of their customer base and... 
by Andy Slater | Nov 15, 2016 | Events, MongoDB
Key takeaways from MongoDB Europe 2016 Forget the jokes about “MongoDB is web scale”. Today MongoDB Europe 16 proved Mongo’s scale of appeal by hosting an event in London that was bursting at the seams with over 1,200 attendees. For sure Professor Brian Cox proved a... 
by Andy Slater | Nov 7, 2016 | Security
Why Start-Ups should embrace ISO 27001 Part of the fun of launching a start-up is the release from corporate red tape, throwing away the shackles of internal politics, pointless meetings and soul sapping processes. When you sit down dreaming of the launch and pull... 
by Andy Slater | Oct 19, 2016 | Oracle Critical Patch Update, Security
Oracle Patch Update October 2016 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday evening (18/10) and one of the major points of note is that this is that first release that doesn’t include bug fixes for customers...
