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• GDPR compliance requirements drive new winds of data privacy

  Hello, GDPR. May 25 is the witching hour for enforcement of the EU's much-discussed GDPR compliance requirements -- and it's a harbinger of more changes to come.  Continue Reading

• U.S. data protection laws fall short in the age of big data

  Data breaches and a history of data abuse led the EU to adopt GDPR, but it might take massive scale data security crises for the U.S. to legislate similar data protection laws.  Continue Reading

• Want IT resiliency? Look to both security and disaster recovery

  Security, protection from hackers and ransomware, disaster preparedness and disaster recovery are all means to the goal of resilient IT infrastructure and business processes.  Continue Reading

• Modern data backup technologies afford merging opportunities

  Through technologies such as copy data management, vendors are merging primary and secondary storage. There's more convergence ahead, within the likes of solid-state drives.  Continue Reading

• The EU's GDPR will make us better storage managers

  The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation has organizations worldwide rethinking storage management to their and their customers' benefit.  Continue Reading

• Data managers should study up on GPU deep learning

  As GPU deep learning becomes more common, data managers will have to navigate several new layers of complexity in their quest to build or buy suitable data infrastructure.  Continue Reading

• Sports data analytics isn't always a slam dunk

  The growing trend of analytics in sports has caused much debate, and even though data-driven decisions can provide some benefits, they're not right for all occasions.  Continue Reading

• With database management tools, never settle

  They're the heart of it all, pumping data to applications and business processes. But the sheer number of products on the market can boggle any mind.  Continue Reading

• How can today's DBAs contribute to big data databases?

  In the big data puzzle, data scientists and NoSQL are all the rage. Find out how traditional DBAs fit in, and what they have to do to stay there.  Continue Reading

• Evaluating the ROI of Oracle DB 12c Multitenant

  Formerly called Pluggable Database, the Oracle 12c Multitenant feature is going to cost extra. Is it worth the money?  Continue Reading

• Analytical modeling is both science and art

  Models are the key to predicting outcomes to business decisions. And while math may make them tick, it also takes a certain eye -- and ear -- for what works.  Continue Reading

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