In 1998, the FBI launched the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), a database that federally licensed gun dealers use to determine whether a prospective buyer is eligible to ...

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All large organizations, and a whole lot of small ones, use databases. These tools keep names, dates, numbers and other tidbits of information neatly in order, organized into tables by common ...

The "data" part of the terms "data lake," "data warehouse," and "database" is easy enough to understand. Data are everywhere, and the bits need to be kept somewhere. But should they be stored in a ...

It would seem that the adoption of cloud databases – those delivered via a cloud consumption model – is ramping up. According to Gartner, the transition of DBMS software purchasing – moving from ...

First Wall Street, then the database world. While most people are still trying to wrap their heads around blockchain and its difference from Bitcoin, others are using it in a wide range of domains. Is ...

After writing a column searching for Linux alternatives to Microsoft’s low-end database, Access, I received some great replies. Many readers pointed out the limitations of Microsoft Access, and while ...

A 'picker' gathers items at Amazon's Fulfilment Centre in Peterborough, central England, on November 28, 2013. 'Cyber Monday' which falls this year on Monday December 2, 2013, is expected to be the ...