Database Encryption - Encrypted by Default?
Database Encryption is foundational for IT Security. For many businesses, databases are a vault of sensitive information containing data ranging from customers’ details and confidential competitive details to intellectual property. Lost or stolen data, especially customer data, can result in ...
Data Scrubbing? What is it?
Data scrubbing is a process that is performed to ensure the quality of the data in a database, which will then be used for analytics. Data scrubbing is a fundamental step to reduce the risk of basing the decision-making process ...
Database VS Data Warehouse
Often, database and data warehouse are used interchangably. We're here to clean up the confusion!, What is a Database? A database is a group of data stored in tables, which consists of rows and columns that represent attributes. Each one ...
What is a Database Administrator or DBA?
Every organization that handles large volumes of data requires a database management system (DBMS). The person (or group of people) in charge of managing, supervising, and ensuring the proper use of the data within a DBMS is a database administrator ...
Database VS Spreadsheet? What's the difference?
Understanding the difference between a database and a spreadsheet plays an essential role in the daily operations of many companies, and it is vital to make better use of these technologies. Although different technologies are involved, the databases and spreadsheets ...
What is Big Data Management?
Big data management is a general concept that includes the governance, organization, design, management, policies, procedures, and technology used for large volumes of structured and unstructured data. It can combine data cleansing, integration, migration, and preparation for reporting and analytics. ...
Advantages of Using Multi-Platform Database Systems
There are new perspectives on the benefits of managing multi-platform database systems, even though the challenges are new, and sometimes radical. Both in large and small organizations, DBAs are under pressure to comply with the sudden changes in database technology ...
Soaring Eagle Data Solutions in the News
Soaring Eagle Interviews MNI Media Presents 3 Ways Not Securing Your Business Data Can Prove Costly 3 Tips for Treating Your Business Data With The Respect It Deserves Cybersecurity Threats: 7 Steps to Help Protect Your Company from Malware Many Employees ...
How Does HIPAA Affect Database Management?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets the standard for sensitive patient data protection that companies who deal with protected health information (PHI) must comply with. DBA Role In order to comply with the HIPAA regulations, DBAs must ...
Database Upgrade - 4 Signs That It's Time
A database upgrade can be a duanting, but nescesary task. A database meets different business objectives: Keeping a history of the relationship with your current and past customers, running marketing campaigns, categorizing your contacts, establishing business objectives, knowing and monitoring ...
