Everyone talks about “best practices” but what exactly are they? A "best practice" is a professional procedure or tactic that is accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective. Take a ...

Organizations that use prepackaged ERP/CRM, custom, and third-party applications are seeing their production databases grow exponentially. At the same time, business policies and regulations require ...

The Relational Database Service from AWS can help streamline a host of cloud storage operations, but maintaining security requires some attention on the part of the user. Here are some best practices ...

Data encryption performs two purposes: it protects data against internal prying eyes, and it protects data against external threats (hacking, theft of backup tapes, etc.) Encryption in the database ...

From security musts and indexing gotchas to replication and sharding tips, follow these essential dos and don’ts to make the most of your MongoDB database systems. MongoDB is a non-relational document ...