databases

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10 things that are hard to find (or gone altogether) in Office 2013

May 23, 2013 6:20am PDT

Is Office 2013 hiding the tools and options you rely on? Here are some features that have been reshuffled -- or removed.

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Data visualizations with Can I Use compatibility tables

May 21, 2013 7:00am PDT

The Can I Use website keeps data on compatibility of browsers with the latest HTML5, CSS3, and SVG code. Here is a way to get the data source and create your own visualizations to illustrate the...

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Major cloud providers transforming enterprise software market

May 8, 2013 6:00am PDT

Every area of enterprise software, from CRM to ERP, is ripe for increased competition from the big players in cloud infrastructure services.

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Security tips for application developers

May 6, 2013 12:45pm PDT

This post was originally published in the Software Engineering Blog in July 2012. WhiteHat Security recently published its 2012 Website Statistics Report (PDF), which gives a broad view of the...

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Install SugarCRM for powerful customer relationship management

April 19, 2013 5:35am PDT

SugarCRM is a standout in the crowded CRM market. This SugarCRM Community Edition installation tutorial gets you started down the road to better customer relationship management.

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Get some JSON in your database

April 16, 2013 10:24pm PDT

If you deal with JSON day in, day out, at least have a database that can handle JSON as well.

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Modifying AWS CloudFormation templates: Polish your code

April 10, 2013 12:01pm PDT

Nick Hardiman shows a step-by-step example of how to modify an AWS CloudFormation template -- the last part of building your own SaaS on Amazon's platform.

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BambooInvoice makes invoicing easy for small businesses

April 10, 2013 10:58am PDT

BambooInvoice is an open source, web-based solution that produces professional looking invoices and makes it easy for your small business to manage those invoices.

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Two data center strategies: Centralization and 'sharding'

April 8, 2013 5:30am PDT

Mary Shacklett looks at two approaches to data center strategy, which can be equally successful as long as they are tied to specific business needs.

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Import and export databases using phpMyAdmin

April 2, 2013 12:19pm PDT

phpMyAdmin offers one of the easiest ways to import and export databases on a MySQL environment. Follow along with Jack Wallen's phpMyAdmin tutorial.

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First steps to SaaS with AWS CloudFormation templates

March 21, 2013 10:48am PDT

Nick Hardiman explains how to use Amazon's CloudFormation templates to build the IaaS layer for his example SaaS that he wants to take to market.

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Losing your Google Reader? Try Tiny Tiny RSS instead

March 19, 2013 5:30am PDT

Marco Fioretti recommends a free software RSS reader that won't leave you in the lurch.

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Manage documents for free with OpenDocMan

February 28, 2013 2:42am PST

The OpenDocManager open source tool can help your small business get its documentation into a form that is easy to use and to manage.

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Managing your databases in the cloud: How Cloudant does it

February 14, 2013 6:00am PST

Cloudant provides database-as-a-service -- something that some companies may want to consider for management help and cloud-size scaling ability. Nick Hardiman describes how DBaaS works.

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How to resign gracefully from a contract

February 13, 2013 4:11pm PST

When you need to end an IT consulting contract earlier than planned, honesty and integrity are key. Find out what other advice Chip Camden offers for such situations.

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How PA cleared the big data hurdle at the London Olympics

January 30, 2013 8:59am PST

The Press Association's director of technical architecture on how its IT systems coped with the challenge of supplying coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Let Dolibarr ERP/CRM help organize your small business

January 8, 2013 1:02pm PST

One reason Dolibarr stands out from similar ERP and CRM solutions is how easy it is to install. Follow these instructions to get this open source option up and running.

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Games might propel Big Data

January 4, 2013 4:16am PST

IT should look at the online gaming industry with the intent of identifying best practices and big data goals for IT roadmaps.

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Manage MySQL databases from a Windows desktop with Toad

December 28, 2012 10:02pm PST

Jack Wallen walks through the process of installing Toad for MySQL, connecting to a server, creating a database, and creating a table on the new database.

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Manage MySQL from Windows with these five apps

December 27, 2012 1:09am PST

There are plenty of GUI tools available that can manage your MySQL database, even from the Windows environment.