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Developing Something for Nothing with SQL Server

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Overview When looking for no-cost software development solutions, does "free" always mean "free?" Is the free solution scalable? What about support? How long will it be "in play?" Are there legal issues to consider? In this new Quest Software technical brief, learn about SQL Server Express - Microsoft's free version of SQL Server - and how this full-featured solution can be readily used on desktops and servers alike. Learn about the flexibility, power and scalability of this exceptional no-cost software, and how it can often meet your initial development and deployment needs. Read this technical brief today.

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Publisher	Quest Software	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	Software Project Management, Software Engineering, Methodology, Best Practices, Application Development

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Designing High Availability for Internet Information Services

End downtime forever! - Organizations today are relying more and more on Web services for the implementation of mission-critical applications. With the advent of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs),which make extensive use...

Publisher:
CA XOsoft

Tags:
servers

Is Your Security Effective? The Value of Application Security Testing Tools

Watch this new program and learn why you need strong application security testing tools, what these tools need to include, and where to turn to find the right solution for...

Publisher:
Ounce Labs

Tags:
network security

Spend 3 minutes with free EBS ROI Tool - and Save Thousands

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Publisher:
IBM

Tags:
processors

Entertainment Retailer Expects Store Data Analysis to Increase Sales by $1.8 Million

Virgin Entertainment Group operates Virgin Megastores, one of the largest entertainment media retail specialty chains in the United States. Virgin wanted to increase the effectiveness of its store managers and...

Publisher:
Microsoft

TechRepublic Resource Guide: Software as a Service (SaaS) for Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs)

Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face the same challenges as larger companies when it comes to cutting costs and saving money in a difficult economy. Many are now turning...

Publisher:
SAP

Tags:
business management

Ex Linx boss predicts more downtime for customers

He said: "With DWDM you have no loss of flexibility and far greater scalability. DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) networks are the only scalable way forward for ISPs, according to Mitchell.

Channel:
Broadband & ISPs

Finalists for CNET Tech Awards get the nod

Quest Software This year the awards - handed out on the evening of 27 September - will recognise organisations in distinct vertical markets including public sector, financial services, retail/leisure and telecoms as well as an overall CIO of the Year.

Channel:
IT Director
Tags:
awards,
cnet

Re:Viewing 2005: CIO quotes of the year

Phil Young, head of IT operations, Amtrak Express Parcels, on the role of small suppliers Where's the flexibility in the new arrangements for complex organisations like local authorities? They've got flexibility.

Channel:
IT Director
Tags:
cio quotes,
cios

There's no escape from the cloud, say CIOs

Mark Foulsham, head of IT, eSure said: "I think that we are well overdue for a more flexible and scalable approach to IT provision and cloud computing could allow a breakthrough of some of the intransigent, rigid and legacy IT arrangements...

Channel:
SOA/Web Services
Tags:
cio,
saas,
cloud

Editor's Blog: Winning the war on technology marketing speak

I'm sure many of the buzzwords and phrases we mock (seamless, end-to-end, plug-and-play, robust) started out as benign attempts to express the complexities of IT to a general audience. Yet, strangely, there was little talk of real-time enterprise...

Comic Relief laughing with cloud computing

As well as achieving much greater resilience, Melen said the flexibility and scalability that cloud computing offers has been a major benefit. That's the edge that we're always pushing to become more flexible, more scalable, more able to cope with...

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