In this post, we'll apply security technologies for stored data. It's helpful to remember that we can't depend upon underlying infrastructure to secure data in the cloud, so we are focused on applying ...

Designing and implementing a proper database for application development is a complex and time-consuming task. The choices made during database and application design will impact the usefulness of the ...

As a database consultant, one of the things I am most frequently asked about is dealing with database locking issues. Usually, the question is posed by someone who is experiencing a slowdown in their ...

A fundamental of file systems since their inception has been their locking mechanisms. These exist so that different users and applications working on the same file (or region of a file) ...