BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Database
- a structured collection of related information held in any form, especially on a computer. The creation of a database assists organizations in keeping records and facilitates the retrieval of specific facts or different categories of information as and when required. Databases of various kinds may form part of an organization's MIS.
Wiktionary Definition for: Database
- A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessed by a computer.
- Ex: ''I have a '''database''' of all my contacts in my filoFAX.''
- A software program for storing, retrieving and manipulating a database(1).
- Ex: ''Which '''database''' do you use, MySql or Access?''
- A combination of (1) and (2).
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Additional Resources
- Using Your Marketing Database Effectively
- The information in a marketing database can be used to achieve significant business benefits by supporting and improving performance across the whole spectrum of sales and marketing techniques. Collecting and using data on your customers and your markets helps you gain a better understanding of the market so you can...
- Articles 2008-03-03
- Amazon Launches Relational Database for the Cloud
- Amazon Web Services AWS has announced the Amazon Relational Database Service Amazon RDS, a new web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale relational databases in the cloud. The database is based on the MySQL platform, the company said.Amazon Web Services AWS has announced the Amazon...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Hits the Street
- Oracle made 11g Release 2 generally available today for Linux. The new version of the database includes a number of enhancements to boost performance, especially involving Oracle RAC.Oracle pulled the covers off Oracle Database 11g Release 2 today, bringing a host of new features around performance and management. A year ago,...
- News items 2009-09-01
- Database Concerns Fuel EC`s In-Depth Probe of Oracle-Sun Deal
- The European Commission, concerned about the impact of an Ora-cle-Sun merger on the database market, is opening an in-depth investigation into the proposed $7.4 billion deal. EC regulators worry that Oracle, the world?s top proprietary database vendor, will look to slow development of Sun?s open-source MySQL database, reducing choices at...
- News items 2009-09-03
- Amazon slashes cloud prices, offers new database service
- Network World - Amazon.Com Inc. is lowering the price of its Web-based virtual servers and has bolstered its cloud services with a new relational database and a set of high-memory virtual server instances. (11 cloud computing vendors to watch) Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud offers customers a variety of virtual...
- News items 2009-10-27
- FileMaker Turns 10 With Database Update
- Apple subsidiary FileMaker on Monday introduced the next major version of its flagship database application for Mac and Windows. FileMaker 10--which includes the Pro, Advanced, and Server versions of the database product lineup--is now shipping. Perhaps the biggest change in FileMaker 10 is the interface. The application has undergone some...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Database Power With Microsoft Frontpage 2002
- You can use Microsoft FrontPage 2002 to easily integrate database power into your Web site like a true database expert. With FrontPage 2002 you have multiple ways to perform key database tasks such as taking form information from your Web site and entering it directly into a database, displaying database...
- White papers
- Database Developers Embrace Open Source Database Solutions, New Evans Data Survey; Proprietary Databases Almost Twice as Likely to Suffer Security Breaches as Open Source Databases
- SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Open source database deployments are up more than 20% in the last six months, according to Evans Data's Fall 2005 Database Development Survey. MySQL use, for example, has increased by more than 25% in six months and is approaching a majority in the database space, with...
- Research articles 2005-10-18
- Reducing Security Risks With The Database Results And Interface Wizards
- When a site visitor views, searches, or otherwise interacts with the information in a database, the site visitor, as an anonymous user, is essentially being allowed to run code inside the database or web server. Security risks such as these can be reduced through careful Web page design and database...
- White papers
- Amazon Web Services Announces Relational Database Services
- Amazon is providing users with the ability to run relational databases in the cloud. The service, Amazon Relational Database Service RDS , means that customers now have another way to use a cloud service for a function normally administered by an IT department. Werner Vogels...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Microsoft releases SQL Azure Database preview
- Microsoft has released a free trial of its cloud-based relational database.The community technology preview CTP of SQL Azure Database was made available Tuesday, along with a preview of an SQL Server driver for building PHP applications for the Azure platform.The Azure Services Platform, first announced at a developer conference last...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Encrypt A Database By Using A Database Password
- You encrypt a Microsoft Office Access 2007 database when you need to help conceal data and prevent unwanted users from opening the database. The information in this paper explains how to encrypt a database by using a database password. The information in this paper is part of a longer, more...
- White papers
- Manager, Database Administration
- The Manager, Database Administration job description template includes the following job summary: Designs, maintains, and controls the corporate database and data dictionary. Establishes and enforces all database standards. Analyzes all informational requirements of new or production systems and develops database specifications. Establishes and enforces controls to ensure database integrity. Responsible...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Informix Named Most Influential Database Company in Database Programming & Design's "The Database Dozen" List; Award At DB/EXPO Coincides With Industry Milestone — Delivery of INFORMIX-Universal Server
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 4, 1996--Informix Software, Inc., (NASDAQ:IFMX) the leading provider of object-relational database technology, today announced its selection by David Stodder, editor-in-chief of Database Programming & Design as the most influential company among the "The Database Dozen: Twelve Companies that Define the Direction of the Database Market."
- Research articles 1996-12-04
- FireBird Soars into Database Deployments, New Evans Data; Survey Open Source Databases Usurp Market Share
- SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- FireBird is making major inroads in the database space, according to Evans Data Corporation's new Winter 2005 Database Development Survey. FireBird is the most used open source database for Enterprise applications, more database developers use FireBird for single purpose applications and FireBird is tied for the...
- Research articles 2005-01-18
- Guardium Announces Breakthrough Database Firewall; Innovative Policy-Based Firewall Extends SQL Guard Family and Leadership in Database Security Market
- WALTHAM, Mass. -- Guardium, Inc., a leading provider of database security solutions, today announced SQL GuardTM Database Firewall. The breakthrough firewall extends the company's database security platform by delivering the industry's first SQL level, policy-based database firewall. Now, companies can obtain database access auditing, detection and prevention capabilities from a...
- Research articles 2004-12-20
- Guardium Announces Availability of Next Generation Database Firewall; SQL-Level, Policy-Based Database Firewall Re-Enforces Guardium's Leadership in Database Auditing, Compliance and Security Markets
- WASHINGTON -- Guardium, Inc., a leading provider of database security and compliance solutions, today extends the company's database security platform with the immediate availability of its next generation SQL GuardTM Database Firewall, the industry's leading SQL level, policy-based database firewall. This ground-breaking capability is a vital component of every comprehensive...
- Research articles 2005-11-14
- MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGING.(database available from Purdue University Self Directed Learning Programs)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Capability: The Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database is a properties database of available microelectronics packaging materials. For 12 years, the database has been distributed to members of the Semiconductor Research Corp. It is now availab Capability: The Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database is a properties database of...
- Research articles 2001-03-01
- Oracle Corp.(DATABASE SOFTWARE)(Brief article)
- Oracle Corp. has introduced Oracle[R] Database 11g, the latest release of the popular database. With more than 400 features, 15 million test hours and 36,000 person-months of development, Oracle Database 11g "is the most innovative and highest-q Oracle Corp. has introduced Oracle[R] Database 11g, the latest...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- NEW STATE TRADEMARK DATABASE FROM THOMSON & THOMSON
- Thomson & Thomson (North Quincy, MA) has introduced a second generation U.S. trademarks database for legal professionals. The expanded database has over 300,000 new state trademark records in a database of 500,000 state trademarks. Produced by ThomThomson & Thomson (North Quincy, MA) has introduced a second ...
- Research articles 1994-08-01
