Security Hot Issue for Open-Source Database Developers

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According to Evans Data's Fall Database Development Survey, open-source database deployments were up more than 20 percent in the last six months. MySQL use, for example, increased by more than 25 percent in six months and is approaching majority status in the database space. Currently, forty-four percent of developers use the open-source MySQL system.

... Open-source database makers like MySQL and PostgreSQL simply must answer some of the most prevalent security-related questions in order to win more market share.

One of those questions is, with recent headlines suggesting customer data stored on organizational databases is at risk, should those who opt for open-source database applications be worried? Not according to data suggesting proprietary database software View Demo: IBM Workplace Services Express. Improves collaboration. Increases productivity. is breached more often. But data alone is not enough. What IT executives really want to know is what specific technological security precautions open-source DB developers need to take.

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