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Think your online database is safe? This study on unprotected data suggests you should think again.

By Jason Cohen

These days, databases are the beating heart of most business apps, but most organizations are buying them as cloud services rather than cumbersome, in-house, server-side apps. We test and compare top database services to help you explore this new model.

By Pam Baker
Best Database-as-a-Service Solutions
3.5

SAP HANA Service needs to mature, but it's still a powerful and unique Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution with many important capabilities.

By Pam Baker
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4.0

Google BigQuery is a great Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for cloud native companies and anyone working with machine learning application development or handling massive sets.

By Pam Baker
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4.0

Amazon Relational Database Service isn't a newbie-friendly Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution, but with the right professionals helping you out, it's a great relational database service.

By Pam Baker
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4.5
Editors' Choice

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is an excellent Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for developers, business analysts, and database administrators given its ease of use and exemplary controls.

By Pam Baker
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4.5
Editors' Choice

MongoDB Atlas is a developer's dream database, with a brilliantly simple user interface, more automation than most Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solutions, tons of flexibility and controls, built-in replication, and zero lock-in.

By Pam Baker
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4.0

IBM Db2 on Cloud is a dream Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution for developers and business analysts because they can use it without the assistance of a database administrator, even with minimal skills.

By Pam Baker
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Intel gives the two companies and Alcatel-Lucent "Best of Show" prizes at the Intel Developer Forum.

By Damon Poeter
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Some might call it an oxymoronic term, but Business Intelligence can put an organization on the path to data-driven decisions. Here are the ratings of BI tools used by PCMag's more corporate readers.

By Matthew Sarrel
Business Choice: Business Intelligence Software

NASA wants to make it easier for outside parties to access its tools for innovation.

By Damon Poeter
NASA Software Catalog
4.5
Editors' Choice

FileMaker always delivers a beautiful aesthetic to database design and now new features lend tighter security and the ability to create uber Web-friendly custom apps. FileMaker Pro 13 is no exception, although it's frustrating that the company is ignoring Android and Windows Phone.

By Samara Lynn
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An online form for jurors in DeKalb County gave an option to list "slave" as their occupation before officials removed the term shortly after being alerted to it.

By Damon Poeter
Georgia Juror Form

Oracle co-president and former HP CEO Mark Hurd tells CNBC he is "not planning" to leave his present job to take over Steve Ballmer's soon-to-be-open position at Microsoft.

By Damon Poeter
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The chip design firm touts the continued Java Standard Edition support for its current and future 32-bit and 64-bit platforms as crucial to its data center and embedded offerings.

By Damon Poeter
ARM Chip

Courtroom tilt over software support for Intel's Itanium chips was delayed until next week as Oracle on Monday appealed a denial of a motion to throw out the case.

By Damon Poeter
Intel Itanium

Chip giant seeks to provide organizations with an open-source, hardware-accelerated, and secure foundation for big data analysis, pave the way to an 'Internet of Things.'

By Damon Poeter
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4.0

QuickBase remains a very good option as a database solution for SMBs, but since our last review, the cloud app space has gotten far more competitive, and in some areas, QuickBase lags behind the competition.

By Samara Lynn
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