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A recent report from the USA, the Fellowes’ Workplace Data Security Report, www.fellowes.com, highlights some interesting facts.

The report quotes that only 62% of employees surveyed said their companies have a database security policy on which employees are trained.

Some of those untrained employees may be leaving their companies vulnerable to a security breach.

According to the study, office employees may unwittingly contribute to a digital or paper-based security breach by practicing risky behaviours:

•  26% leave their computers unlocked when away from their desk

•  15% throw paper documents containing sensitive information in the trash

•  Only 60% maintain a secure firewall

•  44 % ensure their mail is safe by sending it through a secure mailbox

Confidential information in the workplace needs to be secure, imagine the chaos that could happen if your company’s database was hacked!

Talk with the professionals from DBAteam; have the reassurance that your data and your business are protected from a potential catastrophe.

DBAteam’s goal is to help you make more educated decisions about your data health by making world-class database expertise available, maximising your database Return on Investment.

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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:35:00 -0700 Database Security Protecting Your Business http://urle06.posterous.com/database-security-protecting-your-business http://urle06.posterous.com/database-security-protecting-your-business

A recent report from the USA, the Fellowes’ Workplace Data Security Report, www.fellowes.com, highlights some interesting facts.

The report quotes that only 62% of employees surveyed said their companies have a data security policy on which employees are trained.

Some of those untrained employees may be leaving their companies vulnerable to a security breach.
According to the study, office employees may unwittingly contribute to a digital or paper-based security breach by practicing risky behaviours:
 
·  26% leave their computers unlocked when away from their desk
 
·  15% throw paper documents containing sensitive information in the trash
 
·  Only 60% maintain a secure firewall
 
·  44 % ensure their mail is safe by sending it through a secure mailbox
 
 
Confidential information in the workplace needs to be secure, imagine the chaos that could happen if your company’s database was hacked!

Talk with the professionals from DBAteam; have the reassurance that your data and your business are protected from a potential catastrophe.

DBAteam’s goal is to help you make more educated decisions about your data health by making world-class database management expertise available, maximising your database Return on Investment.
 
DBAteam will audit your servers to give you an expert review of the current state of your data environment.

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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:27:00 -0700 The use of data for effective decision making http://urle06.posterous.com/the-use-of-data-for-effective-decision-making http://urle06.posterous.com/the-use-of-data-for-effective-decision-making

Many businesses rely extensively on the innovative leverage of their data to guide their decision making.

It’s therefore important that any data held by a company meets the needs of the decision makers and also is in line with the company’s policies.

Business Intelligence involves using data for decision making. Business intelligence should make it easy for decision-makers at all levels in a company to access, analyse, interpret, and act on information. In order to support good decision making, data and the information generated from it needs to be easily available in an intuitive way.

In today’s business environment, storing, accumulating, managing and accessing data efficiently in a secure environment is a specialist job.

Talk to DBAteam, the data professionals that work in partnership with companies to ensure their data is continuously monitored, expertly managed and secure.

Visit www.dbateam.com.au for more info.

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Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:33:00 -0700 Data Loss http://urle06.posterous.com/data-loss http://urle06.posterous.com/data-loss

DataLossDB is a research project aimed at documenting known and reported data loss incidents world-wide.

The effort is now a community one, and with the move to Open Security Foundation's DataLossDB.org, asks for contributions of new incidents and new data for existing incidents

http://datalossdb.org/

There are some frightening statistics available on this site:

·         In one of the biggest incidents Heartland Payment Systems, Tower Federal Credit Union, Beverly National Bank lost 130 million records in 2009.

·         The SONY corporation lost over 100 million records in two incidents in 2011

·         In 2011 Tianya, China’s biggest Internet forum lost 40 million records

There are some often quoted statistics available from various sources:
·         6% of all PCs will suffer an episode of data loss in any given year

30% of all businesses that have a major fire go out of business within a year. 70% fail within five years. (Home Office Computing Magazine)
60% of companies that lose their data will shut down within 6 months of the disaster.
93% of companies that lost their data centre for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster. 50% of businesses that found themselves without database management for this same time period filed for bankruptcy immediately. (National Archives & Records Administration in Washington)
Don’t let your business become one of these frightening statistics!

Talk to DBAteam, the data professionals that work in partnership with companies to ensure their data is continuously monitored, expertly managed and secure.

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Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:07:00 -0800 The data to wisdom model http://urle06.posterous.com/the-data-to-wisdom-model http://urle06.posterous.com/the-data-to-wisdom-model

This model has been around for many years.

Data is quite simply plain facts number or words, it is raw data.

Information is processed data, it is organised, it is structured, it is data presented in a context to be considered useful.

Data by itself means nothing, it’s not until it’s processed it becomes useful information.

Knowledge is a collection of information that we can use to build understanding, it’s how we apply the information we have.

Wisdom is how we use our capacity to understand, our knowledge and experience to make judgements, to make decisions.

Knowledge management is a hot topic. Managing knowledge is a difficult task, it requires an organisation to harness its employees’ experience and knowledge and use it as the company’s knowledge.

The knowledge within an organisation is now being recognised as a key resource that can give a company a competitive advantage.

With data being such valuable asset, companies need to protect their data ensuring it is secure from theft or loss.

DBAteam are the data professionals that work in partnership with companies to ensure their data is continuously monitored, expertly managed and secure.
                                                                                                                        
Visit www.dbateam.com.au for more info.

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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:22:00 -0800 Data Loss can devastate a Business http://urle06.posterous.com/data-loss-can-devastate-a-business http://urle06.posterous.com/data-loss-can-devastate-a-business

A business can fail after a devastating and unexpected data loss.

Think about what would happen if your company lost all of its data right now! Even if your data is recoverable, it could take days to recover from a major disaster.

PricewaterhouseCoopers state 7 out of 10 smaller companies that experience a major data loss go out of business within a year.
It’s therefore important for a business to plan for the unexpected. A business should be able to maintain database continuity and quickly recover from a serious data loss.

Database continuity is not something that is considered after a serious incident, it’s a process that should be well thought out and carefully planned.

A business must consider the cost of downtime and the damaging consequences that could result. This needs to be weighed that against the expense of having professional database management.

DBAteam has the expertise to ensure you have the recovery plan and coverage to fit your needs.
Don’t let a lack of planning result in your business failing, talk with the professionals from DBAteam, have the reassurance that your data and your business is protected from a potential catastrophe.

Visit www.dbateam.com.au for more info.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:04:00 -0800 Why is data so important? http://urle06.posterous.com/why-is-data-so-important http://urle06.posterous.com/why-is-data-so-important

Data is the life line of any business.
The accurate analysis and interpretation of data is a valuable input for a business to gain a competitive edge.

It therefore follows that database management and maintaining the quality of data is an important consideration.

Many companies fail to understand the importance of keeping their data properly managed. Well managed, accessible data and the information that is generated from the data are now considered to be amongst an organization’s key assets.

Many businesses rely extensively on the innovative leverage of their data to guide their decision making.

Every business needs to effectively manage its data resources to drive its knowledge management.

Remember the famous quote from Lew Platt ex CEO of Hewlett-Packard “If HP knew what HP knows, we would be three times as profitable.”

ProDBA are the data professionals that work in partnership with companies to ensure their data is continuously monitored, expertly managed and secure.

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Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:29:00 -0800 How important is database security? http://urle06.posterous.com/how-important-is-database-security http://urle06.posterous.com/how-important-is-database-security

Database servers are a key part of any business. They hold an ever increasing amount of information vital to every business. Client information, company financial information, details about company personnel etc.  All of this data needs to be secure. Making a company’s databases secure is a difficult and challenging task, a company may not have the necessary skills to implement strong database security.

Many IT managers and DBAs struggle to keep up with all of the knowledge required to maintain tight database security.
Imagine the chaos that could happen if your company’s database was hacked!

Last April SONY’s on line entertainment networks were breached by hackers, there is now a risk that up to 100 million PlayStation network customers could be exposed to years of identity theft.

Don’t let this happen to your business!

Talk to ProDBA the experts in database security.
www.prodba.com.au

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Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:43:00 -0800 Who are DBAs and what do they do? http://urle06.posterous.com/who-are-dbas-and-what-do-they-do http://urle06.posterous.com/who-are-dbas-and-what-do-they-do

DBAs or database administrators are the people in charge of a company’s database strategy. This can include the development design, implementation, monitoring and performance improvement of databases. In some companies they also have responsibility for database security.

So therefore, DBAs are highly skilled personnel, an experienced DBA is usually a ‘high ticket’ employee.

Is a DBA a resource that can be successfully outsourced?

All companies in the current economic climate are looking to outsource where ever they can. Database administration outsourcing can help organisations move through periods when the business and therefore the database requirements are growing, especially when IT budgets are tight or when the expertise required is not readily available.

It is inevitable that database capacities and the complexities will markedly increase, as will the way in which information is used. It therefore seems logical to outsource the DBA function.
Not only to reduce costs, but to benefit from high level of skills and experience, and to have the reassurance of 24/7 maintenance, support and security of your company’s databases.

ProDBA are THE experts in databases – they can cater for ALL your database outsource requirements.
www.prodba.com.au

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Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:24:00 -0800 Reducing costs, increasing capability in IT and moving your business forward http://urle06.posterous.com/reducing-costs-increasing-capability-in-it-an http://urle06.posterous.com/reducing-costs-increasing-capability-in-it-an

Outsourcing is becoming more and more common in all types of businesses.
So why should outsourcing be considered a key part of a company’s resource strategy?
Of course the key reasons often quoted for outsourcing are to reduce costs and reduce headcount, but there are many more benefits.


If insufficient resources are available internally, outsourcing is an obvious solution, especially in the highly skilled area of IT. Outsourcing specialised IT functions gives a company the opportunity to access top class capabilities without having to pay high salaries, expensive training and increase headcount. In addition it allows the permanent IT employees to focus on other areas where their expertise is better utilised.


Another key benefit is that the resource is there when you need it – you don’t pay when it’s not needed.


For outsourcing to work well, it is imperative that the company and the outsource company work well as a partnership.


ProDBA are the experts at database management – outsource your database management, save on costs, headcount and the headaches that come with database management, ProDBA understands databases. Create a great partnership with top class IT professionals to move your business forward.
Watch this space for more information on what ProDBA can do for your business
www.prodba.com.au

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