The efficiency and performance of Distributed DataBase Management Systems (DDBMS) is mainly measured by its proper design and by network communication cost between sites. Fragmentation and ...

SAP has released its December security updates addressing 14 vulnerabilities across a range of products, including three critical-severity flaws. The most severe (CVSS score: 9.9) of all the issues is ...

Fact Check: British investor’s house tour mislabelled as migrant flaunting accommodation A British property investor’s video of a house tour has been falsely portrayed online as an asylum seeker ...

Percona, a leader in enterprise-grade open source database software, support, and services, is launching Percona Packages, a suite of structured consulting and support offerings for enterprise IT and ...

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Hurricane Melissa has left indelible lessons for Jamaica. The parish of St James has done commendably well in recovery thus far, with agencies mobilising to restore water, clear roads, and stabilise ...

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The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has raised strong objections over what it describes as a growing wave of illegal check-off deductions and attempts to ...

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and ...