SECURITY
Encrypt SQL Scripts
Ecatenate announced dbLockdown, a database tool that encrypts and restores stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions (UDFs) and views. The software safely encrypts your SQL scripts so that nobody can view or edit them. The software lets you view all SQL Server database objects across your enterprise and on your Internet servers. All database objects that you encrypt are automatically archived so that you can restore them again. You can also encrypt and restore individual database objects. dbLockdown uses SQL Server's native encryption, so the software doesn't compromise database script functionality. The tool tracks database versions to prevent the loss of incremental script changes. For pricing, contact Ecatenate at info@ecatenate.com or http://www.ecatenate.com.
Monitor Security Patches
Westinghouse Electric Company announced that its StatePointPlus software suite can configure and monitor security patches to protect against the Slammer worm, which targets unpatched SQL Server and MSDE systems and results in a high volume of network traffic on the Internet. StatePointPlus continuously monitors changes to the patch or the application, updates or isolates systems that don't have the patch, scans ports throughout the network to determine which ports might have been compromised, and lets the administrator quickly change the patch across the enterprise from the system console. For pricing, contact Westinghouse Electric Company at 877-787-6468 or http://www.statepointplus.com.
WIRELESS ADMINISTRATION
Control Database Activity from Your Wireless Device
Xora announced Mobility Connectors for DBAs, which let DBAs who manage SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, or any Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)-compliant database monitor and control database activity from wireless devices, including pagers, cell phones, and PDAs. You can also remotely access your database through automated speech recognition and through standard Web browsers. You can use the connector to respond and perform the operations necessary to keep the database running optimally and reliably. Pricing is $10,000 when purchased with the Xora EnterpriseOne server, which is priced at $100,000. Pricing for standalone Mobility Connectors for DBAs is $40,000. Contact Xora at 650-314-6460 or http://www.xora.com.
TECHNICAL RESOURCE
Get Answers to Your Common SQL Server Questions
Curlingstone announced SQL Server 2000 Fast Answers for DBAs and Developers, a book by Joseph Sack that covers a wide range of SQL Server topics for DBAs and developers. Topics include installation and upgrades, configuring SQL Server, creating databases, SQL Server Agent and SQL Server logs, security, replication, failover clustering, log shipping, T-SQL techniques, and XML. The book provides how-to answers to common SQL Server administration and development questions. The 980-page book costs $41.99 at Amazon. Visit Curlingstone at http://www.curlingstone.com.
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