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Facial recognition, between advanced biometrics and needs for privacy… – Part 4 of 4

14.06.2022 by Dominique Althuser

Last part of our series on facial recognition (first part here, second part here and third part here). Let’s see if there are countermeasures and how to implement them if they(…)

Security

Facial recognition, between advanced biometrics and needs for privacy… – Part 3 of 4

14.06.2022 by Dominique Althuser

Continuation of this series on facial recognition. After having defined facial recognition among the biometric processes (see here) and seen the techniques used for its application (see here), let’s see what the current laws(…)

Security

Facial recognition, between advanced biometrics and needs for privacy… – Part 1 of 4

14.06.2022 by Dominique Althuser

Among today’s biometric applications, one in particular is the subject of much controversy and discussion: facial recognition. One of the most controversial applications of facial recognition is face recognition based on a photograph, as done by the company Clearview(…)

Database Administration & Monitoring

A 7 year journey, my longest employment ever

13.06.2022 by Daniel Westermann

It has been an amazing ride: 1st of May 2022 I have been with dbi services for exactly seven years. This is by far the longest employment in my career. When I started way back in 2015 most of my(…)

Oracle

Migrating CentOS 8 to Oracle linux OL8

13.06.2022 by Marc Wagner

As you might be aware, CentOS 8 is end of life since the 31st of December 2021. If you are still using and running CentOS 8, you might want to migrate to some alternative distributions in order to keep a(…)

Oracle

Patch 19.15 is available for your ODA

09.06.2022 by Jérôme Dubar

Introduction Patch 19.15 is now available on Oracle Database Appliance. It’s time to test it. What’s new? This version brings April’s PSU to database and grid homes with their bug fixes, as usual. It also brings latest database 21.6 but(…)

Database Administration & Monitoring

First look at SQL Server 2022 Contained Availability Groups

09.06.2022 by Steven Naudet

Introduction SQL Server 2022 introduces the new concept of Contained Availability Groups. This is something that DBAs have been waiting for since Availability Groups were introduced 10 years ago. Contained Availability Groups enhance the Availability groups by providing the(…)

Oracle

ODA X9-2: it’s finally here!

08.06.2022 by Jérôme Dubar

Updated the 10th of June, 2022: add PMEM option on X9-2L. Introduction It’s been nearly 3 years that Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 reached the market, and in 2022 it’s still a great performer. But now it’s time for a refresh:(…)

Database Administration & Monitoring

SQL Server 2022 Parameter Sensitive Plan optimization

01.06.2022 by Steven Naudet

Introduction The Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) feature family is extended with SQL Server 2022.One of the most anticipated features is the Parameter Sensitive Plan optimization. I started to test this new feature. In this post, you will find some(…)

AWS

Automated patching at Idorsia with AWS Systems Manager

01.06.2022 by Nicolas Jardot

Servers patching is very important but can be very challenging. One of our customers, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd implemented successfully AWS Systems Manager (SSM) to automate patching not only of instances running in AWS Cloud but also covering on-premises(…)