Category Archives: database

Searchable KiCad Component Database Makes Finding Parts A Breeze

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KiCad, the open source EDA software, is popular with Hackaday readers and the hardware community as a whole. But it is not immune from the most common bane of EDA tools. Managing your library of symbols and footprints, and finding new ones for components you’re using in your latest design is rarely a pleasant experience. Swooping in to help alleviate your pain, [twitchyliquid64] has created KiCad Database (KCDB). a beautifully simple web-app for searching component footprints.

The database lets you easily search by footprint name with optional parameters like number of pins. Of course it can also search by tag …read more

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Appthority Discovers Thousands of Apps with Firebase Vulnerability Exposing Sensitive Data

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Appthority has discovered a significant mobile data vulnerability related to Google Firebase which has resulted in the exposure of a wide range and large amounts of sensitive data through thousands of mobile apps. The exposure is not due to malicious c… Continue reading Appthority Discovers Thousands of Apps with Firebase Vulnerability Exposing Sensitive Data→

MemSQL raises $30M Series D round for its real-time database

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MemSQL, a company best known for the real-time capabilities of its eponymous in-memory database, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series D round, bringing the company’s overall funding to $110 million. The round was led by GV (the firm you probably still refer to as Google Ventures) and Glynn Capital. Existing investors […] Continue reading MemSQL raises $30M Series D round for its real-time database→

What Is Azure SQL Database Managed Instance?

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There is a new SQL Server option that recently launched a preview in Azure called SQL Managed Instance, enabling you to run a private, managed version of SQL that is almost 100 percent compatible with on-premises SQL Server.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure — March 2018 Edition

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Month 3 of 2018 brought us some interesting news in Azure IaaS. Some things that have been in the oven for a while are starting to rise and there’s lots more evidence of the new and open Microsoft.

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The Analytic Staircase for Auditors

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Building a successful audit analytics program is like climbing a staircase. The staircase is a set of steps that consist of several items having increasing levels of maturity. The staircase steps not only help you build your program, but enable …… Continue reading The Analytic Staircase for Auditors→