Databases and information

Essay by rubyje May 2004

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Abstract

The databases we use hold all information about the daily transactions and important customer information. Our Microsoft Access databases are custom built to suit the business needs. The databases utilize the Structured Query Language (SQL) Server to run security and transactions. The SQL server provides client computers with highly efficient access to database files. SQL is a relational database management system for building business applications with increased data protection. Information in one database is linked to another database or a spreadsheet on another network or system. Access to these databases is very limited because of security. The databases we use hold many information. In the ISP Company, we use a database called RODOPI. This database is the most important database in the entire company.

The need for databses

In my field, the need for databases is the heart of running the business. The databases we use hold all information about the daily transactions and important customer information.

Since I run work in an IT department and I run a small ISP, I will discuss the two major databases we use at both locations.

In the IT department, we use several types of databases from Microsoft Access to off the shelf third part software. Our Microsoft Access databases are custom built to suit the business needs. The databases utilize the Structured Query Language (SQL) Server to run security and transactions.

The SQL server provides client computers with highly efficient access to database files. SQL is a relational database management system for building business applications with increased data protection. The SQL server acts like an engine providing enhanced performance for data access and delivery of data from your server to the workstation.

My company has hundreds of databases that are all connected together in one way or another. Information in one...