ScienceLogic embeds MySQL in its EM7 network management appliances. An installation of EM7 can perform over half a billion database queries daily, storing massive amounts of data for both real-time and trended performance reporting.

Michael McFadden, senior software architect with ScienceLogic, will discuss all this in an upcoming MySQL webinar.

ScienceLogic embeds MySQL in its EM7 network management appliances. An installation of EM7 can perform over half a billion database queries daily, storing massive amounts of data for both real-time and trended performance reporting.

Michael McFadden, senior software architect with ScienceLogic, will discuss all this in an upcoming MySQL webinar.

ScienceLogic embeds MySQL in its EM7 network management appliances. An installation of EM7 can perform over half a billion database queries daily, storing massive amounts of data for both real-time and trended performance reporting.

Michael McFadden, senior software architect with ScienceLogic, will discuss all this in an upcoming MySQL webinar.

Back in my formative years, during the tail end of the S&L crisis, I spent quite a bit of time working on financal software, including asset-liability management, risk management, and pool selection for the securitization of assets.

Although I’m a ‘data’ guy, for a layman I have a fairly good understanding of risk management in the financial industry. A side effect of that understanding is that I’m been following the ongoing risk management fiasco with more than a passing interest. (The media might call it a ‘credit crunch’ or a ’subprime contagion’, but as far as I can tell, it all boils down to a lack of attention to risk.) It’s also turning out to be a good source of entertainment.

Last week, …