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Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database

By : MARCEL KRATOCHVIL
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Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database

By: MARCEL KRATOCHVIL

Overview of this book

Multimedia is the new digital frontier. Managers, software architects, administrators and developers need to fully comprehend this exciting new technology as its widespread use and acceptance cannot be ignored any longer."Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database" will give you a complete understanding of how to manage all data, especially multimedia. You will learn all the latest terminology, how to set up a database, load digital objects, search on them and even how to sell them. Whether you are a manager or database administrator, this book will give you the knowledge you need to take control of this rapidly growing and industry- changing technology. Technology which is transforming our lives.Starting with the basic principles of unstructured data and detailing the concepts behind multimedia warehouses and digital asset management systems, this book will describe how to load this data, search against it, display it intelligently, and deliver it to customers and users. Learn how all these concepts work within the Oracle 11g R2 database environment and how to tune the database effectively to manage it.Begin to learn about this new and exciting field and use it to give your business a competitive edge or give yourself the ability to take a leadership role in this exciting new computing genre.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Securing an image


Before any attempt is made to sell a digital object, the first question that a business will raise concerns about is managing the security of the delivery of all the digital objects. A singular issue such as security might not seem too daunting to deal with, but in a number of cases, the attempts to address it are so challenging that many e-commerce projects have not made it past the design stage. This is because an adequate security framework cannot be established.

Protection from theft

When dealing with digital objects, theft takes on a whole new meaning. A shop theft generally focuses around the undetected, removal of a physical object from the store. This is usually an identifiable cost to the business. Using a variety of security methods (including cameras, security guards, electronic tags, cabling, and mirrors) items in the store can be secured from theft.

In the digital world, the concept that is based around theft or stealing has a number of different interpretations...