Data

It is clear as the Gorse Fox mobilises for his new project that there is a serious amount of data to worry about and significant research to perform. Reflecting on this has driven him into the arms of relational databases for the first time in many years. The real problem, strangely, is the selection of the right database tool for the job... Given, of course, that Starfleet probably has a number of offerings. The issue isn't so much whether the database is capable of handling the data; it is rather whether there is a sufficiently simple front-end tool for GF to achieve what he wants.

Monday, in Bristol, we will start to find out.