IT organizations continue to face pressure to reduce costs while doing more work. For this reason, automation has been successfully applied to many activities in the data center, such as server provisioning. Forward-thinking IT leaders are now taking steps to automate database and middleware administration, as well.

“Most don’t know technology even exists to automate database administration,” said Don Casson, Jr., CEO of Evergreen Systems. “These tasks take 60%-70% of a DBA’s time. It’s a poor use of highly skilled, highly paid resources.”

This white paper examines how to take advantage of this technology for significant efficiency gains, cost savings, and improvements in security and time to market.