Database Management

WHITE PAPER: Tempdb is a very critical component of your SQL Server and can be a major performance pain point if not managed properly. Read this white paper to thoroughly understand how tempdb works and find best practices designed to help you prevent, detect, and mitigate common database performance problems.

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 | Published: 22 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This customer reference booklet contains a sampling of real business results that organizations around the world, in a variety of industries, have achieved by upgrading and standardizing on Oracle Database 11g.  We hope you find these success stories helpful in learning how Oracle can help you achieve your business and IT objectives.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 06 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews Oracle GoldenGate’s capabilities and how it can be used to achieve zero downtime migration and consolidation to Oracle Exadata.

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this detailed paper to explore some of the new features of the upcoming SQL Server 2012 release, including  high availability and disaster recovery, that will provide your organization with mission critical confidence, breakthrough insight, and moving to the cloud on your terms.

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 | Published: 24 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Optimizing SQL Server performance can be a daunting task, especially for an increasing number of reluctant DBAs faced with managing their organization’s SQL Server databases, despite little training. This white paper provides a high-level overview of core SQL Server performance concepts and an overview of essential SQL Server performance tools.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This brief paper highlights how Vertica Analytics Platform has the ability to process massive amounts of data at record speeds and process information for quick access to business intelligence (BI).

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores and refutes the common myths of data management in SIEM/logging, the key challenges and requirements for an effective solution, and how the uniqueness of McAfee EDB satisfies these requirements.

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 | Published: 23 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Businesses today increasingly need to leverage a unified database platform to enable the deployment and consolidation of all applications onto one common infrastructure. Read on to learn the benefits of incorporating Oracle's Exadata based Database Machine into the IT infrastructure.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 20 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Oracle In-Memory Database Cache significantly reduces response time, while improving overall application throughput, by bringing data closer to the application, and by processing queries in an in-memory database.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 25 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to get an overview of the Oracle Database family of products and learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 25 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This reference contains a sampling of real business results that organizations in a variety of industries have achieved by implementing Oracle Exadata. Learn how you can use Oracle Exadata to reduce IT costs through consolidation, manage more data on multiple compression tiers, improve the performance of all applications and much more.

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 18 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Download this white paper to learn about the market-leading e-Commerce solution and how improved performance can lead to increased conversion rates and higher revenue.

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers a four-step approach to overcoming the key challenges of an Oracle E-Business Suite R12 upgrade. According to 152 surveyed IT managers, the top issues they'd like to see addressed are: cost and effort estimation, cost justification and impact analysis.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to shed excess code and redundant customizations for faster and more efficient Oracle E-Business Suite upgrades.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: DataDirect Connect is the industry leader when it comes to high-performance, scalable and reliable data access. Read this white paper now to learn more about DataDirect Connect and its multitude of features.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to gain a detailed understanding of how Cisco and Oracle have collaborated to deliver integrated, enterprise-class NoSQL solutions that offer exceptional agility, availability, scalability and manageability. Learn how it provides the infrastructure for the quick deployment of scalable and effective big-data solutions.

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 | Published: 28 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This report compares the costs and compression, automation, workload management, and optimization capabilities of DB2 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition (AESE) versus Oracle Database 11g. It also emphasizes the importance of performance management tooling as a means of lowering total cost of ownership (TCO).

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn more about how to improve your IT investments for better business.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This research report details the most recent versions and developments surrounding Sybase IQ and offers key findings for which prospective users should be aware. It also delves into the details of its latest release, version 15.4, including its architecture, query performance, indexes, in-database analytics and more.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper challenges the x86 processor trend, demonstrating that modern mainframe technology represents a scale-up option to the current racks filled with blades. It looks at the way organizations can benefit in terms of improved agility, increased reliability and cost savings by consolidating Oracle databases onto IBM’s zEnterprise.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Existing approaches to data management prevent many businesses from harnessing the value of the huge volumes of data generated by today's Web-oriented, virtualized, real-time applications. Read this paper to learn how to meet increasing demands for immediate information with the modern data management products of the VMware vFabric platform.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the obstacles of enterprise data modeling.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the information security and compliance issues associated with Microsoft SQL Server database systems. Whether you’re a CSO, IT manager, internal auditor or database administrator, you'll learn about the database security threat, how compliance fits into the overall scheme and what you should do to minimize your risks.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, learn why the database layer is so important to the software selection of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Also compare Oracle database to SQL Server databases.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012