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Microsoft SQL 11 “Denali”: What To Expect sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Are you ready to upgrade to Microsoft SQL 11? Access this exclusive resource to learn how Microsoft improves on SQL Server 2008, and check out the underlying themes emphasized in the new features in Microsoft SQL 11 and how they work. Posted: 29 Sep 2011 \| Published: 29 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Cloud Computing \| Database Management \| Databases \| SQL Server \| Structured Data \| Unstructured Data

Getting Started with Master Data Services sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the new Master Data Services feature. This enhancement allows an organization to create a Master Data Hub that provides a “single source of truth” for the enterprise’s numerous data entities and hierarchies. Posted: 24 Feb 2011 \| Published: 24 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Configuration Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Database Management \| Master Data Management \| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 \| SQL \| SQL Server

Restoring Data with Database Snapshots sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: In this paper you’ll learn how Snapshots use a copy-on-write operation that minimizes the drive space required for each snapshot. Unless there are changes in the original database, the snapshots will remain empty. Queries to the snapshot for unchanged records will automatically be redirected to the original database. Posted: 07 Jul 2010 \| Published: 06 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Database Architectures \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| SQL Server

Top Ten Things Every DBA Should Know About SQL Server sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Microsoft SQL Server has evolved over the years as a scalable, robust database management system and is now competing in the VLDB (Very Large Database) space with Oracle and IBM. This white paper outlines some of theimportant fundamentals of Microsoft SQL Server that every DBA should know. Posted: 17 Mar 2010 \| Published: 17 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Database Administrators \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| SQL \| SQL Server

VMware vSphere 4: The Most Efficient SQL Server Consolidation Platform sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn how to support your SQL Server instances and control your costs and administration requirements. Posted: 24 Aug 2011 \| Published: 24 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Database Management \| Databases \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| SQL \| SQL Server

Automating DBA Processes for Microsoft SQL Server sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: At a recent PASS Summit, SQL Server experts discussed best practices for automating database administration processes and activities. This Quest white paper highlights the discussion’s best parts Posted: 23 Jun 2011 \| Published: 22 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Database Administration \| Database Performance Management \| Database Performance Management Software \| SQL \| SQL Server

Improving Data Center Performance through Virtualization of SQL Server Databases sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Small and medium businesses need to support growth while wringing every ounce of value out of the investments they’ve already made. This paper looks at the benefits of virtualizing SQL Server databases, as well as how to get the most out of your virtual infrastructure. Posted: 16 Nov 2010 \| Published: 16 Nov 2010 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| SQL \| SQL Server

VMware vSphere 4: The Most Efficient SQL Server Consolidation Platform sponsored by VMware and Intel WHITE PAPER: Learn how to support your SQL Server instances and control your costs and administration requirements. Posted: 15 Oct 2010 \| Published: 14 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Database Administration \| Database Managers \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| SQL Server \| VMware \| VMware Server

Microsoft SQL Server and VMware Virtual Infrastructure sponsored by VMware and Intel WHITE PAPER: You can virtualize SQL Server successfully using VMware Infrastructure. The vast majority of SQL Server deployments are good candidates for virtualization and can benefit from improvements offered by a virtualized infrastructure—such as improved management, availability, and scalability—thus reducing overall TCO. Posted: 15 Oct 2010 \| Published: 14 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Best Practices \| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 \| Server Virtualization \| SQL Server \| VMware \| VMware ESX \| VMware Infrastructure 3

Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications on VMware vSphere sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Run your business-critical applications, including Exchange, SQL, SAP, and Oracle, on VMware vSphere with breakthrough performance and outstanding reliability. Posted: 14 Oct 2010 \| Published: 14 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Microsoft Exchange \| Oracle (Product) \| Private cloud computing \| SAP (Product) \| Server Virtualization \| SQL Server \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Performance Study on SharePoint Workloads in a SQL Server Environment sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on the SQL Server I/O subsystem and the role it plays in a SharePoint environment. The lessons learned in this paper will help IT Managers build more efficient and effective SharePoint environments on an SQL back-end. Posted: 08 Oct 2010 \| Published: 24 Aug 2010 TOPICS: Database Administration \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Database Server Software \| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 \| SharePoint \| SQL Server

A Low Cost Data Warehouse Using SQL Server 2008 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines different considerations for separating decision support systems (DSS) from Transaction Processing (OLTP) environments and touches upon technical procedures for achieving the same, as well as examines data warehouse solutions, different storage topologies, storage interface optimizations and much more. Posted: 08 Oct 2010 \| Published: 29 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Data Warehouse Architectures \| Data Warehouse Software \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management \| Decision Support Systems \| OLTP \| SQL Server

RedBook: Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide - Compatibility Made Easy sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: New IBM DB2 features make compatibility easy. In this guide, you’ll learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQLPlus, data movement tools, best practices and more—all designed to improve your ability to run applications on both DB2 and Oracle platforms Posted:* 01 Sep 2010 \| Published: 01 Sep 2010 TOPICS: Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Information Management \| Linux \| Oracle (Product) \| PL/I \| SQL \| SQL Server \| UNIX \| Windows

SQL Compatibility in DB2 9.7-- From triggers to object enhancements: A demonstration of the new PL/SQL compatibility features sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This article overviews the new PL/SQL compatibility features in IBM DB2 software version 9.7, making it easier to adopt and allowing you to take advantage of its autonomic and high-performance characteristics. Posted: 01 Sep 2010 \| Published: 01 Sep 2010 TOPICS: Developer 2000 \| PL/I \| Software Implementation \| Software Infrastructure \| SQL \| SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server in a VMware Environment on Dell PowerEdge R810 Servers and Dell EqualLogic Storage sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a description of the benefits and performance of the latest Dell™ PowerEdge™ R810 running Microsoft® SQL Server® in VMware® vSphere™ 4.0 Update 1 (U1) and EqualLogic™ PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays. Posted: 12 Jul 2010 \| Published: 23 Apr 2010 TOPICS: iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| SQL \| SQL Server \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management \| VMware

What You Need to Know About SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview 5 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a discussion of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) process, and the CTP5 incarnation specifically. This paper examines mission-critical features, enterprise management features, database data and programmability, and new business intelligence features. Posted: 12 Jul 2010 \| Published: 15 Jan 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Database Management \| Database Management Software \| Database Performance Management \| SQL \| SQL Server

Guide to Consolidating SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 Databases to SQL Server 2008 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for an informative guide to helping you consolidate your Microsoft® SQL Server® 2000 and SQL Server 2005 databases from multiple machines onto a single SQL Server 2008 server system. Posted: 12 Jul 2010 \| Published: 30 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 \| Server Appliances \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Software \| SQL \| SQL Server

Virtualize Microsoft SQL Server For Improved Performance With PowerEdge 11th Generation sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the benefits and performance of the latest Dell PowerEdge R810 running Microsoft SQL Server in VMware vSphere 4.0 Update 1 (U1) and EqualLogic PS6000XV iSCSI storage arrays. Posted: 12 Jul 2010 \| Published: 12 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Database Management \| iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| SQL \| SQL Server \| VMware \| VMware Server

SQL Server 2008 R2: Licensing Quick Reference Guide sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL WHITE PAPER: This Quick Reference Guide is for people who need to understand the basics of how Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is licensed and sold. This guide does not supersede or replace any of the legal documentation covering SQL Server use rights. Posted: 12 Jul 2010 \| Published: 12 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Licensing \| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 \| Microsoft Virtual Server \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization \| SQL \| SQL Server

How the Right Infrastructure Delivers Real SQL Database Virtualization Benefits sponsored by Dell, Microsoft and AMD WHITE PAPER: Consolidating and/or virtualizing SQL Server databases can improve data center efficiency and enable you to tackle database sprawl, achieve high availability, and boost agility. Beginning with the value 4 processor (4P) capabilities of the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform, the AMD/Dell/Microsoft combination can help produce substantial savings. Posted: 06 Jul 2010 \| Published: 06 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Database Management \| Multi-core Processors \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| SQL \| SQL Server \| Virtual Machine

How the Right Infrastructure Delivers Real SQL Database Virtualization Benefits sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL WHITE PAPER: Consolidating and/or virtualizing SQL Server databases can improve data center efficiency and enable you to tackle database sprawl, achieve high availability, and boost agility. Beginning with the value 4 processor (4P) capabilities of the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform, the AMD/Dell/Microsoft combination can help produce substantial savings. Posted: 25 Jun 2010 \| Published: 25 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Database Administration \| Database Management \| Databases \| Multi-core Processors \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| SQL Server \| Virtual Machine

Postgres Plus® Technical Evaluation Guide sponsored by EnterpriseDB Corporation WHITE PAPER: This guide outlines the common steps that people go through when they are interested in evaluating an open source database (e.g. one or both of the Postgres Plus products). This guide will also provide links to other documents/collateral that will help you accomplish each step. Read on to learn about these common steps in evaluation in more detail. Posted: 16 Jun 2010 \| Published: 15 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Database Administration \| Database Administrators \| Database Management \| Database Server Software \| Databases \| Open Source \| PostgreSQL \| Relational Database Management Software \| SQL \| SQL Server

Virtualizing Microsoft Applications with VMware vSphere on Dell Servers and Dell EqualLogic Storage sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Deploying VMware® vSphere™ 4 virtualization with 11th-generation Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers and Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage helps IT organizations confidently virtualize mission-critical Microsoft® applications and achieve outstanding performance, simplified management, and granular data protection. Posted: 13 May 2010 \| Published: 01 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| iSCSI SAN \| Operating System Virtualization \| Operating Systems \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| SQL Server \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Hardware \| VMware

Harness Enterprise Data with SQL Server® 2008 R2 and New Intel® Xeon® Processors sponsored by Intel WHITE PAPER: This paper describes game-changing innovations in SQL Server® 2008 R2, including self-service business intelligence (BI), server manageability, complex event processing (CEP), and Master Data Services. Posted: 10 May 2010 \| Published: 04 May 2010 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Management \| Master Data Management \| Multi-core Processors \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Server Management \| SQL Server

Total Data Quality Integration Toolkit (TDQ-IT) for Master Data Management … powered by the Microsoft SQL Server SSIS 2005/2008 sponsored by Melissa Data Corp WHITE PAPER: The Total Data Quality Integration Toolkit is an affordable, full-featured enterprise data integration platform and rich development environment for creating and managing data assets that can be leveraged specifically for MDM applications. TDQ-IT leverages SSIS to provide a flexible, effective solution for data quality and MDM initiatives. Posted: 20 Apr 2010 \| Published: 20 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Contact Management \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Profiling \| Data Quality \| Databases \| Master Data Management \| ROI \| SQL Server

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