DB2 Universal Database

CASE STUDY: Check out this case study to learn how beyond ease of use, a smaller physical footprint, and lower total cost of ownership – this health enterprise was able to reduce their backup window by 2 hours and achieve deduplication ratios of 24:1 on their data-dense, 13-terabyte Oracle database.

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

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: 12 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how by partitioning databases based on the lifecycles of the information and compressing historical data, IT departments can reduce their dependency on high-end storage, reduce their incremental storage costs, keep more data online for longer periods, and improve the performance of applications.

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 | Published: 08 Jun 2011

EZINE: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Bill Gates announcing the Trustworthy Computing initiative, and ask if it has made IT more secure. We look at what Oracle’s latest developments mean for its software users running rivals’ servers, and conclude our Buyer’s Guide to IT consumerisation. Download the issue now.

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012

WEBCAST: Content provided by Google. IT organizations are working to improve email security and add compliance and e-discovery capabilities. Spam and malware are bad and are getting worse, and the risk and potential costs associated with e-discovery are increasing. As a result, organizations need a better way to solve these problems.

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 | Premiered: 25 Aug 2011

RESOURCE CENTER: SQL Server 2008 R2 has been labeled a BI release because of its new features for business intelligence. In this interactive classroom, industry expert Don Jones explains the improvements made to existing SQL Server BI features like SSRS. Learn about the benefits of self-service BI and Master Data Services. Then take a quiz to test your knowledge.

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 | Published: 09 Sep 2010

PODCAST: Upgrading from VMware ESX and/or ESXi 3.x to vSphere 4 successfully involves careful planning. There are hardware, software and database requirements, as well as third-party software compatibility considerations. This podcast provides guidelines for planning a successful upgrade, and walks you through a proposed upgrade path step-by-step.

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 | Premiered: 23 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: While Agile development is designed to increase efficiency, it can also introduce risk as testing cycles get condensed and serious bugs can get overlooked. In this whitepaper, learn how Coverity can help you assure the quality, security and safety of your code in Agile or hybrid development environments.

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 28 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Reliability and availability, data protection, performance, and scalability are all essential characteristics of a database management system. This paper looks at each one of those characteristics in detail and offers an implementation guide for SMBs that require a highly reliable database environment.

Posted: 01 May 2010 | Published: 01 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: This is the first in an annual series of reports highlighting trends in the structural quality of business applications regarding characteristics such as robustness, performance, securit y, and changeability.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011