Database Administration

EZINE: Are you going to upgrade to SQL Server 2012? This edition of SQL Server Insider sets out to help you decide whether the investment is worth it or not. Read this edition to learn if several IT pros are going to upgrade and why, how this release will affect the database marketplace and pros and cons of actually upgrading.

Posted: 25 May 2012 | Published: 25 May 2012

CASE STUDY: Before you can get started with your private cloud project, you must first virtualize and consolidate your application environment. This case study discusses how one company navigated the virtualization and cloud processes and describes the architecture that assisted them in the process.

Posted: 24 May 2012 | Published: 24 May 2012

WEBCAST: Find out on May 31st at 12:30 p.m. EDT how to leverage native PL/SQL support and the SQL compatibility features of the all new IBM DB2 10. The IBM architect for these highly successful features will present the current set of capabilities and recent enhancements. There also will be code level customer examples, customer results and more.

Posted: 24 May 2012 | Premieres: 24 May 2012

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: 24 May 2012 | Published: 24 May 2012

WEBCAST: Oracle customers, TransUnion, CMC Markets, Diamond Resorts International and National Marrow Donor Program, discuss defense-in-depth database security with data encryption, privileged user access control, data masking, and consolidated auditing and reporting.

Posted: 24 May 2012 | Premiered: 24 May 2012

CASE STUDY: Over the last several decades, database management systems have become an integral part of every corporate IT landscape. This database manageability and productivity cost comparison study provides IT decision makers with factual information to address these challenges.

Posted: 24 May 2012 | Published: 24 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: SQL Server database consolidation provides decreased costs and lessens the amount of hardware you need to store data. But those aren’t the only benefits. Read this brief white paper to learn about a consolidation strategy that is easy to deploy and use and provides a highly-available and dynamic environment for  data storage.

Posted: 23 May 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012

ANALYST REPORT: As today’s databases continue to grow in size, complexity and importance, organizations struggle to find the most appropriate strategy to keep them secure. In this Gartner report, uncover the essential controls and best practices for adequately protecting data bases and enterprise data.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 22 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This document focuses on key Oracle Database 11g capabilities that help IT departments better optimize their storage infrastructure, enabling administrators to deliver a cost effective, scalable information management platform that is easy to manage, and that continues to deliver the performance and availability that today's businesses require.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 22 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper provides Exadata Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) insight for rapid deployment and efficient operation of Exadata Database Machine, focusing on the areas of: Exadata MAA Architecture, initial deployment, post-deployment Exadata MAA configuration, and Exadata MAA operational best practices.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Published: 22 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Oracle Corporation streamlines several business critical applications and enhances mission critical global single instance (GSI) database and enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment while lowering TCO and increasing performance.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an overview of Oracle Optimized Solution for WebCenter Content on SPARC SuperCluster. From the industry-leading WebCenter Portal software, to pervasive content management in Oracle WebCenter Content, Oracle WebCenter Suite provides the extensive functionality enterprises need to manage the flow of information.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides recommendations and best practices for optimizing virtualization infrastructures when deploying the Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure. It covers deployment of software, hardware, storage, and network components.

Posted: 16 May 2012 | Published: 16 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Top five reasons why customers deploy Microsoft SQL Server on EMC VNX Unified Storage.

Posted: 14 May 2012 | Published: 14 May 2012

EGUIDE: Hypothetically, SQL Server virtualization will save you money and manpower. However, there are some risky components involved, and a few major scenarios in which SQL Server virtualization won't benefit you. Read this expert e-guide to learn if virtualizing SQL Server is a good idea for your organization and find tips on avoiding potential pitfalls.

Posted: 11 May 2012 | Published: 11 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Having trouble managing database backups in today's infrastructure? Read this white paper today for a potential solution.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 09 May 2012

EGUIDE: Read this expert article to learn what skills are needed to manage Exadata and how many employees it really takes to oversee the database package.

Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012

EGUIDE: In this expert article, learn how much Oracle Database Appliance really costs, what “software sold separately” means, and get an overview of the system's capabilities

Posted: 07 May 2012 | Published: 07 May 2012

CASE STUDY: This executive brief highlights the data management challenges of a California-based organization faced and illustrates how their chosen solution resulted in cost savings and in better overall use of IT resources – an exceeded all expectations.

Posted: 07 May 2012 | Published: 07 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Maintaining proper control over your mainframe infrastructure can be a time-consuming task for IT professionals. This research report discusses new management capabilities you can leverage immediately to streamline this essential process so you can allocate your time to other important projects.

Posted: 02 May 2012 | Published: 02 May 2012

EGUIDE: DBAs are tasked with trying to supercharge the performance of their databases while minimizing extra costs. This expert e-guide from SearchOracle.com explains in-depth the required software and hardware that can eventually determine database performance. Also gain a holistic approach to infrastructure and database improvements.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

TEST RESULTS: This white paper quantifies the benefits of leveraging virtualization to consolidate your database servers. Discover savings you can expect in hardware, maintenance, power, and cooling costs with this recommended architecture.

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the unique requirements of OLTP workloads. Learn about a recommended hardware architecture and its key components that make it well suited for SQL environments.

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this presentation transcript now and learn about these advances that are possible by combining the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family with IBM DB2 10 for Linux, Unix and Windows.

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn the pros and cons of NoSQL database technology as it compares to relational database management systems (RDBMSs) in certain use cases.

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 | Published: 24 Apr 2012