Database Administration Reports

WEBCAST: In this 40 minute webcast, listen to Oracle's Marie-Anne Neimat introduce the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database. Learn why people use in-memory database (it's all about low latency) and how this technology can accelerate existing Oracle Database applications as well as new applications.

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 | Premiered: Nov 4, 2010

IT BRIEFING: IT needs tools that deliver real-time information that informs the interactions of people, processes and applications throughout the enterprise. In this IT Briefing, Intel and IBM systems experts Mitch Shults, Jim Lawrie, and Paul Awad discuss analytical and transactional solutions that drive faster and smarter business decisions.

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 | Published: 27 Oct 2010

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: 22 Oct 2010 | Published: 28 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white-paper provides an overview of Oracle Database 11g's capabilities for data warehousing, and discuses its key features and technologies. Discover how to integrate information, perform fast queries, scale to very large data volumes, and more.

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

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

EGUIDE: Read this e-guide and learn more about key considerations, best practices and strategies for managing Oracle database growth. Get expert advice for scaling Oracle databases using clustering or other approaches.

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 | Published: 14 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This guide provides best practice guidelines for deploying Oracle databases on VMware vSphere, including best practice tips for storage, networking and performance.

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 14 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Is your company spending too much on Oracle database management licensing and maintenance solutions? Discover a way your organization can save money on database management and licensing. Read this Gartner report, compliments of Quest Software, today.

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 | Published: 12 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Exadata Smart Flash Cache is the fundamental technology of the Sun Oracle Database Machine Full Rack that enables the processing of up to 1 million random I/O operations per second (IOPS), and the scanning of data within Exadata storage at up to 50 GB/second. Read this paper for more.

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 | Published: 30 Oct 2009

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

WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on configuring Oracle GoldenGate to run on Sun Oracle Database Machine. Sun Oracle Database Machine can act as the source database, as the target database, or in some cases as both source and target databases for GoldenGate processing.

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: One of the key operational aspects of deploying a Sun Oracle Database Machine is to ensure that database backups are performed and restoration of the Oracle Database is possible if disaster strikes. This paper describes the best practices for setting up the optimal backup and recovery strategy to protect your mission-critical data.

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection.

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

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: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 25 Jul 2009

EZINE: Volume 3 of the SQL Server Insider E-zine offers tips for the SQL Server pro. This volume covers the following topics: "Are We There Yet? The Slow Road to SQL Azure," "Finding Your BI Niche in the Cloud," and "The Three Sides of DACPAC with SQL Server 2008 R2."

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 03 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Toad for Oracle v10.5 adds new features and enhances many existing ones. These changes are designed to save you time, increase accuracy and give you better visibility of your work environment - whether you’re a developer working in an unfamiliar database or maintaining legacy code, or a DBA trying to manage multiple databases.

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 | Published: 20 Jul 2010

VIDEO: Watch this brief video for an informative explanation of how Oracle Active Data Guard makes better use of the standby database to complement the functionality of the production database and significantly increase software and hardware return on investment.

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2010

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

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

WEBCAST: In-memory database technology is emerging as a key means of boosting performance in mainstream IT applications. Carl Olofson from IDC discusses how an in-memory database strategy can provide better high speed, high volume data management for your applications. ASE's new In-memory Databases Option is also described. Watch this webcast to learn more.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Premiered: Jun 15, 2010

ANALYST REPORT: This paper discusses the growing need for high-performance database management, without disrupting applications and the operations of the datacenter. It discusses issues of performance versus durability and how an in-memory database strategy can be used to provide better high-speed, high-volume data management without sacrificing data integrity.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jun 2010

INFORMATION CENTER: If you're a DBA or database developer working with Oracle or another relational database management system, learn how easy it is to get trained and certified for IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Expand your skills portfolio, or extend your DBMS vendor support to include DB2.  Download this e-kit and learn more!

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jun 2010

CASE STUDY: Read this paper to learn how AT&T utilized Informatica Data Archive to bring its database growth under control and improve application performance by reducing the amount of total storage required as well as trimming the amount of time required to load and back up its application data sets.

Posted: 28 May 2010 | Published: 28 May 2010

EZINE: When proposing an upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 to management, you need to focus more on ROI than its cool, new features. In the second volume of the SQL Server Insider e-zine, you’ll learn how to draft a presentation that will wow the higher ups and convince them that migrating to SQL Server 2008 R2 is worth it.

Posted: 27 May 2010 | Published: 27 May 2010

EBOOK: In this e-book, readers can View a technical comparison of four servers capable of running Oracle 11g and determine Which edition of Oracle 11g best fits their needs. Additionally, expert advice is given on in-place upgrade vs. a migration upgrade.

Posted: 21 May 2010 | Published: 21 May 2010