Database Administration

WHITE PAPER: Consult this white paper to learn how to manage the increasing array of data sources. Find out how you can ensure that your valuable data is accurate and accessible. Explore the changes the mobile revolution is causing your enterprise and the values you need to establish to have successful BI by reading this resource now.

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 | Published: 26 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) of deploying MongoDB and Oracle, taking into account upfront and ongoing costs, including software, hardware and personnel.  Also included are two example scenarios- one smaller and one larger enterprise project.

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper examines how to scale MySQL databases beyond the capabilities of MySQL 5.6 to handle more users, more connections and more data without re-writing apps or re-architecting the database. Data distribution, sharding, read splitting and clustering are discussed to improve MySQL scalability, performance and database high-availability.

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 | Published: 25 Feb 2013

WEBCAST: Data growth is a major pain-point today, but did you know that a data archiving strategy can help mitigate this challenge? Watch this webcast to learn how higher-education institution Johns Hopkins was able to reduce the number of their business records, improve system performance, and cut costs by implementing a data archiving initiative.

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 | Premiered: Feb 8, 2013

VIDEO: In this edition of "Run Better," learn how multi-national electronics company, Lenovo, overcame these challenges. An early-adopter of SAP's Hana, Lenovo was able to leverage this in-memory database technology to successfully speed up their real-time decision making. Find out if Hana is a tool that will benefit your organization.

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 | Premiered: 21 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how to leverage predictive performance diagnostics to go beyond basic up/down monitoring and quickly address database issues and proactively manage SQL Server performance, troubleshoot issues in real time and historically, and drill into database health to quickly find the root cause of an issue and make corrections.

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This issue of Oracle ONE Magazine offers advice on ridding your organization of complex, outdated IT and explores how Oracle can make this modernization simple.

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about an integrated strategy for consolidating your Oracle databases and transitioning to a private cloud for your Oracle environment. Access the three key steps in preparing your infrastructure for private cloud deployment and tools to support your consolidation efforts.

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 | Published: 18 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover the benefits of a simplified IT architecture and how to build one while adhering to resource and budget constraints.

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 | Published: 19 Dec 2012

VIDEO: If you're running mission-critical applications and processes on inefficient infrastructure, you could be at risk for major disruptions. Although the idea of updating hardware seems daunting, it doesn't have to be. Watch this video to discover an optimization strategy that can help you cut costs while improving reliability and productivity.

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 | Premiered: 13 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper is written for BI technical professionals and provides an in-depth overview of the Oracle BI Foundation Suite functional capabilities and technical architecture.

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 | Published: 27 Jan 2011

RESOURCE: IT is being pressured to do more with less as budgets and resources continue to shrink, but databases are being pushed to the max as data volumes skyrocket and data varieties evolve. In this interactive resource discover how Oracle Database 11g can help lower storage costs and reduce backup time. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 | Published: 05 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: Download this paper to discover how Oracle Database 11g Release 2's new options and features can help you reduce server and storage costs, improve query performance, and ensure availability during database application upgrades. Read on to discover how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with this database platform.

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 | Published: 30 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: Review this IDC report to get an in-depth look at the SAP-Sybase merger and the benefits this collaboration has brought both organizations. Also, gain insight on SAP HANA and where SAP is taking the innovative platform and discover what the analysts predict the future holds for SAP technologies.

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 | Published: 01 Nov 2012

CASE STUDY: Database management is becoming increasingly difficult as legacy architecture struggles to support growing data volumes. In this case study, find out how CallSource, a call tracking and recording software vendor, overcame their database performance and management challenges by implementing Oracle Database Appliance.

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 | Published: 30 Oct 2012

CASE STUDY: Review this case study and learn how Oracle Database 11g enabled British Telecommunications (BT) to alleviate its database infrastructure management challenges. Find out how leveraging Oracle helped BT reduce their server sprawl, deploy databases faster, and operate with 20% fewer DBAs.

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 | Published: 30 Oct 2012

VIDEOCAST: Watch this video to learn how CallSource solved its data management and infrastructure dilemmas by implementing an affordable database appliance solution that is easy to deploy, manage, support, and scale with the flow of business demands.

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 | Premiered: Oct 30, 2012

EGUIDE: Inside this expert resource, examine how the largest online classified ad site, Craigslist, and Cornell researchers at Cern are leveraging NoSQL database management systems to gain unified access to data from a slew of sources.Find out how NoSQL can ease your big data struggles, including challenges surrounding complex data archiving.

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 | Published: 27 Feb 2013

EGUIDE: In this SearchOracle.com expert e-guide, read a Q&A that dives into the topics covered at the annual summit held this January by the business intelligence (BI) special interest group within the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), including  advanced Oracle analytics, connectors to Hadoop, the R statistical programming language, and big data.

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 | Published: 10 Jan 2013

WEBCAST: Watch this video to find out why Toad for Oracle is the best solution for database professionals. Find out more about how it combines the functionality available with specialized editions built for a job function. It also offers accured code development and a simpler approach to administration.

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 | Premiered: Jan 7, 2013

WHITE PAPER: With the myriad of available database options, choosing the one that best supports your business-critical applications can be challenging – but it doesn't have to be. This exclusive resource examines three top database offerings -- Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server -- to determine which is best suited for SAP users.

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 | Published: 27 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: This e-guide from SearchCIO.com takes a look at one organization's quest to find the right database appliance that suited their needs. Read now for an in-depth analysis of current database appliance offerings, as well as relevant considerations for database security.

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this presentation transcript to learn how an analytic offload from the warehouse onto an analytical platform can extend the life of your existing data warehouse by up to two years and result in accelerated analytic performance, improved price performance, reduction in database administration and lower storage requirements.

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 | Published: 13 Dec 2012

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, IT analyst Tony Iams, SVP, Ideas International, delves deeper into the scale up vs. scale out debate. Learn about the growing popularity of scaling out options, such as massively parallel processing (MPP) and distributed computing approaches.

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 | Published: 11 Dec 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Meeting the demands for instant access to business data is something most of IT today struggles with. Read this transcript to discover how one company overcame this challenge with an analytical database capable of analyzing large data sets and learn how it simplified their database admin and provided the real-time data access they needed.

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 | Published: 28 Nov 2012