Database Architectures

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: If you're a small or mid-sized business thinking about virtualization, particularly in the world of Microsoft, it makes sense to upgrade your database servers as well. This article explains why to upgrade and provides several examples of companies that have successfully made the move.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: Read this E-Guide and discover the benefits of IT and Oracle DBA certifications. No matter what your role in IT, this E-Guide will help you learn to keep an eye on the industry trends and the processes used for certification.

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009

DATA SHEET: This data sheet gives a brief overview of the Postgres Plus training classes for developers by EnterpriseDB. Read this data sheet to learn how these training classes can improve your Postgres knowledge and enhance your professional growth.

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009

EGUIDE: This guide will walk you through evaluating EnterpriseDB's products, Postgres Plus Standard Server and Postgres Plus Advanced Server, to help you decide which product is right for you. This evaluation guide will also help with installation and testing and provide additional information on how to use the product.

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009

VIDEO: Watch this 10 minute video and discover what Oracle compatibility means for your business from a technical, and skills point of view. This video also offers multiple low risk strategies for using Postgres Plus Advanced Server to lower your Oracle costs and utilize the advantages of the most advanced open source database available.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper will help you understand the prospects that Postgres Plus RDBMS from EnterpriseDB and the JBoss Application Server from Red Hat can provide when used in combination.

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This article provides real-life cases of how the software industry is delivering breakthrough solutions as they tap into the Intel Xeon processor 5500’s full capabilities. Learn how smart software combined with smart hardware saves time, money, and energy.

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009

EGUIDE: In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchSystemsChannel.com and Dell, you will discover the critical role blade servers play in your customers' virtualization plans.

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Published: 21 Oct 2009

ANALYST REPORT: Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) represents a technology that is too significant to compromise or to try to blend into a more general product line. That is why IBM decided to boost investment in IDS development and promote it as a premier relational database management system (RDBMS) for high-volume transaction applications.

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009

EBOOK: Applications, services and processes continue to proliferate, and there is never enough staff on hand. Database Administrators have to find more ways to work smarter and not harder. This e-book highlights five tips to help DBAs build new levels of efficiency and productivity.

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009

EGUIDE: Growth of data on databases and applications can lead to failure to meet service levels which stems from the high TCO involved in maintaining, supporting, and planning for growth. Read this E-Guide and explore the advantages of having a clear data growth management strategy. Discover 6 key solutions for managing your data before it manages you.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews the common causes of application downtime and discusses Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture framework that provides clear and concise guidance on implementing best practices using Oracle's proven high availability technologies.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the latest partitioning techniques, enhanced scalability, and extended manageability capabilities available in Oracle Database 11g Release 2.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This Deployment Guide reviews the approach that Principled Technologies and Dell recommend for migrating databases from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: DBA's have always been faced with the difficult task of maintaining a successful database environment, but recently new trends have come along to further challenge them.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Database growth, long-term data retention regulations and storage requirements increase operational costs. Yet, archiving complex relational data poses many challenges. Optim Data Growth Solution provides proven technology and comprehensive capabilities that make archiving complex relational data practical and desirable.

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 | Published: 04 Sep 2009

ANALYST REPORT: Dell has teamed-up with Intel and Red Hat and developed a migration strategy to simplify the consolidation of the enterprise data center from an outdated, proprietary architecture to an easily managed open systems platforms. To learn about how easy it is to migrate from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Dell PowerEdge servers, please read on.

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Published: 02 Sep 2009

PODCAST: Come learn best practices for getting started with enterprise mashups and lowering application costs in this information-packed podcast.

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 28 Aug 2009

DATA SHEET: In this paper you will learn how EnterpriseDB can offer a Migration assessment that will give you a clear picture of the effort and cost savings involved in moving your oracle based data and application to a Postgres Plus Advanced Server platform.

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Making sure mission critical databases are highly availably (HA) is the main challenge of IT departments. This paper discusses the failover and redundancy capabilities of specific HA products that can be used in conjunction with PostgreSQL, Postgres Plus, and the Oracle compatible database Postgres Plus Advanced Server.

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how Bloor Research determined that Sybase 15 will provide substantially better performance at lower cost than traditional approaches for analytics, reporting, and data warehousing environments.

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 | Published: 13 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: This White Paper describes a number of real-life applications and databases interoperability scenarios and explains how an Open Source approach helps in solving interoperability challenges. Read this paper to learn more about successfully connecting new technology deployments with existing infrastructure.

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 | Published: 28 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document is intended for executives evaluating the use of a horizontally scalable grid for database application deployment, as well as project managers, system engineers, integration specialists, and other technical staff looking to design, implement, and tune database applications in a grid computing environment.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Read this overview to learn about the Dell Poweredge T610 Server. This server is a key data center building block for IT professionals seeking the highest level of performance, availability, and expandability in a 2-socket server.

Posted: 19 May 2009 | Published: 19 May 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: Database architects and administrators need to discover, document, and re-use data assets; reverse-engineer, analyze, and optimize existing databases; and design to comply with regulatory requirements and organizational standards.

Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 14 May 2009