Database Management

PODCAST: In this podcast featuring expert Adrian Lane, learn how to improve database security quickly. Get tips on key points such as conducting a data inventory, developing a security plan, creating an audit trail and prioritizing risks.

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 | Premiered: 03 Dec 2009

VIDEO: This video provides clear and actionable steps to protect an enterprise database and the data that it stores. Featuring Adrian Lane and Rich Mogull, specific points of emphasis include preventative controls, detection controls, and a data security life-cycle overview.

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 | Premiered: 03 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Download this study to gain insight into how increased flexibility within the report creation process, reduced IT operational cost and improved end user productivity by empowering the creation of custom data analyses resulted in economic benefits enterprise wide.

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 | Published: 03 Dec 2009

WEBCAST: Protecting SharePoint via traditional methods can be difficult because of its complex implementation architecture, the SharePoint application server and the back-end SQL database server. Attend this webinar to learn about a simplified, cost-effective approach to SharePoint high availability using Marathon's everRun high availability software.

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Premieres: 01 Dec 2009

ANALYST BRIEF: This ESG Research Brief analyzes the current state of database security and categorizes databases as a “dangerous and growing security gap”. Read this brief which offers steps to improve database security across the enterprise.

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 | Published: 30 Nov 2009

PRODUCT DEMO: Download this demo to learn how you can proactively monitor performance of data and voice networks, physical and virtual systems, environmentals, databases and client/server applications across IT, all from one interface, before your business is negatively impacted.

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 | Published: 23 Nov 2009

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: It isn't always easy to know when to upgrade to the latest hardware or software release. In the case of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, there are many compelling reasons to make the move, including: Enhanced business intelligence; improved business continuity features; better performance and better management capabilities.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: The ever present demand to maximise the value delivered by business-critical applications requires that we optimise the use of all the resources that execute and manage them. BMC Software is one of the major vendors offering such support and has a highly regarded set of solutions collectively called BMC SQL Performance for DB2.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: With Microsoft SQL Server 2008, small and mid-sized businesses have a variety of options for creating state-ofthe art strategies for ensuring high availability and disaster recovery for their databases. This article explains why upgrading to SQL Server 2008 may help IT sleep better at night.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how innovative management solutions from CA add comprehensive support for Amazon EC2 with real-time automation, application performance, service, and database management.

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

WHITE PAPER: Solaris™ Cluster provides Solaris Zone Clusters (also called Solaris Containers Clusters), which provide virtual clusters and support the consolidation of multiple cluster applications onto a single cluster. Specifically, this article describes how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) can be deployed on a zone cluster.

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Double-Take Software provides organizations with a solution that offers distinct recovery and protection advantages over manual Microsoft SQL built-in replication capabilities: Double-Take Availability saves more data real-time and restores that data in a much faster manner.

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 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

EBOOK: Learn all about in-database technology in this E-book, designed to give you a complete overview of the technology and how it can be leveraged successfully. Read on to learn why more companies are choosing to leverage this new technology - and learn more about their ROI and business results.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the hardware and software components of Sun’s new reference architecture, Sun Systems for Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 with MySQL, studies the scalability of the architecture, and includes step-by-step directions for setup and configuration.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This quick start guide shows how to configure the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System and hosts on the Solaris™ Operating System for Oracle RAC infrastructure deployment.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009

EBOOK: In this E-Book, data warehousing and BI expert Rick Sherman explains how you can take advantage of BI trends to ensure that you get the right information to the right people at the right times, so they can make the best possible decisions.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: In planning storage solutions for Oracle database applications, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems offer a range of performance and scalability options, and can be configured to meet specific application requirements for capacity, performance, and reliability.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: Databases are an important part of a company’s infrastructure, but they also tend to be rich with attack vectors to exploit. This webcast explores the many potential PostgreSQL external vulnerabilities and then shows how those vulnerabilities can be secured. Watch this webcast to learn how to protect one of your company’s most valued assets.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 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

TRIAL SOFTWARE: F5 Data Manager helps you understand your file storage environment. This trial version will perform an inventory of your environment and enable you to run detailed reports that analyze which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

PODCAST: In this podcast, learn how two leading data modeling tools compare and how utilizing advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing.

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 05 Nov 2009