Database Management

EGUIDE: SQL Server performance is highly dependent on how you configure your server's storage subsystems. With that in mind, this e-guide dives into a benefit/cost comparison of the increasingly popular solid-state drive (SSD) trend and explains some of the top mistakes people make when purchasing hardware for SQL Server.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Database-as-a-Service (DaaS) applications allow companies to host their databases in the cloud as a cost-effective way to manage their data. This brief white paper outlines CA Erwin Data Modeling's role in cloud computing, including its benefits.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: End-user requirements for reliable, high-performance applications have left SMBs searching for ways to further leverage their virtualized environments. Read this white paper to find out why SMBs are deploying Windows Server 2008 R2, why SMBs will move to Windows Server 8, and how best to configure your infrastructure to optimize this technology.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the obstacles of enterprise data modeling.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

RESEARCH CONTENT: In this research report, Wayne Eckerson, business intelligence (BI) visionary and thought leader, discusses techniques for elevating data to the status of a corporate asset.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This is an informative preview of the book, the first ever on data virtualization, that fills this information void with 10 in-depth case studies from data virtualization adopters across a range of industries.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Optimizing SQL Server performance can be a daunting task, especially for an increasing number of reluctant DBAs faced with managing their organization’s SQL Server databases, despite little training. This white paper provides a high-level overview of core SQL Server performance concepts and an overview of essential SQL Server performance tools.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn why the Oracle Database Appliance is ideal for customers who value simplicity and who seek to avoid the complexity, costs, and risks in deploying a highly available database solution.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the information security and compliance issues associated with Microsoft SQL Server database systems. Whether you’re a CSO, IT manager, internal auditor or database administrator, you'll learn about the database security threat, how compliance fits into the overall scheme and what you should do to minimize your risks.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper by Dr. Barry Devlin, renowned business intelligence (BI) expert and founder of 9sight Consulting, discusses the new free-form search techniques that business users are now taking advantage of for more valuable business insight.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the fundamentals of traditional business intelligence (BI) platforms and why traditional BI no longer works with today's market. It then details how BI platforms have changed to become more agile and lightweight. Read on to further your understanding of BI and what the main debate is with traditional versus agile BI.

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 | Published: 27 Jan 2012

VIDEOCAST: What this videocast for information about one of Oracle's newest products - Oracle Database Appliance. It's designed to promote ease of use for small to mid-sized businesses as well as large organizations with a focus on simplicity, reliability, and affordability.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 25 Jan 2012

VIDEO: This brief video provides an overview of the Oracle Database Appliance - a fully integrated, high availability database solution capable of supporting a wide range of in-house and packaged online transaction processing (OLTP) and data warehousing applications.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 25 Jan 2012

WEBCAST: Attend this webinar to learn about Forrester's Total Economic Impact (TEI) framework and how you can use it to identify high-ROI data integration solutions for your own organization. An overview of Forrester’s DMExpress analysis, with financial results and customer interview highlights, will also be presented.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Premieres: 25 Jan 2012

TRIAL SOFTWARE: Your Microsoft SQL Server databases keep growing, but your storage hardware – and budget – aren’t. Check out this free trial download of powerful, easy to use backup and recovery software that gets the maximum from your current hardware – and does it all under budget.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: To run secure, compressed, blazing-fast backups, you need the right tool – and that’s LiteSpeed for SQL Server. In this new technical brief, discover six LiteSpeed features every DBA should know, and how LiteSpeed for SQL Server can make every DBA’s job easier. Read it today.

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 | Published: 16 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this case study, read about Microsoft’s Enterprise Application Services Group, and how they turned to LiteSpeed for backups that run four times faster while increasing performance. Then, see how LiteSpeed reduced the size of their SAP database backups, allowing them to leverage their current storage hardware. Read this case study today.

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 | Published: 16 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, learn why the database layer is so important to the software selection of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Also compare Oracle database to SQL Server databases.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this technology overview of a DBMS built for SMBs that provides a rapidly-deployable, highly-available platform at an affordable cost.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Learn more about why the Oracle Database Appliance is an ideal database system for customers who value simplicity and who seek to lower the costs and the risks of deploying a highly available database solution.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this research report to discover the results of comparison testing between two database management systems - Oracle Database Appliance and Microsoft SQL Server - in terms of the productivity and cost-efficiency differences.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, find out how to optimize SQL Server with the right choices for hardware, storage devices, and virtualization. Inside, find articles on: what not to do when purchasing hardware; if solid-state storage devices are worth the cost; hardware and risk considerations for an inevitable virtualization initiative.

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: This solution brief recommends an integrated server, storage, and database architecture that can help you deploy and scale big data infrastructure so you can realize valuable business insights as quickly as possible.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: IT change and release volume is rising rapidly, driven by agile development, virtualization, cloud, and globalization. Access this resource to learn how automated change and release management tools can transform change management from a reactive, manual, resource- and time-intensive process to a proactive, streamlined, highly-automated process.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

CASE STUDY: This case study details how Webank utilized HP's Global Method for Business Intelligence Implementation to replace its old data warehousing system with a more advanced platform and saw huge business benefits.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012