Database Performance Management

PRODUCT DEMO: This quick demo gives you a great overview of the look and feel of BSD Group’s Oracle Extension for Rational Performance Tester, its features, and its capabilities. This plug-in will help you capture, record and playback transactions using Oracle NCA technology. View the demo now to learn more about increasing application visibility during testing.

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Alinean, a leader in IT value measurement, teamed up with HP and Novell to assess the financial merits of moving from a legacy Sun Solaris and SPARC environment to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) running on HP ProLiant DL 785 G6 x86 Servers versus upgrading to SUN Solaris 10 running on Sun SPARC T5440. Read this paper for the results.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 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: Infinite Cache™ from EnterpriseDB revolutionizes distributed cache management on commodity blade server hardware by substantially increasing the amount of memory available to hold data including entire databases with outstanding performance.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes a comprehensive set of best practices that allow mid-market enterprise SAP customers to appropriately configure and use HP management software to monitor, manage, and operate an SAP® environment.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Application grid brings the same type of efficiency, scalability, and quality of service to the application layer that database clusters brings to the database layer. With an application grid you get greater efficiency, exceptional agility, and superior quality of service. Download this free white paper now.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes ways in which organizations can use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to save time and money.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: A recent study conducted by the Edison Group, shows how Oracle Database extends the lead over IBM DB2 9.5 for database manageability. In the whitepaper, Edison reveals how Oracle Database saves 40% in time for day-to-day administrative functions and 43% in database management costs over IBM DB2 9.5.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: In August 2008, Microsoft Corporation commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises might realize by upgrading from SQL Server 2000 or 2005 to SQL Server 2008. Read the results here.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Because of the success of SQL Server in recent years, unintended consequences have developed. These include low levels of utilization, poor availability, and an enormous management burden inflicted on many IT departments. This paper describes a solution: HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server.

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: IT organizations are trying to support an increasing number of databases and database platforms. Meanwhile, database vendors are adding more features and updating their technology. DBAs must meet zero downtime requirements, and strict SLAs.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This free white paper details key steps for achieving a superior data management strategy—a ‘must have’ capability for applications to operate with extreme, predictable performance and scalability.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this whitepaper presented by the Edison Group, reveals how Oracle Database widens the manageability lead over Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The study shows how Oracle Database can save 43% in time and 41% in database management costs over Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

CASE STUDY: Read this case study and see how CareerBuilder turned to CDW to redefine a technology solution that could sustain the company's growth, and give them a competitive advantage to propel their fast-growing job network and keep their clients happy.

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Watch this webcast to learn the latest demands for data movement and replication within the enterprise. Sybase will also feature the new release of Replication Server, designed to address the growing needs of guaranteed data movement, with unprecedented performance for real-time data delivery even within heterogeneous data environments.

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 03 Sep 2009

ANALYST REPORT: This report presents all the features and functionality of the Sybase Replication Server, such as support for real time, bi-directional movement of data, conflict resolution, optimized resource utilization, and heterogeneous data sources. Read this report to learn all the advantages that the Sybase Replication Server can have for your organization.

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 | Published: 03 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: With its new unified management and auditing tools, SQL Server 2008 makes it easier to manage multiple instances on fewer servers. And by hosting these instances on Dell PowerEdge Servers powered by multi-core processors, you can guarantee the best levels of availability, as well as ensure the best possible performance.

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Download this webcast learn how applications today are growing more and more complex with an increased risk of error and what you can do to prevent this.

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 28 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

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: Read this expert E-Guide to discover strategies and best practices essential for effective SQL Server consolidation and optimization. Gain insight into the common challenges associated with consolidation initiatives and learn how to maintain a high level of availability and performance in SQL Server virtual machines.

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 | Published: 21 Aug 2009

PRESENTATION: This paper compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) of both systems, and compares all the features of both systems to find out which one comes out on top. Read this paper to learn how Sybase IQ is considered to be a smarter way to deliver high-performance enterprise analytics without blowing your budget.

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 | Published: 13 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the data explosion phenomenon and why column-oriented database systems are able to provide the boost that is needed to gain the performance edge. The paper contrasts row-oriented systems with column-oriented systems, and then elaborates on the benefits of the columnar approach.

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 | Published: 06 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: How do Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database platforms compare on reliability, scalability and cost when run under enterprise software? Download this white paper for details.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 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

WHITE PAPER: Performance optimization is a key ingredient in the struggle to stretch an invested IT dollar to its absolute limit. Read this whitepaper to learn about the 3-step 'prevent, find, fix' approach to handling performance optimization problems at any stage of the development lifecycle.

Posted: 29 May 2009 | Published: 29 May 2009