Database Server Software Reports

WHITE PAPER: Review this cost comparison study of Oracle Database 11g R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and uncover which technology came out on top. Find out which solution offered a 49% higher time savings, 46% more in complexity savings, and whose time savings amounted to saving $58,800 per year per database administrator.

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: Does a SQL Server database server virtualization initiative make sense for your growing business? Read this report to learn how virtualization impacted data center performance and total cost of ownership (TCO) in a test environment.

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: EMC Global Services’ Virtualizing Microsoft Applications Solution with VMware virtualization technology enables you to optimize your existing infrastructure and reduces the need to invest in additional hardware.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012

EZINE: New products and trends in the technology industry change and evolve almost as quickly as the technology itself. In particular, SQL Server is a rapidly evolving market. This editorial e-zine features industry insight from leading companies and experts on the latest SQL Server trends.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

EGUIDE: Read this expert e-guide to learn how SQL Server consolidation can help you cut costs and increase efficiency. Discover why many companies are choosing to consolidate several databases on different physical servers into a single SQL Server and the metrics you must consider before doing so.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines how the versatile design of the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 along with powerful, bundled virtualization capabilities makes it an ideal platform for  consolidating  enterprise servers and workloads and  deploying multi-tiered applications with Web, database, and application components.

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

EBOOK: Discover the benefits of Oracle's new SPARC T4 servers and how they deliver world record performance for a wide range of enterprise applications, and offer enhanced reliability and security, improved virtualization tools, and reduced costs. View this e-book packed with valuable information, customer success stories, and a 3D demo.

Posted: 11 Apr 2012 | Published: 11 Apr 2012

EGUIDE: This e-guide focuses on the impact of infrastructure on database performance.

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 | Published: 28 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to gain a detailed understanding of how Cisco and Oracle have collaborated to deliver integrated, enterprise-class NoSQL solutions that offer exceptional agility, availability, scalability and manageability. Learn how it provides the infrastructure for the quick deployment of scalable and effective big-data solutions.

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 | Published: 28 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This report compares the costs and compression, automation, workload management, and optimization capabilities of DB2 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition (AESE) versus Oracle Database 11g. It also emphasizes the importance of performance management tooling as a means of lowering total cost of ownership (TCO).

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper challenges the x86 processor trend, demonstrating that modern mainframe technology represents a scale-up option to the current racks filled with blades. It looks at the way organizations can benefit in terms of improved agility, increased reliability and cost savings by consolidating Oracle databases onto IBM’s zEnterprise.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

EBOOK: With support for IBM DB2 for z/OS Version 8 retiring in April 2012, customers will have the option to skip a level and upgrade straight to DB2 10. This e-book is designed to help customers decide whether they are a good candidate to make this leap and provides best practices for planning an effective migration strategy.

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: Read this white paper to discover product features and expert advice on whether to upgrade to the newest versions of SQL Server: 2008 R2 and Denali.

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Existing approaches to data management prevent many businesses from harnessing the value of the huge volumes of data generated by today's Web-oriented, virtualized, real-time applications. Read this paper to learn how to meet increasing demands for immediate information with the modern data management products of the VMware vFabric platform.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

EBOOK: An eBook that helps selects the right data warehouse platform for your organization and  furthers understanding in-database analytics technology.

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 | Published: 31 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This study compares the performance and efficiency of several system configurations to determine which configuration is best for processing transactions.

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

VIDEO: This session provides best practice and solution guidelines to successfully architect and deploy Oracle databases on the EMC and VMware platform.

Posted: 10 May 2011 | Premiered: 10 May 2011

CASE STUDY: Salesforce.com is the leader in enterprise cloud computing services, enabling organizations to manage every part of the customer relationship without having to maintain expensive, in-house applications. Read this case study to learn how Saleforce.com made room for new service and customer growth with Dell's PowerEdge servers.

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

VIDEO: This will demonstrate how the DB2 9.7 SQL Compatibility feature makes it easy to migrate from Oracle to DB2. 

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 | Premiered: 31 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Designed for organizations that run online transaction processing (OLTP) applications on distributed systems, IBM® DB2® pureScale™ offers clustering technology that helps deliver high availability and exceptional scalability transparent to applications.

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 | Published: 30 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of the current data quality problem and describes how IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server for IBM System z® can become your foundation for data qualitty and make a big difference in helping you derive more value from the complex, heterogeneous information spread across your systems. 

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

EBOOK: This guide serves to show you how DBAs can solve some of the complex challenges associated with your changing databases, while optimizing database operations and ensuring business continuity.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

VIDEO: An overview of DB2 pureScale and its benefits.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Premiered: 18 Mar 2011

VIDEO: DB2 automates many routine database administration tasks like database configuration, storage allocation, and memory management. Self-optimizing features automatically react to changes in workloads to adjust memory and optimize system performance. Watch this flash demo to learn why some are referring to DB2 as smarter database software.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Premiered: 18 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how the synergy of DB2 and Power Systems can help businesses simplify deployment of Web applications, achieve cost-effective large-scale processing, construct a large-capacity messaging backbone and consolidate workloads-- all accelerating your time to value

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011