Database Administration Reports

EGUIDE: This e-guide from SearchCIO.com takes a look at one organization's quest to find the right database appliance that suited their needs. Read now for an in-depth analysis of current database appliance offerings, as well as relevant considerations for database security.

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this presentation transcript to learn how an analytic offload from the warehouse onto an analytical platform can extend the life of your existing data warehouse by up to two years and result in accelerated analytic performance, improved price performance, reduction in database administration and lower storage requirements.

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 | Published: 13 Dec 2012

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, IT analyst Tony Iams, SVP, Ideas International, delves deeper into the scale up vs. scale out debate. Learn about the growing popularity of scaling out options, such as massively parallel processing (MPP) and distributed computing approaches.

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 | Published: 11 Dec 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Meeting the demands for instant access to business data is something most of IT today struggles with. Read this transcript to discover how one company overcame this challenge with an analytical database capable of analyzing large data sets and learn how it simplified their database admin and provided the real-time data access they needed.

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 | Published: 28 Nov 2012

EBOOK: Database management is a growing challenge for most businesses today as data volumes continue to increase and business requirements evolve. This e-book provides database professionals with advice on how to examine and improve their database strategies and offer tips on how to ensure their strategies can adapt to accommodate business needs.

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines Oracle's approach to overpricing one part of a database solution to compensate for another part, leading to a much higher total cost of ownership (TCO). Read this now to learn more about the evolution of TCO, Oracle's pricing strategy, IBM's pricing strategy and so much more.

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 | Published: 21 Sep 2011

DATA SHEET: Access this cheat sheet to find step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring Oracle Solaris 11.

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 | Published: 24 Jul 2012

WEBCAST: Business processes and their effectiveness are what differentiate your company from your competitors. If you can successfully manage your processes you are able to increase efficiency, improve customer service, and deliver new products faster. Watch this webcast to learn how to put your best foot forward when it comes to BPM.

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 | Premiered: Jul 17, 2012

WEBCAST: Watch this webcast to learn how Oracle Exadata provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction processing applications (OLTP) by making workloads faster, easier to manage, and less expensive.

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 | Premiered: Jul 23, 2012

WEBCAST: Did you know that by utilizing a single data integration platform that you can support heterogeneous systems across your enterprise, while cutting operational costs and improving data quality? Watch this webcast to learn how the Oracle Data Integration and Big Data platforms provide all of your infrastructure components in a single unit.

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 | Premiered: Jul 23, 2012

WHITE PAPER: This IDC report helps you make a case for upgrading to Oracle Database 11g and vouches for its smooth and seamless implementation. Read more inside to learn about the improved new features and how your organization could significantly benefit from them.

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes an integrated architecture that can help you maintain high application availability in the event of a database failure. Obtain an in-depth overview of this technology and tips for successful implementation here.

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 | Published: 05 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to save on IT resources while supporting new and existing business applications with Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC)'s high availability and scalability.

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 | Published: 30 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Review this informative analysis of Oracle Database 11g Advanced Compression. Find out how Oracle technology enabled one Fortune 500 company to save on storage costs, improve overall performance, reduce the size of disk consumption by 50% for structured data and 98% for unstructured data, and much more.

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: Even the most effective servers will eventually have to be replaced once they reach the end of their lifecycles. This white paper explores key factors to consider when evaluating new servers for your business and offers exclusive advice for executing a seamless Linux migration.

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

EBOOK: Your data is one of the most important assets your company has. Read this expert e-book to learn what your options are when it comes to improving the quality of data in Oracle databases and applications.

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 | Published: 26 Jun 2012

EGUIDE: Read this expert e-guide to learn why features supporting business intelligence and big data management— among other new capabilities— have industry experts declaring SQL Server 2012 Microsoft's strongest release to date. Also, find step-by-step guidance on how to test and update client applications for compatibility with SQL Server 2012.

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 | Published: 24 May 2012

EGUIDE: If SQL Server 2008 R2's self-service business intelligence (BI) features made the release appealing to business users, then the data quality, analysis, and master data management capabilities that give IT more control over self-service BI in SQL Server 2012 will make this latest release attractive to DBAs. Read this expert e-guide to learn more.

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 | Published: 24 May 2012

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: View this webpage to learn about the features of IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, including autonomics, storage optimization, SQL compatibility, XML support, virtualization, developer support, and more.

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 | Published: 07 Jun 2012

EGUIDE: When call tracking and recording software company, CallSource, wanted to boost its main production application’s performance, it looked to Oracle Database Appliance. Read this expert e-guide to discover the characteristics they looked at and why Oracle came out on top.

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

EBOOK: This e-book, penned by business intelligence expert Wayne Eckerson, will explain how big data -- the combination of Hadoop and analytical databases -- is transforming the business intelligence industry.

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers up a comprehensive comparison of the Oracle Exadata and IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance, helping you decide which is the better fit for your business. Read this now and learn how they stack up in terms of online transaction processing (OLTP), query performance, simplicity of operation, value and more.

Posted: 30 May 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WEBCAST: Oracle customers, TransUnion, CMC Markets, Diamond Resorts International and National Marrow Donor Program, discuss defense-in-depth database security with data encryption, privileged user access control, data masking, and consolidated auditing and reporting.

Posted: 24 May 2012 | Premiered: May 24, 2012

WHITE PAPER: Top five reasons why customers deploy Microsoft SQL Server on EMC VNX Unified Storage.

Posted: 14 May 2012 | Published: 14 May 2012

EGUIDE: Read this expert article to learn what skills are needed to manage Exadata and how many employees it really takes to oversee the database package.

Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012