Database Administrators Reports

EGUIDE: In this SearchOracle.com expert e-guide, read a Q&A that dives into the topics covered at the annual summit held this January by the business intelligence (BI) special interest group within the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), including  advanced Oracle analytics, connectors to Hadoop, the R statistical programming language, and big data.

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 | Published: 10 Jan 2013

WEBCAST: Watch this video to find out why Toad for Oracle is the best solution for database professionals. Find out more about how it combines the functionality available with specialized editions built for a job function. It also offers accured code development and a simpler approach to administration.

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 | Premiered: Jan 7, 2013

WHITE PAPER: With the myriad of available database options, choosing the one that best supports your business-critical applications can be challenging – but it doesn't have to be. This exclusive resource examines three top database offerings -- Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server -- to determine which is best suited for SAP users.

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 | Published: 27 Sep 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Today's data warehouse architectures can be highly-complex, expensive to maintain and overburdened by the increasing demand for advanced analytical workloads. Review this presentation transcript to learn the importance of deploying database technology that can handle mixed, shifting, and high-concurrency workloads, and more.

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 | Published: 07 Dec 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Most IT pros know that legacy architecture falls short when it comes to big data, but few know how to optimize it without incurring huge costs. Review this transcript to learn about an innovative database that can give you back control of your data without raising costs.

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 | Published: 27 Sep 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

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: 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

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

WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers a four-step approach to overcoming the key challenges of an Oracle E-Business Suite R12 upgrade. According to 152 surveyed IT managers, the top issues they'd like to see addressed are: cost and effort estimation, cost justification and impact analysis.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 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

EGUIDE: Business intelligence (BI) has become more essential than ever before as organizations strive to stay one step ahead of competitors. Inside this expert resource, learn how IT leaders use emerging strategies for extracting meaningful information from growing stores of data with state-of-the-art BI systems.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: There are many different ways to manage batch jobs in Oracle depending on the technology. This  tip guide from our editoiral team will teach readers the best practices for approaching batch-job processing.

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 | Published: 28 Sep 2011

WEBCAST: Due to PL/SQL and a range of other compatibilty features, Oracle applications are much more easily enabled for DB2.  Use this short webcast to get level-set on terms.  Part of a series, this short webcast replay is an overview of DB2 terms and terminology for those most familiar with the Oracle environment.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Premiered: Aug 30, 2011

WHITE PAPER: Comparing DBA Productivity: An Oracle / DB2 Task Complexity Analysis - A must read, this study dives into six  common DBA administration task areas, showing quantitatively that DB2 offers simpler administration  and helps achieve time savings as compared to Oracle Database.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: IBM Migration Toolkit for DB2 - The IBM Migration Toolkit is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to migrate your data from a wide variety of source databases to either DB2 or Informix, regardless of platform. This website has many resources to get you started including a demo, articles and toolkit downloads.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Premiered: 30 Aug 2011

RESOURCE CENTER: Leverage the IBM DB2 product’s out-of-the-box support for SQL and PL/SQL to enable many Oracle applications to execute against DB2 software virtually unchanged. Get an overview of its PL/SQL compatibility features. Whether you want to switch to DB2 or extend your DBMS vendor support, now is your time.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

RESOURCE CENTER: Extend your skills to DB2 anytime - This new online workshop leverages existngPL/SQL and other database experience to DB2 in a way that is fast and easy.  Now with an online learning option, you can extend your professional skills an hour at the time as it fits with your schedule.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides technical guidance when deploying Oracle databases on VMware vSphere.

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 24 Aug 2011

INFORMATION CENTER: This blog post discusses the current state of today's mixed infrastructures. Find out how two database offerings compare with respect to ease of use and learn how you can lower administration costs.

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 | Published: 04 Apr 2011

EZINE: SQL Server Insider set out to explore the new trends, including basic suggestions and a virtualization checklist by Gartner analyst, Chris Wolf.

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 | Published: 22 Jul 2011