Database Performance Management Reports

ANALYST REPORT: This report uses a comprehensive methodology to bring third-party, objective ROI analysis to organizations considering the use of Informix. The conclusion? IBM Informix delivers high performance and cost efficiency, including administration efficiency, reduced downtime, improved server utilization, and reduced support costs. 

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 | Published: 17 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: With IBM DB2 pureScale transparent application scaling, you can transparently add capacity to your network to handle fluctuations in demand without changing the application. pureScale technology also helps to deliver active-active high availability. Find out how these features work. 

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

ANALYST REPORT: 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: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Database Activity Monitoring tools offer an unparalleled ability to protect sensitive assets without interfering with business processes. This presentation transcript of the video “Deploying Database Activity Monitoring,”  will teach you how to determine the best use cases for DAM, what you need to protect and how to select a deployment model.

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 | Published: 11 Mar 2011

EBOOK: Read this e-book to learn how to start a virtualization project, determine if your production database is ready to run in a virtualized environment, and decode the often complex licensing and support policies around virtualization technologies.

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 | Published: 08 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: Many organizations today acknowledge that selecting a new server involves much more than just opening a catalog and buying a system. Before evaluating the server hardware, knowing what edition of Oracle 11g to choose and whether to run that edition on a virtualized server is crucial. Read this e-guide to learn more.

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Mar 2011

INFORMATION CENTER: Access this Oracle Exadata Online Forum, where Oracle executives, customers, and industry experts come together to share what extreme performance really means for your business.

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 | Published: 18 Feb 2011

DATA SHEET: Exadata is Oracle’s fastest growing new product. Much of the growth of Exadata has come at the expense of specialized data warehouse appliance vendors. These vendors have published competitive comparisons to Exadata. Continue reading the learn more.

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 | Published: 18 Feb 2011

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: What if there was a complete storage solution that could help DBAs stop worrying about day-to-day disk performance and database protection? Learn how EMC Unified Storage can accomplish this task, making it a popular choice among customers deploying Microsoft SQL Server.

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Can you actually save more money using Toad® rather than SQL Developer - a free product? The answer is “yes!” In this surprising Quest technical brief, learn how Toad’s revolutionary new features save you time and money while dramatically increasing your productivity. Read the technical brief today.

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 08 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how Intel and IBM have been working for years to create systems that change the economics of x86 computing. One of the results of that collaboration is a platform for clustered, distributed systems that delivers unprecedented flexibility and scalability.

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 | Published: 23 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper will provide best practice configuration guidelines for using latest storage and server technology (Oracle's Sun FlashFire technology storage devices along with Oracle's Sun servers) to optimize such simulation management solutions.

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains why it’s imperative for any Web-based organization to learn about the distributed caching technology and Oracle Coherence Data Grid technology to combat the increasing demand on the database.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about how Oracle Database 11g Release 2 protects your business from all common causes of unplanned downtime and planned downtime, including human error.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the latest partitioning techniques, enhanced scalability, and extended manageability capabilities available in Oracle Database 11g Release 2.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2009

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: The move to IBM DB2 software is surprisingly easy due to new SQL compatibility features. And this e-kit makes it fast, because it's packed with technical resources, demos, DB2 software downloads and more. Begin taking advantage of the DB2 product's administration, performance and cost benefits today through this e-kit.

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 | Premiered: 18 Dec 2010

BOOK: Implementing Database Security and Auditing (Elsevier Digital Press) is the definitive guide for information security professionals, DBAs and auditors. You can now download Chapter 12, “Auditing Categories”.  In this chapter, you’ll learn which audit logging trails you need to address key security and compliance requirements.

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 | Published: 03 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization features a unique and revolutionary virtualization technology called KVM (Kernelbased Virtual Machine) that converts the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel into a virtualization platform.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database is a memory-optimized relational database that delivers very low response time and very high throughput for performance-critical systems. This paper offers a high level description and then dives down to cover the architecture and key capabilities in detail.

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

WEBCAST: In this 40 minute webcast, listen to Oracle's Marie-Anne Neimat introduce the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database. Learn why people use in-memory database (it's all about low latency) and how this technology can accelerate existing Oracle Database applications as well as new applications.

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 | Premiered: Nov 4, 2010

EZINE: Volume 5 of the Exchange Insider e-zine looks at how Exchange Server 2010’s database availability groups can ease an administrator’s backup and disaster recovery stress. Also learn how Forefront Protection 2010 can help defend Exchange 2010 servers from spam and malware attacks, and best practices for email archiving and e-discovery.

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 | Published: 27 Oct 2010

BROCHURE: Can your organization safely migrate to an IBM infrastructure? This brochure explains in detail how it can be done easily and efficiently.

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 | Published: 22 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Oracle In-Memory Database Cache significantly reduces response time, while improving overall application throughput, by bringing data closer to the application, and by processing queries in an in-memory database.

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 | Published: 28 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Learn how to support your SQL Server instances and control your costs and administration requirements.

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 | Published: 14 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This guide provides best practice guidelines for deploying Oracle databases on VMware vSphere, including best practice tips for storage, networking and performance.

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 14 Oct 2010