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: September 23, 2009 | Published: September 22, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cache | Cache Server Hardware | Caching | Capacity Planning | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Memory | Memory Management | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - Dynamic management views and functions were extraordinary additions to SQL 2005, and they have only improved in function and increased in number in SQL 2008. This white paper will explore a few of their capabilities and give examples as to how they can ease the workload of a database administrator.
Posted: September 22, 2009 | Published: September 22, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management Software | Indexing Software | MySQL | Relational Database Management Software | Reporting Software | SQL | SQL Server | Sybase (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper will take a look at some of the problems that project data and process architects face in working with other IT roles as well as seven easy and inexpensive steps they can take to ensure a collaborative team environment.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Processes | Collaboration | Collaborative Master Data Management | Data Management | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Databases | DB2 | IT Management | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Regulatory Compliance

BOOK - Read the "Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)" chapter from "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press, 2009) and learn how to leverage DAM to prevent SQL injection attacks, monitor privileged users and track access to sensitive data.
Posted: July 6, 2009 | Published: July 6, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Security | Oracle (Product) | SQL

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: June 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Architectures | Database Management | Database Managers | Database Performance Management | Databases | High Availability | Operating Systems | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft is targeting close to zero downtime with SQL 2008 with availability and recovery features that only used to be available via third-party solutions. This white paper discusses the evolution of High-availability from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008, and the tools available to minimize downtime in the Enterprise.
Posted: May 26, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Mirroring | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Disaster Recovery | High Availability | SQL | SQL Server

BOOK - Authored by database security expert Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press) is the definitive 454-page guide for both security pros and DBAs. Chapter 2, presented here, covers topics central to hardening the database.
Posted: April 3, 2009 | Published: April 3, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Security | Oracle (Product) | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Security Management | Security Threats

WHITE PAPER - This e-book by IBM, will introduce you to the five big IT budget killers and some of the best ways to knock them out.
Posted: October 6, 2008 | Published: October 3, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Database Administrators | Databases | Hardware | Regulatory Compliance | Scalability Testing | Storage Management | Systems Management