ANALYST REPORT - Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) represents a technology that is too significant to compromise or to try to blend into a more general product line. That is why IBM decided to boost investment in IDS development and promote it as a premier relational database management system (RDBMS) for high-volume transaction applications.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Managers | Database Performance Management | Relational Database Management Software

EBOOK - Applications, services and processes continue to proliferate, and there is never enough staff on hand. Database Administrators have to find more ways to work smarter and not harder. This e-book highlights five tips to help DBAs build new levels of efficiency and productivity.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: July 29, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Performance Management

WHITE PAPER - Many companies are considering Oracle R12 to help them thrive in the global business environment. But upgrading can affect the organization as a whole as well as processes and underlying technologies. To help you avoid costs and delays and take full advantage of the software, AT&T experts outline key steps for assessing your upgrade readiness.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Performance Management | Database Server Software | Oracle (Product) | Software Upgrades

WHITE PAPER - For processing data for BI analytics and other applications, the usual go-to software products include various extract, transform, load (ETL) and data warehousing solutions. However, these products do not always provide the speed required to deliver data on time. An additional product can speed the processing of high volumes of data.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | ETL (Software)

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the reasons why data volumes are increasing and where bottlenecks most frequently occur. It then explains why adding more hardware isn’t a solution to these performance problems and delves into the various methods that can be used to break through the bottlenecks to speed applications.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: October 12, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Center Management | Data Classification | Data Collection | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Storage | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Check out this transcript of a presentation given by Sumeet Bansal, Fusion-io Principal Solutions Architect, to learn how Fusion-io solutions enhance SQL server performance, improve customer experience, and optimize storage management systems.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Database Security | eCommerce | SAN | Storage Management

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Read this expert E-Guide from Dell to learn key concepts that will help you architect your next SQL Server installation.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | High Availability | Server Virtualization | SQL Server

EGUIDE - Growth of data on databases and applications can lead to failure to meet service levels which stems from the high TCO involved in maintaining, supporting, and planning for growth. Read this E-Guide and explore the advantages of having a clear data growth management strategy. Discover 6 key solutions for managing your data before it manages you.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Spending

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle Advanced Compression can help you reduce the disk space and costs of managing large data volumes.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  802.11g | Cluster Management | Data Center Design | Data Storage | Database Administration | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management Software | Oracle (Product) | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2. You’ll discover how its new options and features can help you reduce server and storage costs, improve query performance, and ensure availability during database application upgrades.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Center Management | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Synchronization | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Performance Testing

WHITE PAPER - The open source development model allows innovation to happen rapidly in all areas—including security. The Red Hat development process leads the industry in providing innovative and secure solutions, and includes a dedicated Security Response Team whose speed and reliability is among the best in the industry.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: September 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Database Administration | Linux | Open Source | Open Source Software | Operating Systems | Security Software | Vulnerability Management

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 describes a comprehensive set of best practices that allow mid-market enterprise SAP customers to appropriately configure and use HP management software to monitor, manage, and operate an SAP® environment.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: January 30, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | SAP (Product) | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes ways in which organizations can use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to save time and money.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: December 18, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Database Server Software | Databases | SQL | SQL Server