WHITE PAPER - The ever present demand to maximise the value delivered by business-critical applications requires that we optimise the use of all the resources that execute and manage them. BMC Software is one of the major vendors offering such support and has a highly regarded set of solutions collectively called BMC SQL Performance for DB2.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | DB2 | Midrange Server Hardware | SQL | z/OS

WHITE PAPER - Once you decide to deploy Oracle within the data center, a continuous lifecycle begins - moving from initial development, test, and deployment, to ongoing migration, to new releases of Oracle and deployment of new features with each release. The EMC Solutions Practice for Oracle can help you get started quickly.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuation Services | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Data Storage | Database Administration | Oracle (Product) | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - In this technical brief, John Weathington, President and CEO of Excellent Management Systems, Inc.,explores Toad® Development Suite and Oracle's SQL Developer. He provides an honest look at both solutions, and helps you see how a simple side-by-side comparison isn't enough when choosing the right tool.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Database Administration | Database Management Software | Oracle (Product) | SQL

WHITE PAPER - This quick start guide shows how to configure the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System and hosts on the Solaris™ Operating System for Oracle RAC infrastructure deployment.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Management | Oracle (Product) | Solaris | Storage Hardware | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - In planning storage solutions for Oracle database applications, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems offer a range of performance and scalability options, and can be configured to meet specific application requirements for capacity, performance, and reliability.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Databases | Oracle (Product) | Storage Management | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this whitepaper is to describe best practices for securing IBM System i/i-Series/AS400 systems and detail the AS400 monitoring service provided by SecureWorks.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Application Security | Data Security | Database Administration | Database Security | Network Security | Security | Security Event Management | Security Software | Security Spending

WHITE PAPER - Today’s data centers and cloud computing environments require increased I/O performance to support large-scale applications such as databases, web servers, e-commerce applications, file servers, and email. This whitepaper focuses on the performance benefits of using the Adaptec MaxIQ™ SSD Cache Performance Solution.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Cache | Cache Server Software | Caching | Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases

WHITE PAPER - This paper will help you understand the prospects that Postgres Plus RDBMS from EnterpriseDB and the JBoss Application Server from Red Hat can provide when used in combination.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Performance Management | Database Performance Management Software | Databases | J2EE | Oracle (Product) | PostgreSQL | Web 2.0

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array's innovative architectures and technologies, as well as storage deployment considerations, that bring tremendous business benefit to performance-hungry database applications.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This article provides real-life cases of how the software industry is delivering breakthrough solutions as they tap into the Intel Xeon processor 5500’s full capabilities. Learn how smart software combined with smart hardware saves time, money, and energy.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Processor Architectures | Software Architectures | Software as a Service | Software Asset Management | Software Best Practices | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Life-Cycles

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of DMExpress on their organizations. Forrester’s aim is to clearly show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: August 25, 2008


Topics:  Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Data Management Software | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management

WHITE PAPER - This technical guide for database administrators and IT security experts demonstrates how you can protect your sensitive data with the native database encryption functions of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, such as cell-level encryption and Transparent Data Encryption, and manage and protect encryption keys with hardware security modules (HSMs).
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 21, 2009


Topics:  Data Encryption | Data Security | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Security | Security | Security Hardware | SQL Server | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Informational applications have become one of the most critical areas of IT activity. How will these challenges be met? This report examines an option -– use of IBM DB2 9.7 as an alternative to Oracle 11g -– that represents a major new opportunity for organizations to meet escalating demand while reducing IT costs.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Storage Appliances | Storage Management | Storage Resource 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