SmartBiz IT Research Library

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Read this expert E-Guide to discover strategies and best practices essential for effective SQL Server consolidation and optimization. Gain insight into the common challenges associated with consolidation initiatives and learn how to maintain a high level of availability and performance in SQL Server virtual machines.
Posted: August 21, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Database Performance Management Software | Database Server Software | Databases | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | SQL | SQL Server

PRESENTATION - This paper compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) of both systems, and compares all the features of both systems to find out which one comes out on top. Read this paper to learn how Sybase IQ is considered to be a smarter way to deliver high-performance enterprise analytics without blowing your budget.
Posted: August 13, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Oracle (Product) | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how Bloor Research determined that Sybase 15 will provide substantially better performance at lower cost than traditional approaches for analytics, reporting, and data warehousing environments.
Posted: August 13, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Mining Software | Data Warehouse Architectures | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Management | Reporting Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - The Sybase Analytic Appliance is revolutionizing the data warehouse appliance market by integrating the leading column-based analytic software with hardware from the industry's number one provider of UNIX systems. Read this paper for more.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: July 7, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | UNIX

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the data explosion phenomenon and why column-oriented database systems are able to provide the boost that is needed to gain the performance edge. The paper contrasts row-oriented systems with column-oriented systems, and then elaborates on the benefits of the columnar approach.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Performance Testing

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: August 4, 2009 | Published: January 23, 2009


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

WHITE PAPER - This White Paper describes a number of real-life applications and databases interoperability scenarios and explains how an Open Source approach helps in solving interoperability challenges. Read this paper to learn more about successfully connecting new technology deployments with existing infrastructure.
Posted: July 28, 2009 | Published: July 28, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Synchronization | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Interoperability | Model Driven Architecture | Open Source | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - When the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) was first introduced in SQL Server 2005, it received mixed reviews. With the launch of SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has succeeded in transforming the SSMS into a much more useful tool set. This whitepaper will list and discuss each of these improvements of SSMS 2008.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 27, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management Software | Debugging | Query Tools | Reporting Software | Server Management | Server Software | SQL | SQL Server

IT BRIEFING - A researcher at The Data Warehousing Institute recently estimated that 80 percent of information available in an average enterprise is unstructured and unavailable from any standard database management system. What can you do about it? Enterprise search software incorporates unstructured documents into the same architecture as classic reports.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Management | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management | Document Management | Enterprise Search Software

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 - Performance optimization is a key ingredient in the struggle to stretch an invested IT dollar to its absolute limit. Read this whitepaper to learn about the 3-step 'prevent, find, fix' approach to handling performance optimization problems at any stage of the development lifecycle.
Posted: May 29, 2009 | Published: May 29, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Database Performance Management Software | Java | Scalability Testing | SQL

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Database architects and administrators need to discover, document, and re-use data assets; reverse-engineer, analyze, and optimize existing databases; and design to comply with regulatory requirements and organizational standards.
Posted: May 14, 2009 | Published: May 14, 2009


Topics:  Data Integration | Data Modeling | Data Warehouse Architectures | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Management | Database Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | Model Driven Architecture | Operational Support Systems | Regulatory Compliance

PRESENTATION - Do you know what data transport technology options are available in today's market? This paper will help you assess economic, operational, and security factors involved in selecting data transport technology and present Ethernet carrier services as an attractive data transport option.
Posted: May 13, 2009 | Published: April 21, 2009


Topics:  Data Encryption | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Migration | Data Security | Database Administration | Database Management | Databases | Ethernet Networks | Information Management | Information Security | Knowledge Management | LAN | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This white paper addresses the concerns of chief information officers and network architects worried about how to best utilize new data transport infrastructures from an economic, operational, and security perspective. The purpose of this paper is to assist decision makers selecting new data transport methods and infrastructures.
Posted: May 12, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Encryption | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Migration | Data Security | Data Transmission Standards | Database Administration | Database Management

WHITE PAPER - Bringing together innovative software, server, and storage platforms, the Sun and Infobright solution provides an easy to manage, enterprise-class, highly scalable data warehouse with low total cost of ownership.
Posted: May 11, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Compression | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Storage | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | Database Administration | Database Management | Databases | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | TCO