SmartBiz IT Research Library

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

WEBCAST - The process of SQL "tuning" involves finding the absolute fastest route to answer your query. In this webcast, discover how SQL tuning brings down your CPU costs and lowers response and run times. Also find out answers to pressing SQL tuning questions including "how do you find the SQL to tune" and "which SQL must be tuned and why?"
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Premiered: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | Database Management Software | DB2 | Microprocessors | Multi-core Processors | Software Architectures | SQL | SQL Server

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn how two leading data modeling tools compare and how utilizing advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Visualization | Data Warehouses | Database Management Software | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | SQL Server

WEBCAST - In this webcast, you will see how you can take control of your IT costs by effectively managing your assets with Numara Asset Management Platform (NAMP). You will learn how NAMP automates your resource-intensive IT asset management challenges so you can improve compliance, improve customer satisfaction, reduce risk, and optimize your investments.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Customer Satisfaction | Database Management | Database Management Software | Databases | Enterprise Asset Management Software | Enterprise Content Management | Inventory Management | Inventory Management Software | IT Asset Management | IT Asset Management Software

VIDEOCAST - Whether you have experience in administering DB2 on the mainframe or Oracle database, you probably have the skills to get started with DB2 for Linux Unix and Windows. Hear from your peers about their recent experiences.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


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

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 - The reasons driving standardization in BI and reporting are core to every company—cutting costs, boosting revenue, and increasing profits. IBM Cognos 8 BI lets business users move among capabilities in a guided way, get the answers they seek, and collaborate while giving IT complete control over the BI environment.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Management | Data Visualization Software | Database Management Software | Decision Support Systems | Query Tools | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to get an overview of the Oracle Database family of products and learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Data Center Design | Database Management | Database Management Software | Databases | IT Infrastructure | Oracle (Product) | SOA

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)

TRIAL SOFTWARE - IT organizations are trying to support an increasing number of databases and database platforms. Meanwhile, database vendors are adding more features and updating their technology. DBAs must meet zero downtime requirements, and strict SLAs.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management Software | Database Performance Management | Database Security | DB2 | Downtime | High Availability | Productivity | Service Level Management | SLA | SQL Server

ANALYST REPORT - This report presents all the features and functionality of the Sybase Replication Server, such as support for real time, bi-directional movement of data, conflict resolution, optimized resource utilization, and heterogeneous data sources. Read this report to learn all the advantages that the Sybase Replication Server can have for your organization.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: July 31, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Data Replication | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Performance Management | Database Replication Software | High Availability | Program Management | RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) | Reporting Software

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn the latest demands for data movement and replication within the enterprise. Sybase will also feature the new release of Replication Server, designed to address the growing needs of guaranteed data movement, with unprecedented performance for real-time data delivery even within heterogeneous data environments.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Premiered: September 3, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Replication | Database Administration | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Performance Management | High Availability | Reporting Software

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This presentation transcript compares two leading data modeling tools and demonstrates how advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing.
Posted: July 20, 2009 | Published: July 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Management Software | Data Migration | Data Modeling | Data Modeling Languages | Data Visualization | Database Management Software | Knowledge Management Software | Reporting Software