WHITE PAPER - This technical white paper provides Exadata Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) insight for rapid deployment and efficient operation of Exadata Database Machine, focusing on the areas of: Exadata MAA Architecture, initial deployment, post-deployment Exadata MAA configuration, and Exadata MAA operational best practices.
Posted: May 22, 2012 | Published: June 30, 2011


Topics:  Architectures | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Management | Databases | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides recommendations and best practices for optimizing virtualization infrastructures when deploying the Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure. It covers deployment of software, hardware, storage, and network components.
Posted: May 16, 2012 | Published: June 15, 2011


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Databases | Infrastructure Management | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides a detailed overview of EMC's data protection and disaster recovery solution for virtualized Oracle environments.
Posted: May 11, 2012 | Published: July 1, 2011


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Database Architectures | Disaster Recovery | Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments | Oracle (Product) | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores the unique requirements of OLTP workloads. Learn about a recommended hardware architecture and its key components that make it well suited for SQL environments.
Posted: April 30, 2012 | Published: March 1, 2012


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | OLTP | Server Hardware | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about the architecture, data model, resource provisioning, load balancing, and replication systems of Windows Azure Storage (WAS), a scalable cloud storage system that provides customers with seemingly limitless data storage, access from anywhere at any time, and the ability to only pay for what they use.
Posted: April 25, 2012 | Published: December 31, 2011


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Cloud Storage | Cloud Storage Services | Cloud Storage Strategy | Data Modeling | Data Replication | Database Architectures | Database Management | Database Security | Load Balancing | Windows Azure

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn the pros and cons of NoSQL database technology as it compares to relational database management systems (RDBMSs) in certain use cases.
Posted: April 24, 2012 | Published: December 31, 2011


Topics:  Cloud Archive | Cloud Computing | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Design | Databases | Relational Database Management Software | SQL Server | Web Applications Architectures | Web Development | Windows Azure

WHITE PAPER - Choosing the right hardware for SQL Server databases and the OLTP applications they support can be a challenging task for IT pros. Explore a new server architecture designed with OLTP workloads in mind and learn about its key features that help to improve data center efficiency.
Posted: April 17, 2012 | Published: March 1, 2012


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Performance Management | OLTP | Rack Servers | Server Hardware | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how modeling information architecture (IA) can help reduce the costs associated with data management. Read this now and learn about the benefits of implementing IA and how Sybase's option offers modeling support for database design and enterprise architecture.  
Posted: April 16, 2012 | Published: April 16, 2012


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Database Management Software | Sybase (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Instead of letting your small business drown in today's flood of "big data", read this white paper to learn strategies you can use to not only keep your head above water, but successfully capture data, store it, search and analyze it, and parse useful information from it.
Posted: April 11, 2012 | Published: April 11, 2012


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Analytics | Data Management | Data Quality | Database Architectures | Database Management | SMBs | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - Exadata is Oracle’s fastest growing new product. Much of the growth of Exadata has come at the expense of specialized data warehouse appliance vendors. These vendors have published competitive comparisons to Exadata. Continue reading the learn more.
Posted: March 12, 2012 | Published: February 18, 2011


Topics:  Data Management | Data Storage | Data Warehouse Architectures | Database Architectures | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This research report details the most recent versions and developments surrounding Sybase IQ and offers key findings for which prospective users should be aware. It also delves into the details of its latest release, version 15.4, including its architecture, query performance, indexes, in-database analytics and more.
Posted: February 14, 2012 | Published: February 14, 2012


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Analytics | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Sybase (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This survey explores the biggest issues and solutions around managing today's growing database environments.
Posted: December 5, 2011 | Published: December 5, 2011


Topics:  Data Management | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Finding the right storage option for your content management system perticualary, SharePoint, can be a challeneging task. BLOBs are emerging as a soild option for a low-cost and high performing storage.
Posted: October 28, 2011 | Published: October 28, 2011


Topics:  Database Architectures | Database Management | Enterprise Content Management | SharePoint | SQL | SQL Server | Unstructured Data

WHITE PAPER - Read this case study and discover how NZ Bus, through local Oracle Certified Partner Database Integrated Solutions, became the first organization in New Zealand and one of the first in Asia-Pacific to deploy Oracle Database 11g Release 2.
Posted: March 16, 2011 | Published: March 16, 2011


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Databases | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - With database virtualization your database will be running on virtual servers, yet the applications querying it will see it as a normal database. Read on to learn the many benefits of taking this approach.
Posted: December 9, 2010 | Published: December 9, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Database Architectures | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Hardware Management | Storage Best Practices | Storage Controllers