Moving an MS Access Database Application to the Web with Alpha Five Version 9 [ Source: Alpha Software ]
February 2009 - Alpha Software’s latest white paper details how businesses can smoothly transition their Microsoft Access database applications to the Web using Alpha Five Version 9. Alpha Five is an all-in-one integrated tool that allows users to build secure and highly customized database applications with full reporting for the desktop or the Web quickly and easily.
Aster Data nCluster MPP Data Warehouse Datasheet [ Source: Aster Data Systems ]
November 2009 - Big Data applications demand richer, deeper data processing at ultra-fast speeds, massive but cost-effective scaling and the ability to seamlessly manage diverse workloads. From applications like fraud detection, to customer intelligence, to trending and forecasting, to scenario modeling, to customer personalization and targeting, to click stream analysis –- it is evident that enabling fast, deep processing of very large data sets can have a material impact on the business. Aster Data’s nCluster is the ....
SMART, Modular, Cost-Effective Steps to Workload Automation [ Source: BMC ]
January 2010 - Companies running legacy job scheduling products suffer from higher costs, inefficient use of resources, and greater IT complexity, according to independent analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates. Read their findings, and see why consolidating on a single, comprehensive workload automation solution is an easy win for IT and the business.
SMART Steps Toward Consolidated Workload Automation [ Source: BMC ]
January 2010 - Consolidating job scheduling into a single, comprehensive workload automation solution is a critical first step to effective workload automation (WLA). But without tight integration and orchestration capabilities, you cannot truly achieve the benefits of WLA. Enterprise Management Associates share 5 critical steps to smarter WLA in this valuable white paper.
Magic Quadrant for Job Scheduling [ Source: BMC ]
January 2010 - Gartner has positioned BMC CONTROL-M in the Leaders Quadrant of their “2009 Magic Quadrant for Job Scheduling.” The report assesses the ability to execute and completeness of vision of key vendors in the marketplace. Read a full copy today, courtesy of BMC Software.
Smarter Business: Avoiding the Hazards of Ignored Data [ Source: Capgemini ]
November 2009 - Drive process improvement and governance throughout the whole enterprise. Gain visibility into mission-critical information around forecasting, planning, measuring, and reporting. This whitepaper shows how you can achieve incredible end-to-end process improvements, with a proven solution, built to work around your business strategy. Download this whitepaper and transform your business through the power of collaborative technologies.
Grid Computing's Role in Data Warehousing Grows [ Source: CTS ]
October 2008 -
The main characteristic of any data warehouse is its ability to hold huge volumes of data while still offering good query performance. It is designed to facilitate the analysis of the organization’s data and generate reports based on the analysis.
To provide better performance to analytical queries of business users, companies keep on adding hardware resources, thereby making the data warehouse system very expensive. Sometimes, the power of these added resources is underutilized. In ....
Proof of Concept: Virtualization with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series (Intel) [ Source: Dell/Intel ]
January 2009 -
How much difference does the right processor make in virtualization? Recent testing Intel conducted showed that a server based on the Intel® Xeon® processor X5570 provides the ability to support twice as many virtual machines for the same TCO compared with the Intel® Xeon® processor E5450.
Get the in-depth test scenarios and results, plus find out how VMware Enhanced VMotion and Intel Virtualization technology FlexMigration enable seamless live migration from previous Intel servers to ....
Strategies for a Successful CRM Implementation [ Source: Epicor ]
January 2009 -
This whitepaper presents the nine keys to a successful CRM implementation, while also providing a sample implementation plan that alerts you to the successful process and potential pitfalls in the deployment.
In addition, this whitepaper also sheds light on the human element that composes a CRM implementation, reminding the reader that a CRM implementation has more to do with people and process, than with the technology itself.
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Improve BI Query Performances: OLAP Option Compressed Composites [ Source: Escendo Corp. ]
March 2010 - If you're running BI queries against an Oracle database, you have a powerful way of speeding up those queries that you may not know about. It's called a Compressed Composite and, when used with the OLAP Option, it can dramatically improve query performance for almost any tool. In a recent test, Escendo Corp. demonstrated how the use of Compressed Composites can reduce query time by 40% or more, and reduce the size of the data ....
Expressor Supercharges ETL [ Source: expressor software corporation ]
November 2009 - You’re a satisfied Microsoft developer, but the increasing complexity of your data integration needs is expanding beyond the limits of Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). You have to write too much complex code to transform your data. Some of your applications are not fast enough. You’re having trouble integrating diverse data sources. You’re aware of and may have even looked at other ETL/DI solutions, so you know that they would offer additional functionality but ....
Software License Management Guide: 5 Step Plan [ Source: Flexera ]
April 2010 -
Managing software effectively means treating it as a high-value business asset. Managing software assets can be difficult to manage for two primary reasons — the increasing complexity of licensing and the lack of adequate software asset management tools.
There are a variety of software acquisition methods and license types which differ from vendor to vendor and even department to department. These include software pre-loaded on computers, software downloaded via the Internet, volume purchases made ....
Comparison Guide: On-Premise CRM [ Source: Focus ]
December 2009 - This information-packed side-by-side comparison guide from Focus compares 11 of the top CRM vendors' features and costs. View it to ensure that you are making the right decision for your company. If your business needs the flexibility offered by an in-house CRM system, your first step should be to research offerings from some of the industry's biggest vendors.
Software Manages Test Data [ Source: Grid-Tools Ltd ]
January 2004 -
Developers and testers struggle with data. Creating data is time consuming, complex and prone to human error. Copying and using production data is also inherently flawed due to its inefficiency and direct contravention with current data protection laws.
Data has, until recently, been the forgotten component in software development and testing. Grid-Tools has the expertise, tools and infrastructure to bring test data under your control, as Grid-Tools believes that the quality of your ....
How Dell Simplified Enterprise Security [ Source: Guardium ]
August 2008 - In this case, study, learn how Dell replaced manual processes, scripts, and native logs with automated and centralized controls in 10 data centers worldwide, to provide real-time database security, closed-loop change control, and significantly reduced auditing overhead for SOX, PCI, and SAS70.
SQL Server Consolidation: Insights From Customers, Analysts & HP [ Source: HP ]
August 2008 - Microsoft SQL Server has enjoyed phenomenal success as a database server. Its relatively low cost, steadily increasing capabilities and ease of deployment have all combined to accelerate its growth. However, that same growth has led to a phenomenon commonly called SQL Server “sprawl”— the rampant, often uncontrolled, proliferation of SQL Server databases. Join this webcast with John Webster of Illuminata and Todd Behrbaum of HP as they discuss an approach to successfully combat ....
Easing the Migration to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 [ Source: HP ]
August 2008 -
There are many business and technological reasons for making the move to SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. In tandem with 64-bit computing platforms, SQL Server 2005 can boost performance by 30% in certain instances, deliver a better database management structure and bolster infrastructure security.
As companies seek to upgrade their database environment to SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition—whether it contains twenty instances or a thousand—they now ....
Value Proposition for IBM DB2 9: Cost/Benefit Case for SAP Enterprise Migrations [ Source: IBM ]
October 2007 - Over the next few years, most SAP users will begin to move beyond application deployment of next-generation NetWeaver solutions to large-scale migrations of core enterprise systems. This report examines the cost implications of employing Oracle 10g or IBM DB2 9 to support next-generation NetWeave solutions. It is based on input from a wide range of users.
Greening the data center with IBM Tivoli Software [ Source: IBM ]
June 2010 - This white paper describes the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and provides an overview of the problems and issues associated with "greening" today's data centers. It then describes how IBM Tivoli® solutions offer an integrated approach for managing energy in the context of risk by providing an end-to-end view of IT resources, services, IT and facilities assets, energy costs and response time.
What Is Web 3.0? [ Source: Impetus Technologies, Inc. ]
January 2009 - While the concept of Web 2.0 has made a significant impact on the businesses of today, Impetus goes a step forward and tries to comprehend the phenomenon that is most likely to be the next avtaar of the Web. Impetus discusses what Web 3.0 will be all about, and tries to fathom its ramifications.
Performance Comparison -- ITTIA DB and SQLite [ Source: ITTIA ]
March 2010 - ITTIA DB SQL is a lightweight database management system designed from the ground up to meet the requirements of embedded systems and devices. SQLite is an open source software library. This white paper examines the performance characteristics and technical capabilities of ITTIA DB and SQLite.
Benefits Of Embedded Database [ Source: ITTIA ]
May 2009 - This white paper discusses the benefits of incorporating an embedded database into applications for embedded, intelligent, and mobile devices. An embedded database library is an inexpensive replacement for flat files that gives applications access to relational database features, such as transaction logging and indexed search, without the overhead of an enterprise database. Applications developed with an embedded database are scalable and protected from data loss by leveraging decades of data management expertise.
Breaking The Flat File Barrier For Embedded Developers [ Source: ITTIA ]
November 2009 - In this white paper, ITTIA notes that the demand for embedded devices is growing rapidly. Discover how embedded developers can break the performance, reliability, portability, and interoperability barriers of flat file formats through embedded database.
CSQL Main Memory Database and Cache [ Source: Lakshya Solutions ]
July 2009 - In scaling application performance, most of the time major bottleneck will be the database layer. CSQL provides "updateable" real-time distributed caching infrastructure that provides applications with unprecedented database throughput and predictive response time. CSQL Cache works in conjunction with existing database management system and provides application flexibility to use feature-rich existing database functionalities and high-performance CSQL MMDB based on the performance requirement on per table basis.
Increasing Profits With Next-Generation Marketing [ Source: Mail Print ]
August 2008 - As margins get tighter and competition increases, marketers around the world are searching for ways to increase efficiency and return on investment (ROI). While new and uncharted marketing channels are appearing every day, it's the recent innovations in one of the most trusted mediums that are delivering unprecedented response rates and profitability. Direct mail marketing, with its unique capability to reach individual consumers, has been practiced since the invention of the Guttenberg press in the ....