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- Bloor Research: Database Performance Management - The Importance of Time-Based Analysis
- The only performance that matters in a computer system is how long it takes to respond to a users request for information. The only sensible way to monitor the performance of a system is to measure the amount of time it takes to respond to those requests. ...
- Tags: Database, Analysis, Confio Software, Bloor Research, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Statistical Analysis of Database Performance Delays
- As part of Confio Software's consulting and database tuning exercises, we have the chance to observe performance data from hundreds of customers with databases across thousands of applications. This statistical analysis looks at the source of database delays as experienced across a range of different scenarios. This research is aimed...
- Tags: Statistical Analysis, Confio Software, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-05-01
- Wait-Time Analysis: A New Best Practice for Performance Management
- Wait-Time analysis is a new approach to application and database performance improvement that allows users to make tuning decisions based on optimal service impact. Using the principles of Wait-Time analysis described in this white paper, DBAs, developers and application owners can align their efforts with the service levels desired by...
- Tags: Performance, Best Practice, Confio Software, Wait-Time Analysis, Performance Management, Storage, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Oracle Performance Tools: Reduce Your IT Infrastructure Investment
- When facing high wait times, dropped sessions, and application lock-ups, the typical company response is to invest in expanded server hardware capacity and additional Oracle licenses, plus the accompanying installation and project management costs. DBAs utilizing Ignite for Oracle from Confio have demonstrated the ability to cut Oracle wait times...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Investment, Tool, Confio Software, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Hardware
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Oracle and Java Performance Management: An Executive View
- This Confio white paper posits that database administrators need to be more concerned about Wait-Time than any other performance metric as they strive to meet stringent Service Level Agreements SLAs. It builds a compelling case for using time-based analysis to rapidly identify the root causes of performance bottlenecks, and introduces...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Java, Analysis, Confio Software, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Get More from Your Oracle Database: Best Practice Performance Management for Real Results
- DBAs are constantly challenged to increase database performance while keeping costs down. This short paper discusses Resource Mapping Methodology RMM which defines a systematic process for performing Wait-Event analysis to optimize database performance. It includes a brief overview of Ignite for Oracle and the business benefits that Ignite users have...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Database Performance, Best Practice, Oracle Database, Confio Software, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Improving Service Levels Through Transaction Visibility
- Identifying the root cause of a performance bottleneck or other service problem can be a painstaking task, especially when done through the process of trial-and-error. A better approach is to have management tools available that are capable of pinpointing areas of concern in a way that event streams cannot. This...
- Tags: Confio Software, Performance Management, Service Level Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Confio Ignite Evaluation
- This Burleson Consulting document contains a brief, written, confidential evaluation of Confio Ignite and the underlying Wait-event based methodology, identifying potential strengths and points of differentiation. Ignite is a well-balanced performance monitor, built on a proven wait event tuning methodology. Ignite allows the DBA to quickly find...
- Tags: SQL, Confio Software, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Digital Media Resolves Oracle I/O Bottlenecks, Accelerates Music Downloads
- Digital Media develops and operates real-time delivery of multi-media content for retail delivery. Their system enables customers at a major mass market retailer to offer individual song downloads from their internet retail website. The high traffic and purchase volume experienced by this dominant retailer, especially during peak seasons, requires that...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., I/O, Confio Software, Music Download, Retail, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Case studies
- Insurance Company Gains Visibility into Oracle, Sees 800% ROI!
- Customer is a U.S. based, Fortune 100 financial services organization who operates over 150 servers ranging from 2 to 24 CPU each running Oracle RDBMS. Databases support a wide range of applications including financial and accounting operations, billing, eCommerce, customer relations, call center, and project management Faced with frequent and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Customer, ROI, Insurance, Confio Software, Performance Management, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management
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Additional Resources
- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments
- As I mentioned in the post, Virtualization and security, quite a number of suppliers focused on security in virtualized environments have come forward to speak with me in the past month. Stonesoft is one of those companies. Mark Boltz, Senior Solutions Architect, and Greg Mead, Solutions Architect, both of Stonesoft,...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Stonesoft, Stonegate Management Center, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Introduction to BIT
- This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...
- Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature
- There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...
- Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Comcast, Cox block BitTorrent 24/7
- Comcast and Cox are blocking BitTorrent traffic, regardless of the time of day or day of the week, students from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems report. And despite suggestions that BitTorrent blocking is widespread across ISPs, the Institute's Glasnost test found that the two cable...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Does 'SOA lifecycle management' say it better than 'SOA governance'?
- Oh what a difference five years makes. Back in the good old days, 2002-03, IT people at the time our ancestors were fascinated with this new approach called "service oriented architecture," which would make integration faster and cheaper and less onerous. Now that many companies have services in production, they...
- Tags: Lifecycle Management, SOA, SOA Governance, Miko, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software
- Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....
- Tags: Software, Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Survey, Verdiem, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- BriefingsDirect Insights analysts probe future of online advertising and find transactional lucre lurking
- Read a full transcript of the podcast. The future of online advertising captures the headlines and attention when the likes of Microsoft courts the likes of Yahoo! And Wall Street still has a hard time figuring out how much Google is worth, based on just those little...
- Tags: Software, Advertisement, Business, Online Advertising, Bookkeeping Service, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case
- In a huge break in the Capitol v. Thomas case – in which Jammie Thomas right was hit with a $220,000-plus verdict for copyright infringement – the judge in the case said he may have made a "manifest error of law" in his instructions to the jury. ...
- Tags: Distribution, RIAA, Judge, Mr., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform
- Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.) Why were AdvaMed, PHRMA, and the rest of the industry so dead-against an end to...
- Tags: Patent, Industry, Patent Approval, Drugs, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
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