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Should the database market be interesting?

Should the database market be interesting?Database Admins get no respectWhen its time to do some serious schema changes, they get a gun held to their heads to meet deadlines.Yet, when those changes are made, the programmers grumble because any slight change to that db schema causes their program logic to...

Tags: Databases, Storage, database, RDMS, database market

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

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The real pros and cons of server virtualization

YepVMwear is starting to look like Windoze - adding unneeded functionality just because it can. Moving VMs around from server to server live - is COOL. But why do you need it? If you are on a consolidation binge and utilization is king, then there will be no "extra" capacity...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Virtualization, server virtualization, VMwear, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-07

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

DBAExplorer 1-En (Windows)

This management tool is designed for the Oracle RDMS. The tool was developed using Borland Delphi 7.0 programming environment which provides fast Access to the Oracle database. The code was developed after examining techniques to determine the fastest and the most effective ways of database Access to increase the overall...

Tags: Technique, Oracle Corp., Performance, Microsoft Windows, DBAExplorer, Productivity, Performance Management, Databases, Programming Languages, Storage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-06-02

Best Practices for VMware ESX Server 3.0 Backup on NetApp

The goal of the VMware/NetApp solution is to provide a crash-consistent process that takes advantage of snapshot-based backups. The decision to use RDMs instead of vmdk VM file system was based on the desire for file-level restore capability. With either topology, it is possible to mount the backup copy as...

Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Best Practice, NetApp, VMWare ESX, Backups, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-03-01

On the other hand (re: Java-based client-side computing).....

If you've been following this blog for the last couple of days, then you know that I've been exploring here and here the possibility that now may good time to re-examine the possibility of developing some sort of standard thin or rich client architecture. ...

Tags: Java

Blog posts 2006-05-03

Navigating the Enterprise Database Selection Process: A Comparison of RDMS Acquisition Costs

Companies considering a new enterprise-level database system must navigate a number of variables which can add significant costs to their acquisition. To assist organizations in the decision process, Microsoft commissioned an independent third-party consultant, Value Prism Consulting, to conduct a transparent, realistic comparison of the licensing costs of the three...

Tags: Cost, Microsoft Corp., Databases, Storage, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2006-01-01