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SQL Server Business Intelligence on HP ProLiant DL785 Server

SQL Server 2008 has enabled to create Business Intelligence applications to large multi terabyte size data warehouses. Some of the new features and architecture improvements have been specifically targeted to scale SQL Server deployments on newer, larger servers offering performances not seen on previous versions of SQL Server. This whitepaper...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, HP Compaq ProLiant, Scalability Experts, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2009-07-29

Minimizing Downtime and Maximizing Performance in Microsoft SQL Server 64-Bit Environments

Applications and servers, affordable and relatively easy to install, have proliferated over time in response to growing business and user demands. If not managed correctly, this expansion can lead to processing bottlenecks, hardware contention and productivity slowdowns, resulting in revenue losses and reduced returns on investment. Symantec software products help...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Performance, Microsoft SQL Server, Environment, Downtime, Microsoft Corp., Scalability Experts, Databases, Enterprise Software, Storage, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2006-12-01

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for the Oracle Professional

This whitepaper explains the key differences between Microsoft SQL Server 2005 databases and Oracle databases. It compares SQL Server and Oracle database architecture and provides information on the newest features in SQL Server 2005. The paper is intended for Oracle professionals who want to leverage their Oracle knowledge to manage...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Oracle Database, Scalability Experts, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-05-31

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Solving the eDiscovery Challenge with a High Performance Platform

In this program, experts will describe how eDiscovery expectations have changed and how technology is adapting to those changes. They will address the main challenges of eDiscovery such as combining precision and scalability or increasing speed without losing accuracy and depth.

Tags: Mark Logic, High-performance, Leadership, Management

Webcasts 2009-11-06

The best VoIP solution is ...

What about hosted?Wondering if you guys would be willing to discuss the most obvious omission... hosted. It's like choosing which car to buy when its cheaper to take a limo.RE: The best VoIP solution is ...Your article was only comprehensive if you consider just the IP-PBX and desktop telephone;...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Fax, Zultys, Voice Mail, VoIP Solution, AC power, SIP, VoIP

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Projetex 7.0 (Windows)

Projetex 7.0 is Project Management Software for Translation Agencies. It tremendously simplifies task of managing in-house translators and freelance translators, data and files sharing within translation agency and provides multiple benefits for each in-house translator and freelance translator. System Administrator of Translation Agency, General Management of Translation Agency, Sales Representatives...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Projetex 7.0, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-08-12

10 data center paradoxes -- out of complexity comes simplicity

For every action there is an equally potent reaction, and that is certainly the case in IT developments we've been seeing as of late. Call them paradoxes if you will, and I just published some of them in an article for Database Trends & Applications on the...

Tags: Data Center, Paradox, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-18

TechNet Webcast: Upgrading to SQL Server 2008: Compatibility Testing Methods and Best Practices (Level 300)

Remember the last Microsoft SQL Server upgrade? Performing a major version upgrade can be a daunting task considering how many moving parts applications typically have. Verifying that the application will work without problems is no small feat. Issues such as Transact-SQL (T-SQL) compatibility, system and user function, deprecated features, security...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server Transact-SQL, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-06-11

AppZero's Virtual Application Appliances cloud computing simplified

AppZero, formally Trigence, demonstrated a different approach to allowing organizations to take advantage of the computing resources made available by hosting suppliers at Demo 09. Rather than taking the approach that is typically proposed by the suppliers of virtual machine technology, AppZero's approach is to encapsulate applications rather than complete...

Tags: Operating System, Environment, Provisioning, Server, Virtual Machine, AppZero, Cloud Computing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual Computer

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual ComputerOne Question - Why?Just because you CAN do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Virtualization barely makes sense in the datacenter only for poorly performing OSes like Windoze that cannot run more than one or two server programs at a time, so why would you bring...

Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, Virtual Computer, server, user data, Microsoft Windows, virtual machine, virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

TechNet Webcast: An Agile Approach to Delivering Mailing Efficiency Solutions (Level 100)

Is there such a thing as effective innovation for legacy systems? Yes. Experts from Microsoft and Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software share insights on the changing landscape for legacy systems based on industry-standard protocols and secure communications techniques. This webcast is intended for customers supporting VSE, and provides insight into...

Tags: Webcast, Legacy System, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Hardware Upgrade, Roi/Tco, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Webcasts 2008-12-16

Democratizing Data Mining - A Radical Approach to Pervasive Predictive Analytics

The area of incorporating predictive analytics into operational processes has, for the most part, relied on "Industrial Strength" data mining and knowledge discovery products employed by expert analysts with deep backgrounds in statistics and probability. These analysts not only understand the approaches employed by the analysis tools, but are also...

Tags: Expert, Predictive Analytics, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing

White papers 2008-12-12

A look at Obama's IT strategy: The Facebook connection and the scale challenge

Barack Obama has sealed the Democratic party nomination with the help of social networking, a Facebook staffer and an off-the-shelf IT strategy. Those are some of the takeaways from a case study by David Carr at CIOZone, a site started by a bunch of my former Baseline...

Tags: Strategy, Facebook, Phone, Information Technology, Volunteer, Barack Obama, David Carr, Hughes, Productivity, Social Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Ruby on Rails expert: Rails scales; Twitter shouldn't taint Ruby

Ruby on Rails, a rapid-fire Web development stack, has been under fire of late. Twitter outages have led a fairly loud chorus of folks singing the "Ruby doesn't scale" song. But is it really fair to make the Ruby-Twitter connection, which by the...

Tags: Database, Ruby, Twitter, Rails Applications, Ruby On Rails, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-21

Desktop as a service era ramps up as Citrix marks May delivery of XenDesktop at a tough price to beat

Heralding a new era for desktop as a service DaaS, the long-awaited XenDesktop line from Citrix Systems will become available during the Citrix Synergy 2008 conference in mid-May. The XenDesktop product line is the latest entry in the effervescent virtualization market and will be co-marketed with Microsoft....

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., XenDesktop, XenDesktop Product Line, Delivery Protocol, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86

Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86CoolthreadsI'm beginning to doubt whether Coolthreads is really all it's cracked up to be. The problem is the performance boost seems to assume that you have a very parallelizable problem. In practice, this means you either have code that has been intentionally written to...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Processors, Servers, T2000, hardware, Sun Sparc, Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2007-12-06

SOA Insights analysts explore SOA appliances, BPEL4People and GPL v3

Read a full transcript of the discussion.Appliances for IT infrastructure have evolved to include everything from email servers to network routers to XML accelerators. Some would argue that "appliances" can be hardware, software, or both. Purists have a more strict definition that they say will make the locked-down and all-inclusive...

Tags: Appliance, Software, GPL, Information Technology, SOA, TCO, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-08-20

Microsoft's licensing mess

Microsoft's licensing messProof of ownership of the licenseAnother issue we ran into is the proof you own the license. The receipt my company received when we bought CALs did not include the price of the CAL. That wasn't good enough when we were audit and we had to...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-07

Ordnance Survey Adopts Grid Computing for Virtually Unlimited Scalability

Mapping information is vital to government and businesses. Independent experts estimate that its mapping data underpins 10% of all economic activity in the United Kingdom, estimated at $200 billion a year. Since 2001, Ordnance Survey has been engaged in improving the currency and accuracy of its authoritative and widely used...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Scalability, Data-processing, Grid Computing, Ordnance Survey, Roi/Tco, Government, Programming Languages, Databases, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2007-06-01

Why dumb-downed no-RAID storage is bad for consumers

Why dumb-downed no-RAID storage is bad for consumersReasoning with Fear of RAIDThe only questioning of RAID that I can see is cost. I remember not so long ago when RAID was changed from "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks" to "Redundant Array of Independant Disks." This was because at...

Tags: WHS, RAID, performance, storage

Discussion threads 2007-05-29