Database Engineering White Papers

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Comparing DBA Productivity: An Oracle/DB2 Task Complexity Analysis
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Comparing DBA Productivity: An Oracle / DB2 Task Complexity Analysis - A must read, this study dives into six  common DBA administration task areas, showing quantitatively that DB2 offers simpler administration  and helps achieve time savings as compared to Oracle Database.
Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

IBM

ERwin in the Cloud: How Data Modeling Supports Database as a Service (DaaS) Implementations
sponsored by CA ERwin from CA Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Cloud Computing is an emerging market, and there exist an increasing number of companies that are implementing the cloud model, products and services. Read this white paper to find out more about this exciting new technology.
Posted: 20 Apr 2011 | Published: 20 Apr 2011

CA ERwin from CA Technologies

Reduce CPU Usage with 'SMART' SQL
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how and why to design SQL that will reduce the number of times calls are made to DB2. We'll look at how to write SMART applications rather than writing applications that act like generic I/O modules to DB2, properly tune SMART SQL, and how to exploit SQL and application features in DB2 on z/OS version 8 and 9.
Posted: 30 Nov 2009 | Published: 30 Nov 2009

BMC Software, Inc.

Oracle Exadata Storage Server X2-2
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn about the intelligent software in the Oracle Exadata Storage Server that accelerates database query processing by offloading database query processing to the storage layer.
Posted: 16 Dec 2010 | Published: 16 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

DB2 9.7: Online schema change-- Minimize planned outages when making changes to your database objects
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Learn about the new enhancements to DB2 9.7 that enable you to make online changes to the database schema while objects remain fully accessible during modification.
Posted: 01 Sep 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2010

IBM

Case Study: Oracle Advanced Compression Helps Global Fortune 500 Company Meet Storage Savings Initiative
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Review this informative analysis of Oracle Database 11g Advanced Compression. Find out how Oracle technology enabled one Fortune 500 company to save on storage costs, improve overall performance, reduce the size of disk consumption by 50% for structured data and 98% for unstructured data, and much more.
Posted: 03 Jul 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

Oracle Corporation

Data Integration Platforms - Talend
sponsored by Talend
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, Philip Howard reviews the current market for data integration platforms, paying particular attention to open source offerings from Talend.
Posted: 01 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

Talend

The Backbone for Enterprise Cloud-Ready Database Platform
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This resource introduces a shared infrastructure designed for remote and small office environments, and discusses its usage as a Microsoft SQL Server database platform.
Posted: 12 Nov 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2013

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Distributed Caching: Why It Matters For Predictable Scalability on the Web, and Where It’s Proving Its Value
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains why it’s imperative for any Web-based organization to learn about the distributed caching technology and Oracle Coherence Data Grid technology to combat the increasing demand on the database.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

A Technical Overview of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server and Database Machine
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection.
Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009

Oracle Corporation