Data warehouse appliances have transformed the DW with a platform designed to deliver optimal price and performance with extreme simplicity. This paper outlines the IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance and how it offers extreme time to value, agility and ability to grow with new workloads, cost reduction of ongoing maintenance and more. 

Are you going to upgrade to SQL Server 2012? This edition of SQL Server Insider sets out to help you decide whether the investment is worth it or not. Read this edition to learn if several IT pros are going to upgrade and why, how this release will affect the database marketplace and pros and cons of actually upgrading. 

This e-tip analyzes Oracle Database bottlenecks and what IT and database administrators can do if performance lags. 

This white paper offers up a comprehensive comparison of the Oracle Exadata and IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance, helping you decide which is the better fit for your business. Read this now and learn how they stack up in terms of online transaction processing (OLTP), query performance, simplicity of operation, value and more. 

This paper discusses the direct relationship of self-service BI and DI and how to build a complete self-service solution that provides enhanced visibility and flexibility for integrating, cleansing and analyzing data with ease. 

Read this white paper to learn about a new relational database technology that helps boost performance of slow MySQL queries and helps you gain competitive platform capabilities. This system figures out how data is used in an application and pulls that data together so that your queries run faster. 

What if there was a way to monitor patients and provide important information to them when they are outside of healthcare facilities? Read this paper to discover a healthcare application that can reduce avoidable hospital admissions and healthcare costs, encourage timely, effective interventions, and drive positive changes in patient behavior. 

This white paper provides an overview of Oracle’s capabilities for data warehousing and discusses the key features and technologies by which Oracle-based business intelligence and data warehouse systems easily integrate information, perform fast queries, scale to very large data volumes and analyze any data. 

Intranets and portals are too complex for everyone in your company to adopt - not to mention the costs to build and maintain them. This webcast explains how to store your critical business information in one location, share confidential information with the right people, and empower business users with the ability to access the data they need. 

This analytical costs calculator helps you determine how much unreliable, inaccurate data is costing your business. 

This white paper presents a case study for (nearline storage) NLS optimized for analytics using columnar database architecture and outlines how a NLS solution makes it possible for IT departments using SAP NetWeaver BW to manage costs, reduce overhead and increase system performance. 

Big data can present big problems. Just ask expert Wayne Eckerson, who takes some time in this first installment of a two-part video series to discuss the common issues surrounding the management of big data growth in a data warehouse. Learn why big data is more pivotal than ever, how you can gain a competitive advantage by analyzing it and more.