This e-book, penned by business intelligence expert Wayne Eckerson, will explain how big data -- the combination of Hadoop and analytical databases -- is transforming the business intelligence industry. 

Read to learn how Hillcrest Health Systems created a virtualized network that consolidated its databases and invested in new flash-memory devices that allow remote access to healthcare applications and enhanced connectivity with the clinic's database. 

This white paper covers five key steps you can take to achieve faster data classification. Read on to learn more about classifying unstructured data, identifying data owners, using meta-data and more. 

Database administrators (DBAs) are facing growing pressure to improve the performance and efficiency of Oracle backup and recovery. This expert guide outlines 10 considerations for boosting backup performance for Oracle databases. 

In this paper, learn why the database layer is so important to the software selection of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Also compare Oracle database to SQL Server databases. 

Download this webcast and learn how applications today are growing more and more complex with an increased risk of error and what you can do to prevent this. 

Read this customer success story to discover why Sony Online Entertainment replaced it's existing Oracle database solution with EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus® Advanced Server, providing enhanced performance, scalability, and cost savings. 

Watch this 10 minute video and discover what Oracle compatibility means for your business from a technical, and skills point of view. This video also offers multiple low risk strategies for using Postgres Plus Advanced Server to lower your Oracle costs and utilize the advantages of the most advanced open source database available. 

<p>This paper explains how modeling information architecture (IA) can help reduce the costs associated with data management. Read this now and learn about the benefits of implementing IA and how Sybase's option offers modeling support for database design and enterprise architecture.</p> <p> </p> 

In-memory database technology is emerging as a key means of boosting performance in mainstream IT applications. Carl Olofson from IDC discusses how an in-memory database strategy can provide better high speed, high volume data management for your applications. ASE's new In-memory Databases Option is also described. Watch this webcast to learn more. 

While databases are the warehouses of the most valuable information assets in the enterprise, many organizations today do poorly to protect them. In this paper, discover how to protect your database and data assets with McAfee Database Security Solution, a multi-tiered solution that can help defend against threats and eliminate vulnerabilities.   

Smart strategies and tools for database optimization is critical to reduce costs in complex infrastructures and can help organizations defer hardware upgrades, get more out of existing systems, and improve developer and DBA productivity. 

Find out how Embarcadero's DB Optimizer™ can help you to quickly discover and fix problematic SQL statements that can cause performance bottlenecks in your database. DB Optimizer™ gives you the flexibility of using a single easy-to-use IDE to test, profile and tune SQL.