<p>Maintaining proper control over your mainframe infrastructure can be a time-consuming task for IT professionals. This research report discusses new management capabilities you can leverage immediately to streamline this essential process so you can allocate your time to other important projects.</p> 

This special eight-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing Microsoft, its financial performance, the services it offers, its place in the IT market and its future strategy. 

As concerns of database security escalate, regulatory pressures increase and vendor capabilities expand, database activity monitoring is evolving beyond its original concept to a more advanced class of technologies that Gartner identifies as database audit and protection (DAP) tools. View this resource to explore DAP technologies. 

Packed with graphs and diagrams, the report is essential reading for any organisation working with, or thinking of working with Capita. 

This special Computer Weekly report analyses the market for supercomputers, peripherals and applications, the supercomputer community, developments in technology, and offers a country by country comparison. 

Applied Oracle Security (Oracle Press, 2010) is the definitive guide to safeguarding Oracle Database 11g written by the security experts in Oracle’s National Security Group. This complementary chapter on auditing covers how to audit database activity efficiently, improve security, address regulatory requirements, and automate compliance reporting. 

Data managers are concerned about managing the explosion of data, and are looking for ways to manage the process. In this survey from IDUG, learn about improving database performance and overall corporate performance. 

With the growing complexity of DMBS environments, malicious threats and compliance mandates, organizations often struggle to effectively safeguard their databases. In this brief demo, learn how you can protect your sensitive data in distributed DBMS environments with a holistic approach to data security and compliance. 

While data warehouses are important for many types of analytical systems, they aren’t always necessary. Building a data warehouse can dramatically increase the cost of a BI project. This paper describes data warehouses, along with many other options for placing relevant, timely information in the hands of business users. 

This white paper guides you through troubleshooting using some of SQL 2005's built-in features to diagnose issues with your database. 

This e-book explains the five most common levels of engagement you can achieve by embedding business intelligence (BI).