DBA's have always been faced with the difficult task of maintaining a successful database environment, but recently new trends have come along to further challenge them. 

Informational applications have become one of the most critical areas of IT activity. How will these challenges be met? This report examines an option -– use of IBM DB2 9.7 as an alternative to Oracle 11g -– that represents a major new opportunity for organizations to meet escalating demand while reducing IT costs. 

This paper discusses Bad data, or data that is not current, has another, broader impact in leading to distrust of the system. And when the BI system cannot be fully relied on, its uses rapidly become limited. Read on to learn how to achieve trustworthy BI with complete, in-depth visibility and full control over the fragile dataflow processes. 

Read this paper to learn how innovative management solutions from CA add comprehensive support for Amazon EC2 with real-time automation, application performance, service, and database management. 

In this e-book, we examine ten ways sales organizations can accelerate the progression from cold to close. From improving marketing results through pinpoint prospecting to making sure sales and marketing are on the same page, here are some tangible steps you can take to move faster from cold to close. 

This report by Mark Madsen will explain what data integration is, and especially the difference between Operational Data Integration and Analytic Data Integration. It highlights the benefits of open source for data integration, and provides a series of recommendations to make the integration job easier, repeatable and more productive. 

This Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and IT Service Automation provides an insightful overview of virtualization and IT Service Management. It helps demystify virtualization and helps you determine if virtualization is right for your environment. 

In this session, we will review the latest advancements in protecting against disaster in virtual environments and highlight real-world customer experiences. 

Increase revenue. Decrease costs. Reduce development time. Every day you strive to meet these goals. And each business decision you make either enables you to advance toward them - or impedes your progress. Read this paper to learn more. 

Today there is new and affordable technology that enables small businesses to access current data from any location, respond quickly to change, and thrive in a volatile business environment. A good example of this technology is the SAP® Business One application. Read this white paper to learn more! 

View this webcast to learn how the federated model can help business units operate customized CRM systems while synchronizing to a central application. We explore how the server stores enterprise-pertinent information from all CRM systems, thus supporting executives responsible for achieving overall sales goals. 

Find out how you can get the sales solution of the future today. In this webcast, you learn how creating a connected, collaborative sales team can help you win new business, as well as keep the business you already have. 

Data transformation and integration are key areas where specialized products can yield impressive time and cost efficiencies and The DataDirect Data Integration Suite is one of the leaders in this space. Read this paper for a detailed analysis of this product.