This e-guide focuses on the impact of infrastructure on database performance. 

Private cloud database-as-a-service enables IT organizations to control database sprawl through automation and consistent policy enforcement and accelerate application development cycles with self-service database management. Attend this webcast to learn how to build database-as-a-service in your datacenter. 

Hypothetically, SQL Server virtualization will save you money and manpower. However, there are some risky components involved, and a few major scenarios in which SQL Server virtualization won't benefit you. Read this expert e-guide to learn if virtualizing SQL Server is a good idea for your organization and find tips on avoiding potential pitfalls. 

Database security is the last line of defense, so it deserves greater focus on the protection of private data from both internal and external attacks than IT pros have traditionally given it. Read this paper to learn what steps you can take to improve database security in your organization. 

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. 

Although virtualization boasts many benefits, you may be wondering if it can help your organization. In this transcript, expert Lee Benjamin discusses the concerns IT pros have about virtualization and how to determine its worth for your company. Learn how Exchange 2010 supports virtualization and can be used to improve your backup strategy. 

Read this expert e-guide to find four tips for boosting SQL Server scalability as well as guidance on determining if solid state disk (SSD) storage is worth the cost for your SQL Server environment. 

This paper encourages all businesses to consider a more formal "green" strategy in regards to client computing and the technology refresh cycle. The timing could not be better. There is also a business case to be made that the 'business as usual' environment could view the "green" initiative as a compelling event unto itself. 

IT pros anticipate big gains from an integrated SOA suite that includes pre-integration with BPM technology. The top benefit: the ability to strategically align information technology with an enterprise’s business mission. Learn how global enterprises have achieved this goal thanks to Oracle’s fully integrated SOA product line. 

In this expert e-guide learn how to implement a successful master data management (MDM) strategy. Discover the typical challenges faced, and how to combat them – as well as Niel Nickolaisen’s, CIO at Western Governors University, insight into the 3 crucial components of a productive data management policy. 

Is the C-suite really the best source of early leads that will convert to revenue for your company? New research from KnowledgeStorm unveils some surprising results that call this common conception into question, and should have technology marketers re-examining their lead targeting strategies. 

This white paper will help you better understand the Project Management Life Cycle by introducing the Project Management Network Diagram (PM Network Diagram) from Global Knowledge. This diagram provides a visual illustration of the life cycle and can help you prepare for the PMP exam. 

<p>Read this expert article to find best practices for keeping your iteration and release cycles in sync even as your Agile development projects becoming increasingly complex.</p>