DBAs are tasked with trying to supercharge the performance of their databases while minimizing extra costs. This expert e-guide from SearchOracle.com explains in-depth the required software and hardware that can eventually determine database performance. Also gain a holistic approach to infrastructure and database improvements. 

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. 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

Are you still unsure if SQL Server virtualization is the best move for your organization? Or have you already decided to move forward with a virtualization initiative and don't know where to start? Read this expert e-guide to discover when virtualization is not a good idea, must-do checklist items for getting started, pitfalls to avoid, and more! 

Reliability and availability, data protection, performance, and scalability are all essential characteristics of a database management system. This paper looks at each one of those characteristics in detail and offers an implementation guide for SMBs that require a highly reliable database environment. 

Some consider SQL Server 2008 R2 a "business intelligence release" because the largest, most publicized changes cater to the BI functionality of the product. There are, however, many other new features and functionalities within SQL Server 2008 R2. In this expert e-guide, readers will learn more about these new features. 

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

This chapter from this SearchDataBackup.com best practices backup guide walks you through the process of evaluating and purchasing backup products. This backup product buying guide lists the criteria involved in selecting backup products for each backup product category and offers product specifications that will help you compare products. 

This expert e-guide outlines steps to creating a more effective data quality strategy for more trusted business information and reveals top worst practices to avoid when planning and implementing your data quality and governance programs. 

This e-guide features two reports from the latest TDWI conference in Savannah, GA. Read  on to learn MDM advice and best practices from leading companies including Hallmark Cards Inc., Sallie Mae, National Instruments, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and more. 

This guide discusses three advances that can improve database server performance and when administrators in small to midsize businesses (SMBs) should consider them. 

This editorial e-guide features two articles on choosing the right master data management (MDM) software and how to convince your executives to invest in MDM tools. 

This brief guide demonstrates sets out to prove why organizations' concerns surrounding the arrival of voluminous amounts of data sets, the inclusion of many more users and the addition of variable data types are vastly over exaggerated. It also offers vast insight on how companies have extended analytics deep into their operations.