This paper explores the data explosion phenomenon and why column-oriented database systems are able to provide the boost that is needed to gain the performance edge. The paper contrasts row-oriented systems with column-oriented systems, and then elaborates on the benefits of the columnar approach. 

Read this paper to learn how Bloor Research determined that Sybase 15 will provide substantially better performance at lower cost than traditional approaches for analytics, reporting, and data warehousing environments. 

This white paper will discuss what you can do to protect your company's data in case of an unexpected disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan is not only a smart business move, but in some cases it is mandatory for legal and regulatory reasons. 

This paper examines whether cloud computing makes good business sense for your company. Ultimately, you may find that moving your data to the cloud actually improves security, scalability, access, and disaster recovery. 

This White Paper describes a number of real-life applications and databases interoperability scenarios and explains how an Open Source approach helps in solving interoperability challenges. Read this paper to learn more about successfully connecting new technology deployments with existing infrastructure. 

Read this paper to determine how best to protect your SQL environment when running SQL Server on Dell PowerEdge servers. 

This white paper describes the key infrastructure management challenges facing IT managers today. It then discusses how IT teams can improve the economics of infrastructure management by taking advantage of integrated, automated performance analysis and fault isolation technologies. 

Authored by Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., author of "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press, March 2009), this white paper describes 8 essential best practices that provide a holistic approach to safeguarding databases and achieving compliance. 

Companies worldwide are affirming the value of database archiving as a best practice for managing application data growth. The basic principles for managing an archiving project presented in this paper can help you initiate and plan an archiving strategy that meets your organization’s requirements. 

This paper, designed for security and compliance professionals, illustrates how to achieve compliance on three of the most costly and complex sections: requirements 3, 6, and 10 of PCI DSS. This paper also highlights how Web application and database appliances can deliver resource effective compliance while maintaining cost efficiency. 

This paper explores how businesses can capitalize on a free, easy- to- use, rapid web application tool for the Oracle Database that will help consolidate personal databases, spreadsheets, and other data to create a single point of truth for everyone in the company. 

With the current economic state the way it is CIOs must rethink how they manage IT costs and operations. This white paper will take a closer look at how virtualization can help cut down the costs as well as improve efficiency of the data center. 

Read this white paper to learn about a unique data protection and recovery solution that provides the management, monitoring, and automation software to create synchronized standby databases that protect data from failures and other disasters.