With its new unified management and auditing tools, SQL Server 2008 makes it easier to manage multiple instances on fewer servers. And by hosting these instances on Dell PowerEdge Servers powered by multi-core processors, you can guarantee the best levels of availability, as well as ensure the best possible performance. 

The process of SQL "tuning" involves finding the absolute fastest route to answer your query. In this webcast, discover how SQL tuning brings down your CPU costs and lowers response and run times. Also find out answers to pressing SQL tuning questions including "how do you find the SQL to tune" and "which SQL must be tuned and why?" 

The support team for Microsoft SQL Server has published guidelines for virtualizing this database engine. Read this paper to learn how to move forward with the process and create supported SQL Server virtual machines (VMs) that can be hosted on Dell PowerEdge servers. 

Poor performing SQL code is costly in terms of dollars and customer satisfaction. Discovering performance bottlenecks once they're in production is costly. 

This white paper describes ways in which organizations can use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to save time and money. 

This article explores ways in which small and mid-sized businesses can improve the performance of their databases — and their businesses — by upgrading to SQL Server 2008. 

This white paper is designed to give warehouse operations managers and IT managers a useful framework for understanding SAP's newer Warehouse Management (WM) application functionality. It encompasses a look at both the core ERP Central Component (ECC) functionality in addition to the SCM Extended Warehouse Management product. 

It's getting more and more difficult for SAP customers to contain the costs of supply chain management. This eBook looks at the technologies and techniques that SAP customers are using to optimize their sourcing processes and to make their supply chains as efficient as possible. 

Hear TIBCO Spotfire's John Callan discuss how you can perform total spend analysis, drive supplier consolidation, identify maverick spend in a user-friendly, visual analysis environment and address a range of KPI's. 

Companies do not always know what technologies or processes exist that can help them achieve their desired improvements. Read this paper to learn how Catalyst Logistics Assessment for SAP, makes it easy and affordable to identify specific areas where they can improve. 

This white paper explains how to use Encrypting File System (EFS), a feature that is provided by default in the Windows® operating system, to protect data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM clients for Outlook Compatibility Update running on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2). 

Download this white paper and explore new thinking on potential risk to global supply chains and how companies are adopting the statistical methods more commonly associated with finance and insurance. Learn how identifying and profiling risk variables, quantifying risk and using IT solutions can create higher resilience for supply chain management.