With this white paper, Oracle SOA vs. IBM SOA, you'll get a healthy perspective on SOA and figure out which option is best for your organization. 

Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC. 

Read this research report to discover the results of comparison testing between two database management systems - Oracle Database Appliance and Microsoft SQL Server - in terms of the productivity and cost-efficiency differences. 

There are a number of considerations users should be aware of when looking at scale-out vs. scale-up approaches as related to database storage. Learn more here. 

Planning on backing up virtual machines? Which option is right for your business – purpose-built VMware backup tools, or a heterogeneous backup offering? In this archived webcast, W. Curtis Preston - aka “Mr. Backup” – discusses the advantages of both, and which is right for you. 

Stanley Elevator needed to overcome storage capacity constraints as well as data protection and management challenges posed by its direct-attached storage (DAS) and legacy server environment. Read here how Dell helped them achieve their goals. 

Check out this E-Guide for key considerations when drawing up a DR plan and to learn how the cloud can work into such a strategy. You'll also learn what types of organizations can most benefit from DR in the cloud. Read on to learn more. 

The unified messaging capabilities included in Microsoft Exchange 2010 are making it an obvious upgrade choice for many SMBs.Working with a single vendor like Dell that provides a range of server, storage and service options allows IT departments to roll-out Microsoft Exchange 2010 environments that are tuned to corporate requirements and budgets. 

Individuals and organizations often want to retain as much e-mail as possible. Reasons range from convenience to compliance to organizational policy. Some are also the result of court action and legal hold orders. The most common is the individual’s own requirement to keep e-mail as long as possible in a readily accessible log for collaboration. 

It's important not to confuse data backups with data archives; backups should not be used as archives and archiving products have many features that backups don’t. Read this white paper as W. Curtis Preston examines these differences further and discusses the dos and don’ts of each. 

The creation of the Dell Services Oracle Practice builds on the long and successful relationship between Dell and Oracle - a collaboration that can offer significant benefits to organizations running Oracle software on Dell hardware. Read this article for more. 

In this E-Guide you'll learn the pros and cons of utilizing removable disk storage for your backup and recovery operations. Discover what types of organizations can benefit most from this technology, explore a side-by-side comparison of disk vs. tape solutions, and explore key considerations before implementing a removable disk solution. 

By planning for problems now, you can avoid them all together. Check out this white paper, Quick Start Guide for Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1, for an extensive look at how you can properly implement an Oracle service-oriented architecture (SOA) at your organization.