Developing a Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) request for proposal (RFP) is different from on-premise, requiring more attention to the vendor’s financial viability. In this expert guide, readers will get advice on the right questions to ask when purchasing SaaS ERP. 

Database-as-a-Service (DaaS) applications allow companies to host their databases in the cloud as a cost-effective way to manage their data. This brief white paper outlines CA Erwin Data Modeling's role in cloud computing, including its benefits. 

Attend this webinar to learn about Forrester's Total Economic Impact (TEI) framework and how you can use it to identify high-ROI data integration solutions for your own organization. An overview of Forrester’s DMExpress analysis, with financial results and customer interview highlights, will also be presented. 

Join this webcast to learn how Oracle GoldenGate's solution eliminates downtime when migrating to Oracle Exadata. You’ll hear directly from Oracle's customer, IQNavigator, and learn how they have benefited from using Oracle GoldenGate with Oracle Exadata. 

In this paper you’ll learn how Snapshots use a copy-on-write operation that minimizes the drive space required for each snapshot. Unless there are changes in the original database, the snapshots will remain empty. Queries to the snapshot for un­changed records will automatically be redirected to the original database. 

Read this white paper to learn how Oracle In-Memory Database Cache significantly reduces response time, while improving overall application throughput, by bringing data closer to the application, and by processing queries in an in-memory database. 

Addresses need for high reliability and data sync to multiple device platforms. Avoids need for a DBA, and reduces development effort by simplifying performance optimisation and back end connectivity. Works with standard development tools and languages. 

This white paper reviews the common causes of application downtime and discusses Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture framework that provides clear and concise guidance on implementing best practices using Oracle's proven high availability technologies. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Bill Gates announcing the Trustworthy Computing initiative, and ask if it has made IT more secure. We look at what Oracle’s latest developments mean for its software users running rivals’ servers, and conclude our Buyer’s Guide to IT consumerisation. Download the issue now. 

With database virtualization your database will be running on virtual servers, yet the applications querying it will see it as a normal database. Read on to learn the many benefits of taking this approach. 

This white paper takes an in-depth look at Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays and the ways in which an effective storage solutions can help your business. 

This Technical Report will discuss advanced operations and techniques on how to use Auto-Snapshot Manager / Microsoft Edition to protect SQL Server databases as well as enhance SQL Server operations in the datacenter. 

CA ERwin Data Modeler r8 is an industry-leading data modeling solution that provides a simple, visual interface to manage your complex data environment.  It provides state of the art visualization capabilities, coupled with a dynamic new user interface. Download this demo software to give it a try!