WHITE PAPER - Agile Software Development is one of the most effective methodologies to develop application software. This paper examines and compares RDBMS with several object persistence methods within the context of Agile Software Development by quantifying the impact of these methods on the velocity and success of an agile application development project.
Posted: March 3, 2010 | Published: December 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Database Architectures | Database Design | Databases | Object-Oriented Database Management Software | Object-Oriented Databases | Object-Oriented Development Tools | Object-Oriented Programming | Product Development | Relational Database Management Software | Software Development Methodologies

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses how and why to design SQL that will reduce the number of times calls are made to DB2. We'll look at how to write SMART applications rather than writing applications that act like generic I/O modules to DB2, properly tune SMART SQL, and how to exploit SQL and application features in DB2 on z/OS version 8 and 9.
Posted: November 30, 2009 | Published: November 30, 2009


Topics:  Code Management | Data Centers | Database Design | Database Performance Management | DB2 | Network Performance | SQL | SQL Server | z/OS

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - 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.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Database Design | Database Managers | Database Performance Management | Databases | SMBs | SQL Server

DATA SHEET - This data sheet highlights the features and facts for the Sun Oracle Database Machine, the world's fastest for any type of database workload, and the only database machine that runs transaction processing applications.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Warehouses | Database Design | Database Managers | Database Server Software | Databases | Oracle (Product) | Server Hardware | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Transaction Processing Middleware

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Read this expert E-Guide from Dell to learn key concepts that will help you architect your next SQL Server installation.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Administrators | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | High Availability | Server Virtualization | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about the latest partitioning techniques, enhanced scalability, and extended manageability capabilities available in Oracle Database 11g Release 2.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Data Storage | Database Architectures | Database Design | Databases | Oracle (Product) | Scalability Testing | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cluster Management | Database Design | Database Management | IT Infrastructure | Platform as a service | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle Advanced Compression can help you reduce the disk space and costs of managing large data volumes.
Posted: September 25, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  802.11g | Cluster Management | Data Center Design | Data Storage | Database Administration | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management Software | Oracle (Product) | SOA

CASE STUDY - Read this case study and see how CareerBuilder turned to CDW to redefine a technology solution that could sustain the company's growth, and give them a competitive advantage to propel their fast-growing job network and keep their clients happy.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Processing | Network Security | Networking

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the failover and redundancy capabilities of specific high availability products that can be used in conjunction with PostgreSQL, Postgres Plus, and the Oracle-compatible database Postgres Plus Advanced Server.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Database Architectures | Database Design | Database Management | Database Performance Management | Databases | High Availability | OLTP | Oracle (Product) | PostgreSQL