September 17, 2009 - (Free Research) Discussions with customers and research into vendor offerings are the basis of this white paper. It prescribes a customer transformation roadmap, profiles two customers’ information infrastructure journeys, and provides an analysis of IBM’s and EMC’s associated visions and strategies.
July 08, 2010 - (Free Research) Stephanie Balaouras, Principal Analyst, Research Director, Forrester Research, outlines various approaches to backup and recovery for a virtual environment. This video highlights uses cases for adopting guest vs. VCB, and agent approach to backup and recovery, and other important considerations.
July 08, 2010 - (Free Research) Stephanie Balaouras, Principal Analyst, Research Director, Forrester Research, recommends investment criteria for data protection technologies and approaches to determine total cost of ownership. View this video to understand how to define criteria for transforming your backup to drive down costs.
July 08, 2010 - (Free Research) Stephanie Balaouras, Principal Analyst, Research Director, Forrester Research, explains how to extend existing data protection capabilities to desktops and laptops. Understand how new capabilities in data protection solutions can ensure full protection of the data center and edge devices.
July 08, 2010 - (Free Research) Stephanie Balaouras, Principal Analyst, Research Director, Forrester Research, provides insights into why organizations are redesigning backup operations. Hear an expert perspective on trends in backup and recovery and why traditional approaches to data protection will not address the data protection needs of tomorrow.
July 20, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper details the compelling benefits created by improving the efficiency and performance of the “Technical Enterprise” with a Scale-out NAS storage infrastructure. Scale-out NAS enhances the traditional file server to provide an unlimited ability to scale capacity and performance across the organization.
September 08, 2009 - (Free Research) You probably think it couldn't happen to you, but disastrous events occur more often than not. Perhaps not a hurricane or earthquake or malicious attack, but there are potential risks for every business. Developing a solid data-recovery plan can keep your business up and running in the event of a disaster or other unfortunate event.
November 02, 2009 - (Free Research) This document focuses on key Oracle Database 11g capabilities that help IT departments better optimize their storage infrastructure, enabling administrators to deliver a cost effective, scalable information management platform that is easy to manage, and that continues to deliver the performance and availability that today's businesses require.
March 16, 2010 - (Free Research) This IDC White Paper takes a look at the specific business value associated with using Data Domain systems as part of rapidly evolving backup and data protection practices.
April 09, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper outlines the impact of data deduplication on data protection, and specifically how EMC Data Domain pioneered, and now leads, the combination of storage system interfaces and software to make the disk-based solution an efficient and cost-effective alternative to tape-based methods.
September 25, 2009 - (Free Research) 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.
July 15, 2010 - (Free Research) Join Vice President of Gartner Research, Dave Russell as he discusses recent developments in disk backup in this 7 minute interview recorded for you to listen at your convenience.
September 09, 2009 - (Free Research) This data sheet highlights the features and benefits of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server, a storage product highly optimized for use with Oracle Database.
June 07, 2010 - (Free Research) Read this e-book for an exploration of the four advantages of clustering, including data redundancy and parallel processing, and such benefits as high availability, rapid scalability, flexibility and maximum resource utilization.
February 19, 2010 - (Free Research) With Informix, you can count on hassle-free, low-cost data management and focus your resources on work that creates value for your business. Read this e-book to learn more.
September 10, 2009 - (Free Research) DBA's have always been faced with the difficult task of maintaining a successful database environment, but recently new trends have come along to further challenge them.
August 10, 2010 - (Free Research) Authors quite commonly, and incorrectly, refer to the process of serialization as part of what is happening when an object database stores an object or object graph. This white paper debunks that misperception, and sets the record straight about the efficiency of object databases as brought about by the avoidance of serialization.
February 16, 2010 - (Free Research) Most of the world's sensitive data is stored in commercial database systems, which makes them an increasingly attractive target for criminals. This white paper discusses 8 essential best practices and provides a holistic approach to both safeguarding databases and achieving compliance with key regulations.
April 03, 2009 - (Free Research) Authored by database security expert Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press) is the definitive 454-page guide for both security pros and DBAs. Chapter 2, presented here, covers topics central to hardening the database.
August 19, 2009 - (Free Research) This report examines an option – use of IBM DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX and Windows as an alternative to Oracle Database 11g – that represents a major new opportunity for organizations to meet escalating demand while reducing IT costs.
December 15, 2009 - (Free Research) This Gartner research paper indicates which storage considerations need to be taken into account by an IT manager when starting server virtualization projects or improving the productivity of existing server-virtualized environments. It also highlights what can and cannot be achieved with today's storage technologies and solutions.
June 02, 2010 - (Free Research) In the race to access data across an enterprise, there are some clear goals: You want to deliver data to users quickly and easily; you want to be able to deliver the information they need to do their jobs; you want to answer business questions quickly and correctly; and you want to have the correct tools to work with the data.
