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Oracle Real Application Testing 11g Release 2
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how Real Application Testing - with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 - allows businesses to quickly adopt new technologies while eliminating the risks associated with change.
Posted: 22 Oct 2010 | Published: 20 Aug 2009

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Postgres Plus® Technical Evaluation Guide
sponsored by EnterpriseDB Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This guide outlines the common steps that people go through when they are interested in evaluating an open source database (e.g. one or both of the Postgres Plus products). This guide will also provide links to other documents/collateral that will help you accomplish each step. Read on to learn about these common steps in evaluation in more detail.
Posted: 16 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jun 2010

EnterpriseDB Corporation

Apache Hadoop* Framework Spotlight: Apache Hive*
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: This brief resource examines the true value of Apache Hive, a SQL engine for the Apache Hadoop framework. Inside, learn how Hive's facilities for data and metadata management are impacting the existing warehouse infrastructure and driving business success.
Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2013

Intel

Sybase IQ "Quick Start Guide"
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn the advantages of column-based databases, and see if it's right for your organization. Some of the key findings include how column-based databases perform faster and require less maintenance, while also performing better with analytic applications.
Posted: 09 Aug 2012 | Published: 09 Aug 2012

Sybase, an SAP company

SQL Server 2008 R2: Licensing Quick Reference Guide
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft SQL
WHITE PAPER: This Quick Reference Guide is for people who need to understand the basics of how Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is licensed and sold. This guide does not supersede or replace any of the legal documentation covering SQL Server use rights.
Posted: 12 Jul 2010 | Published: 12 Jul 2010

Dell and Microsoft SQL

Reduce CPU Usage with 'SMART' SQL
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
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: 30 Nov 2009 | Published: 30 Nov 2009

BMC Software, Inc.

Edison Group, Comparative Management Costs Study: Oracle Database 11g vs. Microsoft SQL Server 2008
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In this whitepaper presented by the Edison Group, reveals how Oracle Database widens the manageability lead over Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The study shows how Oracle Database can save 43% in time and 41% in database management costs over Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 15 Jul 2009

Oracle Corporation

Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications With Confidence
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Within any business, a number of applications exist that are critical to the success of the business. As a result, these applications and the systems they run on require a higher level of availability. The trade off with increasing application availability is an additional cost in terms of redundant hardware and complexity.
Posted: 27 Dec 2010 | Published: 27 Dec 2010

Symantec Corporation

Best Practices for Decision Support Systems with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 using Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes sizing and best practices for deploying a data warehouse in order to prevent bottlenecks and deliver a cost-effective solution.
Posted: 29 Aug 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Dell and VMware

NoSQL Does Not Have to Mean No Security
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the data security and compliance challenges with NoSQL ("not only SQL") databases, and offers key recommendations on how to address these problems.
Posted: 28 Feb 2014 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

IBM