Need to make the case for remote database and applications support for your UK based business? This insightful paper by Quantix provides real world examples of how both commercial and government customers drive greater ROI and critical service assurance using remote database management and support applications. (less)

How can IT organizations protect sensitive data? Industry analysts recommend “de-identifying” or masking data as a best practice for protecting privacy. This White Paper explains why protecting sensitive information and ensuring privacy have become high priorities and the requirements for selecting a data privacy solution. (less)

How can IT organizations protect sensitive data? Industry analysts recommend “de-identifying” or masking data as a best practice for protecting privacy. This White Paper explains why protecting sensitive information and ensuring privacy have become high priorities and the requirements for selecting a data privacy solution. (less)

Download this White Paper and learn how to optimize test environments to speed the deployment of Siebel applications. Allowing you to deliver application upgrades and deployments quicker, cheaper and more accurately. (less)

This paper addresses data quality management issues and discusses the leading edge technology for data cleaning now available to users of Siebel CRM On Demand. It discusses the industry's best practices to ensure the ongoing availability of high quality data. Today's data cleansing technology produces the highest quality data that maximizes the functionality of your Siebel CRM On Demand system. (less)

Download this white paper and learn how PeopleSoft sites are realizing the benefits of a full-lifecycle enterprise data management strategy that includes database archiving to deliver enhanced application performance and lower costs. (less)

Comprehensive code testing is the difference between building a successful application and releasing bug-filled programs that ultimately cost your business time, money and customer satisfaction. In Quest’s technical brief “Code Testing: The Foundation of Successful Applications,” learn about the importance of comprehensive code testing – and the challenges you face when implementing it – and how to overcome obstacles to build and deploy successful applications. (less)

Use of XML as a primary data format is spreading rapidly. Combining Oracle® XML Publisher with HP Output Server creates an output management system that can effectively process and reliably deliver XML-formatted output to print, fax, email, web, and other output destinations. More and more organizations are turning to XML as a medium to solve interoperability issues because data presented in XML is self-describing, and thus more easily understood by different systems. This paper describes a real-life implementation of HPOS and Oracle XML Publisher. The solution successfully processes thousands of job submissions per hour of XML-formatted data and non-XML-formatted documents from a combination of Oracle and non-Oracle applications. (less)

This white paper identifies the decision factors in moving to a high availability solution, and how Oracle Real Application Clusters provides a fault-tolerant, scalable and cost-effective solution for growing businesses. (less)

This document considers the question of what is needed for midsize businesses to successfully implement and maintain database applications, considering limitations of budget, time, and expertise. (less)

This paper provides a technical evaluation of Microsoft’s clustering technologies as compared to Oracle Real Application Clusters. (less)

Learn how Quest Software’s Spotlight® on Oracle greatly improves the efficiency of the DBA by providing a quick visualization of the Oracle domain, highlighting and alerting to performance bottlenecks. (less)

This commissioned Forrester Consulting case study describes how a F500 company:

Simplified database monitoring for SOX without performance impact or database changes.

Reduced DBA effort with automated reporting and an appliance-based solution (self-contained storage, preconfigured applications, SOX reports, embedded DBMS, etc.).

Captures all activities (DDL, DML, DCL, failed logins, bind values, local access, etc.).

Created a single set of audit policies and audit repository for all platforms (Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2) accessed via Siebel, SAP and 22 other financial systems.

Provides real-time security for unauthorized changes including data updates.

Delivered 239% ROI and 5.9 months payback compared to homegrown scripts using native logging/auditing.

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Download this white paper and learn how JD Edwards sites are realizing the benefits of a full-lifecycle enterprise data management strategy that includes database archiving to deliver enhanced application performance and lower costs. (less)

Download this white paper and learn how Oracle E-business Suite sites are realizing the benefits of a full-lifecycle enterprise data management strategy that includes database archiving to deliver enhanced application performance and reduce costs. (less)

Download this white paper and learn how Siebel sites are realizing the benefits of a full-lifecycle enterprise data management strategy that includes database archiving to deliver enhanced application performance and lower costs. (less)

Authored by database security expert, IBM Gold Consultant, and Guardium CTO Ron Ben-Natan, Ph.D., Implementing Database Security and Auditing (Elsevier Press, 2005) is the definitive guide for DBAs, IT security professionals, and auditors. CHAPTER 12, AUDITING CATEGORIES: Learn which audit trails to implement in order to address common compliance requirements, including audit trails for: Database logins and logouts, Client information, Usage outside normal hours, Database errors, Changes to privileges and other security attributes…and many others. (less)

This paper presents a technical comparison between compression capabilities of Oracle Database and other vendors in the market. (less)

Do you use Java applications with Oracle? If so, you need to see how Macro 4's Application Performance Portal can dramatically ease the challenge of finding code that is causing you performance problems. (less)

This White Paper describes the alternative archive and upgrade scenarios and provides insight into selecting the solution to best meet your requirements. It has been shown that archiving improves the outcome of upgrade projects, giving sites greater business value and higher overall success rates. (less)

Is your development team delivering high quality code to production? Software bugs cost your business time, money, frustration and decreased productivity. Learn the development best practices you need to deliver bug-free code. Read the Quest technical brief “Implementing Database Best Practices for Oracle” today and ensure your development team is producing quality code every time. (less)

Oracle Database 11g for Windows provides an optimized database solution for deployments that require enterprise scalability, reliability, and high performance. Learn more about Oracle Database on Windows architecture in this white paper. (less)

This technical brief will introduce you to the new functionality in Toad for Oracle version 9.6. You will see how the top ten new features, including better customization, improved database browser, the AWR Browser and new vulnerability assessment health checks provide you with exceptional value and flexibility. (less)

Relying on your internal database management system's SQL optimizer may result in under-performing SQL statements. This technical brief will show you how Quest Software addresses the deficiencies of internal SQL optimizers and offers a solution to ensure accurate SQL rewriting, cost estimation and database statistics. (less)

This White Paper describes the alternative archive and upgrade scenarios andprovides insight into selecting the solution to best meet your requirements. It has been shown that archiving improves the outcome of upgrade projects, giving sites greater business value and higher overall success rates. (less)

Businesses spend billions migrating data between information-intensive applications. Yet up to 75% of new systems fail to meet expectations, often because flaws in the migration process result in data that is not adequately validated for the task intended. (less)

Organizations make substantial investments in managing and maintaining enterprise applications, as well as their supporting databases and IT infrastructure. Download this white paper and learn how to to simplify your application portfolio and control your costs. (less)

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