Third-party Database Tools Still Matter
Over the past year, I have received numerous inquiries asking me whether third-party database tools that focus on performance and tuning, backup recovery, replication, upgrade, troubleshooting, and...
View ArticleSocial Media Will Play A Big Part In BI's Future
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View ArticleSybase Acquisition By SAP - A Great Move
Recently, SAP announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sybase for $5.8 billion, at $65 a share, a 44% premium over the share's three-month average price. The transaction is expected to close during...
View ArticleDatabase Migrations Are Finally Becoming Simpler
Lately I have been getting quite a few inquiries on database migrations asking me about migration approaches, best practices, and tooling. Some of the reasons why companies are looking at migrations...
View ArticleJoin Our Data Management Tweet Jam On MDM’s Next Evolution: Tuesday, July 20,...
Many large organizations have finally "seen the light" and are trying to figure out the best way to treat their critical data as the trusted asset it should be. As a result, master data management...
View ArticleTake Part In Forrester's Database Management Survey
Forrester is currently running a database management survey assessing the state of the database market. We are surveying companies across various verticals to understand the type of DBMS they use, what...
View ArticleHow Many DBAs Do You Need To Support Databases?
I frequently get asked the question of how many databases a DBA typically manages. Over the past five years, I have interviewed hundreds of organizations on this topic, asking them about their ratios...
View ArticleStrong Growth And Innovation Seen For Information-As-A-Service In 2011
Over the course of this year, I've spoken with many organizations that are continuing to expand their usage of information-as-a-service (sometimes called data services) to support new business...
View ArticleCisco's Acquisition Of Composite Software Brings Data Intelligence To The...
Cisco's acquisition of Composite Software is unique compared with the ones it's done in the past. This acquisition makes networks more knowledgeable about data -- a piece that's been missing from...
View ArticleInformation Fabric 3.0 Delivers The Next Generation Of Data Virtualization
For decades, firms have deployed applications and BI on independent databases and warehouses, supporting custom data models, scalability, and performance while speeding delivery. It's become a...
View ArticleThird-party Database Tools Still Matter
Over the past year, I have received numerous inquiries asking me whether third-party database tools that focus on performance and tuning, backup recovery, replication, upgrade, troubleshooting, and...
View ArticleSocial Media Will Play A Big Part In BI’s Future
When preparing for our upcoming Forrester Data Management Tweet Jam (May 13th, 2-3pm ET) -“What BI is Not!”- we got together with a few of Forrester’s data management and BI analysts to discuss some of...
View ArticleSybase Acquisition By SAP – A Great Move
Recently, SAP announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sybase for $5.8 billion, at $65 a share, a 44% premium over the share's three-month average price. The transaction is expected to close during...
View ArticleDatabase Migrations Are Finally Becoming Simpler
Lately I have been getting quite a few inquiries on database migrations asking me about migration approaches, best practices, and tooling. Some of the reasons why companies are looking at migrations...
View ArticleJoin Our Data Management Tweet Jam On MDM’s Next Evolution: Tuesday, July 20,...
Many large organizations have finally “seen the light” and are trying to figure out the best way to treat their critical data as the trusted asset it should be. As a result, master data management...
View ArticleTake Part In Forrester’s Database Management Survey
Forrester is currently running a database management survey assessing the state of the database market. We are surveying companies across various verticals to understand the type of DBMS they use, what...
View ArticleHow Many DBAs Do You Need To Support Databases?
I frequently get asked the question of how many databases a DBA typically manages. Over the past five years, I have interviewed hundreds of organizations on this topic, asking them about their ratios...
View ArticleStrong Growth And Innovation Seen For Information-As-A-Service In 2011
Over the course of this year, I’ve spoken with many organizations that are continuing to expand their usage of information-as-a-service (sometimes called data services) to support new business...
View ArticleCisco’s Acquisition Of Composite Software Brings Data Intelligence To The...
Cisco’s acquisition of Composite Software is unique compared with the ones it’s done in the past. This acquisition makes networks more knowledgeable about data — a piece that’s been missing from...
View ArticleInformation Fabric 3.0 Delivers The Next Generation Of Data Virtualization
For decades, firms have deployed applications and BI on independent databases and warehouses, supporting custom data models, scalability, and performance while speeding delivery. It’s become a...
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