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Tamr Launches Fall 2019 Data Unification System to Enable Analytic Insights Tamr has announced general availability of the Fall 2019 release of the company's data... Read More
Splunk Announces New Platform Initiatives Splunk, a provider of the data-to-everything platform, is making several advancements... Read More
Yugabyte Update Enables Companies to Transition to SQL Databases Yugabyte, a provider of open source distributed SQL databases, is releasing Yugabyte... Read More
"Autonomous Linux" Operating System in the Cloud Extends Oracle's Autonomous Strategy Marking what it describes as a milestone in its autonomous strategy, Oracle announced... Read More
Oracle Announces Free Access to Database and Cloud Infrastructure Oracle has announced Oracle Cloud Free Tier, including new Always Free services for... Read More
Oracle Hikes Speed and Performance with Exadata X8M Amid a flurry of announcements at its annual OpenWorld conference, Oracle announced... Read More
The Challenge of Managing Data Science Change (VIDEO) Elsevier technology research director Helena Deus discusses the challenges Elsevier... Read More

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The 2019 DBTA Readers’ Choice Awards Winners

Each year, Database Trends and Applications presents the Readers' Choice Awards, providing a unique opportunity to recognize companies whose products are selected by experts whose opinions carry more weight than any others—you, the readers. Here we present the top three vote-getters in each category. Congratulations to all and thanks to everyone who submitted nominations and voted! Read More

Back(up) to the Future: Keeping IT Running Through Digital Transformations

While IT has evolved significantly in the past decade as hardware and software innovations accelerate and customers seek solutions that increase efficiencies and lower costs, one aspect has remained the same: backup. And as the dependence on data grows for business insights and analytics, backup will only become more important in IT. Read More

Key Takeaways about Data and Analytics from Data Summit 2019

Data Summit 2019 in Boston drew industry experts with deep knowledge spanning all areas of enterprise IT, including AI and machine learning, analytics, cloud, data warehousing, and software licensing who presented 3 days of thought-provoking sessions, keynotes, panel discussions, and hands-on workshops. Here are some key takeaways from the Data Summit 2019. Read More

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Database Elaborations

Todd Schraml

In Data Management, the More You Do, the More There is to be Done In order to protect your organization, it is critical to watch over the elements that have been built, keep processes running, and be on top of change. Spend the time and resources necessary to properly maintain the solutions for which you are responsible. The amount spent in such endeavors will be less time than that spent trying to play catch up on too many changes after bad things have resulted.

DBA Corner

Craig S. Mullins

Analytics Projects Offer Value and Challenges Although adopting advanced analytics is on the radar for most organizations these days, it is important to understand some of the problems that can occur as you implement analytics projects. Perhaps the most important obstacle to overcome is ensuring buy-in from your organization's leaders.

SQL Server Drill Down

Kevin Kline

Whether IT Infrastructure is On-Prem or in the Cloud, You Still Need Architects The big cloud vendors tout many reasons for running IT infrastructure in the cloud. A very prominent benefit is "accelerated innovation and delivery." That's a powerful selling point because every IT manager I have ever known wants to deliver better results, faster, and at lower cost. However, it seems that the less IT managers know about doing actual hands-on IT work, the more demanding they are.

MongoDB Matters

Guy Harrison

MongoDB 4.2 Boasts Incremental Improvements MongoDB 4.2 may seem like a grab bag of features, but all of the features represent useful additions to your MongoDB toolkit. Some features—the Atlas Data Lake, for instance—need significant enhancements to cover all conceivable use cases. Nevertheless, MongoDB 4.2 will be a useful upgrade and I'd expect it to be widely deployed.

Next-Gen Data Management

Jared Hensle

Common SQL Server Wait Types to Improve Database Performance Here is a list of common wait types and techniques that every DBA (or wannabe DBA) should know. While there are many more wait types than listed here, understanding these will give you a leg up when it comes to optimizing and tuning your SQL Server database performance.

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The World of Augmented Analytics: Q&A With Oracle Analytics’ Bruno Aziza Oracle has identified a need for "augmented" analytics, leveraging machine learning... Read More
Five Trends Driving Security in the Era of Emerging Tech Nearly every week of 2018 featured headlines of a new cyberattack on companies that... Read More
Best Streaming Solution Streaming platforms allow individuals to see data in real-time batches, enabling... Read More
Best Relational Database A relational database is a set of formally described tables from which data can be... Read More