DATABASE TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS
The Journal of Information Integration and Management
Volume 28 | Number 4
August/September 2014
The August/September issue of Database Trends and Applications highlights the Readers Choice Awards of 2014.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 As Big Data Gets Bigger, Enterprise Governance Attempts to Keep Up?
By Joe McKendrick
FEATURE STORY
4 Speed and Performance in Oracle’s Spotlight This Year
By Joe McKendrick
READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2014 > SPECIAL SECTION
11 Database Trends and Applications Readers’ Choice Awards 2014
Who to See @ Oracle OpenWorld > SPECIAL SECTION
28 What’s Ahead at Oracle OpenWorld 2014
By Joyce Wells
29 Connect with the IOUG at Oracle OpenWorld 2014
By John Matelski, President of the IOUG, and CIO and Director of Information Technology for DeKalb County Government (Georgia)
30 Oracle Applications Users Group Members Find Answers to Tough Challenges
By Karen Daniel, OAUG Director of Operations and Membership
31 Quest: Your Connection to Growth
By Jon Vaughn, Executive Director, Quest International Users Group
DEPARTMENTS
TRENDS
27 Want to Rise Up in Your Organization? Real-Time Big Data Analytics Is the Wave to Catch
By Eric Frenkiel
MULTIVALUE SOLUTIONS
34 Mail Service Provider Takes Care of Business
By Joyce Wells
COLUMNS
36 IOUG OBSERVATIONS > by John Matelski
Global Readiness for the Internet of Things
37 DBA Corner > by Craig S. Mullins
The Danger of Dirty Reads
38 Big Data Notes > by Guy Harrison
Data Marketplaces Have Yet to Deliver on Early Promise
39 SQL Server Drill Down > by Kevin Kline
PowerBI: The Self-Service BI App That Can Change Your Life
40 Database Elaborations > by Todd Schraml
Achieving a Healthy Data Warehousing Environment