Database Trends and Applications

The Journal of Information Integration and Management

Volume 28 | Number 6

DEC 2014/JAN 2015

CONTENTS

FEATURES

RESEARCH@DBTA

2          EMPOWERED DATABASES, EMPOWERED MANAGERS: VIRTUALIZATION’S IMPACT ON AGILITY

            By Joe McKendrick

FEATURE STORY

4          FOUR DISRUPTIVE FORCES—SOCIAL, MOBILE, ANALYTICS, AND CLOUD RESHAPE DATA ENVIRONMENTS

            By Joe McKendrick

TREND-SETTING PRODUCTS > SPECIAL SECTION

22        INTRODUCTION

23        DBTA TREND-SETTING PRODUCTS FOR 2015

DEPARTMENTS

APPLICATIONS

43        FIVE STEPS TO CONSIDER AS YOU EMBARK INTO THE WORLD OF NOSQL?            By Randal Hoff

MULTIVALUE SOLUTIONS

45        ROCKET SOFTWARE FOCUSES ON NEXT-GENERATION MULTIVALUE DEVELOPMENT

COLUMNS

47        NEXT-GEN DATA MANAGEMENT > by Gerardo Dada

            IS THE DATABASE ADMINISTRATION PROFESSION DISAPPEARING OR JUST EVOLVING?

48        IOUG OBSERVATIONS > by John Matelski

            TO CLOUD OR NOT TO CLOUD—THAT IS THE QUESTION

49        DBA CORNER > by Craig S. Mullins

            WHAT CAN YOU DO TO AVOID DATABASE LOCKING PROBLEMS?

50        SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > by Kevin Kline

            DELAYED DURABILITY—THE SQL SERVER 2014 TRANSACTION LOG HACK!

51        BIG DATA NOTES > by Guy Harrison

            WILL TRANSACTIONS RETURN TO NOSQL?

52        DATABASE ELABORATIONS > by Todd Schraml

            BEGINNER’S MIND VERSUS EXPERT’S MIND