Volume 33, Number 4 • August/September 2019
This issue features a Best Practices section on
FEATURES
RESEARCH@DBTA
2 SELF-DRIVING DATABASES ARE READY TO HIT THE ROAD
FEATURE STORY
4 HYBRID DATABASES REARRANGE THE DATA DECK
By Joe McKendrick
READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2019 > SPECIAL SECTION
7 DATABASE TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2019
COLUMNS
33 QUEST IOUG OBSERVATIONS > by Seth Miller
TOOLS FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT OF OCI INSTANCES
35 NEXT-GEN DATA MANAGEMENT > by Jared Hensle
COMMON SQL SERVER WAIT TYPES TO IMPROVE DATABASE PERFORMANCE
36 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES > by Guy Harrison
WITH COSMOS DB, MICROSOFT ATTEMPTS A ‘ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL’ DATABASE
37 DBA CORNER > by Craig S. Mullins
DATA BREACHES: PERVASIVE AND COSTLY
39 SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN > by Kevin Kline
AZURE SQL DATABASE EDGE
40 DATABASE ELABORATIONS > by Todd Schraml
TRANSACTION-THINKING, SET-THINKING, AND CODING FAST
DEPARTMENTS
TRENDS
24 KEY TAKEAWAYS ABOUT DATA AND ANALYTICS FROM DATA SUMMIT 2019
> by Joyce Wells and Stephanie Simone
APPLICATIONS
26 HOW DATA INTEGRATION PROVIDES A COMPETITIVE EDGE
> by Carlos Kuhl Nogueira
27 GETTING YOUR TEST DATA HOUSE IN ORDER FOR GDPR
> by John Crossno
29 BACK(UP) TO THE FUTURE: KEEPING IT RUNNING THROUGH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS
> by Danny Allan
DBTA LIVE
31 HOW TO CAPITALIZE ON YOUR DATA LAKE
31 TIPS FOR BUILDING DATA PIPELINES
MULTIVALUE SOLUTIONS
32 BLUEFINITY ENRICHES EVOKE WITH MULTIPLE DEVELOPER SYSTEM
32 ZUMASYS HELPS NORTHEASTERN SUPPLY EXPAND