Evaluate

Evaluate

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• Inside the SAP Data Services data integration tool

  SAP Data Services can be used alone or with other SAP products to provide data integration, transformation, data quality, data profiling and text data processing. Continue Reading

• An overview of the Pentaho Data Integration platform

  The Pentaho Data Integration platform enables organizations to integrate, blend, convert and transform data from any data source across their entire enterprise. Continue Reading

• Examining the functions and features of database performance tools

  To help you determine which tools your organization needs, it's important to review the primary features and functionality of the three database performance tools categories. Continue Reading

• Three indicators that could signal database performance issues

  Database performance monitoring and management tools can be used to mitigate issues and help organizations be more proactive, so they can avoid performance problems and outages. Continue Reading

• What you need to know about Oracle Data Integrator 12c

  Oracle Data Integrator 12c works with several other Oracle products to leverage the capabilities of RDBMSs for processing and transforming data. Continue Reading

• What you need to know about database performance software

  Database performance software identifies bottlenecks and points of contention, monitors workload and throughput, and manages system and DBMS resource usage.Continue Reading

• Inside the MapR Hadoop distribution for managing big data

  The MapR Hadoop distribution replaces HDFS with its proprietary file system, MapR-FS, which is designed to provide more efficient management of data, reliability and ease of use.Continue Reading

• What to know about the IBM Information Governance Catalog

  IBM's Information Governance Catalog provides organizations with a workflow-oriented data governance tool for organizing, managing and accessing their data assets.Continue Reading

• A buyer's guide to selecting the best data warehouse product

  With several deployment options and product choices, it's difficult to know where to start. This buyer's guide helps you choose the right data warehouse product for your company.Continue Reading

• Five factors to help select the right data warehouse product

  How big is your company, and what resources does it have? What are your performance needs? Answering these questions and others can help you select the right data warehouse platform.Continue Reading

• A look inside the SAP IQ column-oriented database

  The SAP IQ column-oriented database is designed for large data warehouses that require high scalability, rapid data loading and optimal query performance.Continue Reading

• Examining the Teradata Data Warehouse

  With both relational and columnar options, the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse gives companies an efficient, scalable appliance they can deploy in-house or in the cloud.Continue Reading

• Evaluating the key features of data warehouse platforms

  Choosing between the different types of data warehouse platforms can be simplified once you know which deployment option best meets your project requirements.Continue Reading

• What to expect from Oracle Exadata Database Machine

  Oracle Exadata Database Machine combines hardware and software to enable analytics, batch, reporting and other tasks to run simultaneously within and across databases.Continue Reading

• Examining the IBM PureData System for Analytics appliance

  Powered by Netezza technology, the IBM PureData System for Analytics data warehouse appliance enables users to execute complex queries and get results quickly.Continue Reading

• The benefits of deploying a data warehouse platform

  Big data may be all the rage, but data warehouse platforms are still being utilized by companies of all sizes. Expert Craig S. Mullins takes a look at the technology.Continue Reading

• Types of NoSQL databases and key criteria for choosing them

  In a book excerpt, consultant Dan Sullivan offers insights into how to select the right type of NoSQL database for the right application in your organization.Continue Reading

• SAP HANA in-memory DBMS overview

  SAP HANA is an in-memory DBMS and application platform designed to handle high transaction rates and complex queries using one data copy.Continue Reading

• Redis open source DBMS overview

  The Redis open source DBMS provides a highly scalable data store that can be shared by multiple processes, applications or servers.Continue Reading

• MySQL open source RDBMS overview

  Developers, database administrators and DevOps teams use MySQL open source RDBMS to more easily operate next-generation applications in the cloud.Continue Reading

• Which in-memory DBMS best fits your company's needs?

  Database expert Craig S. Mullins examines some top in-memory DBMS software offerings to help you determine which is the best fit for your organization.Continue Reading

• Oracle Database 12c relational database management system overview

  Oracle Database 12c delivers strong performance for mission-critical workloads, with features and functionality for diverse processing needs and requirements.Continue Reading

• Relational database design tips to boost performance

  As relational database management systems handle more and more data, a strategic approach to data modeling has become vital.Continue Reading

• Sort through types of database management systems before you buy

  The database management system lies at the center of any organization's business activities. It houses the data that pumps life into operations and analytics applications and ensures that it's managed and manipulated securely. But the types of ...Continue Reading

• With database management tools, never settle

  They're the heart of it all, pumping data to applications and business processes. But the sheer number of products on the market can boggle any mind.Continue Reading

• Which relational DBMS is best for your company?

  Database expert Craig S. Mullins examines the top relational database management system software to determine which best fits your organization.Continue Reading

• Key considerations for determining if a NoSQL DBMS meets your IT needs

  NoSQL represents the fastest-growing type of DBMS being adopted today. Is it right for you?Continue Reading

• Key criteria for deciding if a relational DBMS meets your IT needs

  For many organizations, a relational database management system will get the job done; others need to keep looking to fulfill their needs.Continue Reading

• Apache Spark goes 1.0, looks to improve on MapReduce performance

  The Apache Software Foundation released Version 1.0 of Spark, a processing framework aimed at outpacing MapReduce for machine learning and other uses.Continue Reading

• Conversation with Monash: On horses for courses and parallelism

  Data industry viewer Curt Monash discusses parallelism and more as new databases gain attention. Part 1 in a series.Continue Reading

• Big data cloud is changing familiar database tech tune

  New cloud database applications that increasingly fall into the "big-data-intensive" category are shaking up the usual build-or-buy soliloquy.Continue Reading

• Supermarket co-op stocks up on big data platform to help spur sales

  Co-operative Allegiance Retail Services is deploying a cloud-based big data stack to replace a homegrown system that fell short on analytics power.Continue Reading

• Top six data management software stories of 2011

  From the rise of "big data" to office politics hampering MDM projects to Hewlett-Packard giving Neoview the ax, and more, there were plenty of notable data management stories in 2011.Continue Reading

• Emerging database technologies hit DBMS mainstream, add to choices

  Emerging database technologies such as column-based database software, NoSQL databases and Database as a Service (DaaS) platforms are starting to make a splash in the IT market.Continue Reading

• Buyer’s Guide: Choosing and understanding MDM software

  Read up on master data and master data management, plus get expert advice on choosing MDM software and tools and what to look for in an MDM product or service.Continue Reading

• How to evaluate data warehouse software in five steps

  Get five steps to evaluating data warehouse software from a data warehouse expert.Continue Reading