Modern enterprises today have more data than they would have ever imagined. What with the rising number of connected devices that are perennially increasing every day. From smart cars, smart televisions, smart homes, etc. to a host of monitoring platforms and core enterprise apps like CRMs and ERPs, data is being generated all the time. […]
Organizations across the world are grappling with the challenge of minimizing database downtime while upgrading or migrating their mission-critical environments. Especially when they depend on applications that need to work on a continuous or near-continuous basis without disrupting services, it becomes all the more critical to eliminate database downtime from the migration process. Oracle GoldenGate […]
The database market is currently in the throes as enterprises that earlier relied on traditional on-premises databases are now rapidly migrating to cloud databases as their preferred data-management platforms. According to Gartner, a whopping 75% of all databases will be deployed or migrated to a cloud platform touting the cloud as the future of the database […]
Data modernization, cost, and security have all been driving organizations to move their data to the cloud thus making the shift from legacy to modern data platforms. No doubt it’s a smart move and Gartner predicts that more than 45% of IT spending on system infrastructure, infrastructure software, application software, and business process outsourcing will shift […]
Digital transformation shifts triggered by remote work and the pandemic have made clouding computing an absolute must for enterprises globally. While accessibility and cost-efficiency are expected, those who are migrating are looking at it futuristically from a scalability and resilience point of view. The global public cloud infrastructure market is expected to grow 35% to […]
With data growing at a rapid pace and the value of that data becoming more valuable by the day, companies are looking to make their applications and infrastructure more scalable, reliable, and cost effective. Many businesses today have their databases deployed on-premise. When deployed on-premise, you have complete control over your hardware and software. But […]
Your business relies on technology to operate and function. The amount of data you gather and store is growing exponentially year over year. The databases you leverage to manage critical data are paramount and you are dependent on them to be accessible and available 24*7. This causes a strain on an organization’s internal database administrator(s). […]
As companies look to modernize their applications and infrastructure, CIOs and IT stakeholders around the globe are considering how and where to leverage open source technologies. One area that is picking up a lot of momentum is deploying open source database technologies over mainstream commercial databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. This blog […]
Most CIO’s and CXO’s face some common challenges while running on-premise databases. They face operational challenges like firewall policy maintenance, security patches, OS upgrades, and firmware upgrades. The on-premise database also makes it hard to run their internal IT projects in terms of audit compliance review and capacity upgrades. Technically, you have to run your […]
Oracle licensing is quite expensive. The enterprise edition is $47,500 per unit (sockets * cores per socket * core factor) and the standard edition is $17,500 per unit (sockets)! Still, Oracle is widely used across corporations for its ability to scale and perform at very high levels. Roughly 430,000 customers in 175 countries use Oracle. […]