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. […]
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. […]
Company data is paramount, helping businesses build competitive advantages for their products and services they provide. With the influx of data being captured and monetized, organizations are actively looking at ways to modernize their applications and critical infrastructure to be more responsive and scalable to meet these demands. Businesses are migrating Oracle workloads to the […]
Outsourcing database administration (DBA) services has become increasingly popular in recent years as firms have started to realize the innumerable benefits associated with outsourcing. Outsourcing has become a widely accepted method of managing entire IT service, and not DBA alone. There exist several firms that are capable of highly efficient DBA services as and when […]
For Oracle customers still running version 11g, Oracle has already announced EOL for Premium Support. Extended Support is available until 2020, but that comes with added costs. Yet there are other reasons than just support costs for upgrading to version 12c, mainly new features that can solve new IT requirements. Here we review some of […]