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 […]
The Best Practices for Protecting Your Data There is nothing more valuable for a business than the data that they obtain and store each and every day. This information serves as a backbone for running all operations of your business and requires only the most efficient database security systems and protocols for the best results. […]
In working with SQL Server, you may have encountered errors related to unresolved deadlock and scheduler deadlock. Many people blend these errors together, but they are actually separate issues. In this post, we provide a high-level explanation of both types of deadlock errors. Unresolved Deadlock In general, an unresolved deadlock is a SQL Server product […]
A great database appliance can be critical for the optimum functioning of your company. After all, databases provide storage for large volumes of data, and data is highly important for many companies. Three of the best database appliances on the market are the Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) X6-S, X6-2M, and X5-2 High Availability (HA). Â In […]
As business needs change and the focus on security increases, the landscape of data storage and analytics options is growing more complex.  Discover the common database management challenges businesses face and how to avoid them by selecting an effective database management solution. 5 Challenges Companies Have with Database Management: And How to Choose the Right Solution When 451 […]
Trends may come and go, but many new concepts in database management have staying power, as well as the ability to greatly impact the organizations that integrate them. Every organization wants to stay updated with the latest trends in database management as well as how to best take advantage of them to benefit their business. Database Management […]
Oracle was a late entrant to the cloud business, launching that just in 2015. Larry Ellison and Mark Hurd were reluctant as they saw the cloud as something that could cut into their revenue stream for traditional software licenses. But now they, like the vast majority of the industry, have embraced the cloud model. Here, […]
Let’s face it, Oracle’s licensing policies around its various software product suites are not known for being straightforward.  Between core factors, VM restrictions, version upgrade limitations, and user minimums, it can be difficult to tell whether or not your organization is compliant with Oracle’s database licensing requirements. Oracle’s complex licensing policies, along with the fact […]