Last articles from Databases category on Computers Top News

Backing up Critical Data: Tape Backup Drives and Tape Libraries

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Although tape storage is one of the older ways to backup computer data, it remains one of the most popular and reliable ways to store data. Tape backup drives have come a long way since IBM developed the technology in the 1950's. Today's systems are a complex network of tape drives and tape libraries that store the data of the world's largest corporations.

Aside from reliability, the other factor that makes tape drives so successful is their scalability and low cost. Tape backup d... (Read All)

Improving Application Performance With Solix Database Archiving Solutions

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

1) What are the problems if data is not archived?

Databases have grown far larger than envisioned by their creators and are filled with unneeded data. Many companies, therefore, are seeking to pare them down to the essentials and archive little used content.

"Data is growing at 125 percent a year yet up to 80 percent of this data remains inactive in production systems where it cripples performance," sad Charlie Garry, senior program director at Meta Group. "To compound th... (Read All)

Understanding Data Management and Data Security

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Companies today have so much data that flows in and out of the office that they need an effective system in place to manage all this data in a way that makes sense and from which all employees benefit. Data management is becoming more and more important as the volume of data that a company deals with on a daily basis needs to be sorted, delivered, and utilized. For small companies this usually isn't an issue as they can easily manage and store their data on computer servers. However, large co... (Read All)

Automate Routine Database Synchronization With Database Restyle â Application!

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Database Restyle â Application is a graphical interface designed for the end users on the basis of the
Database Restyle â Librarycomponent.

Usually, it takes much time to generate scripts, compare and synchronize database structures. Moreover, manual synchronization doesnât exclude errors. With Database Restyle â Application you will just need a couple of minutes to compare and... (Read All)

Backup on Lto Tape

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The value of your data more then the hardware and we know that when we loss over data and that’s why the Backing up data has become golden rule in the computer world. We need to backup data once in a day to avoid panics at the time of data loss. Data backups, hard drive backups, email backups prove beneficial when you lose some important data.

In such case you can trust the backed up data! But how can we create backup of over data and what hardware can we use to have backup o... (Read All)

Book Review: Beginning Sql Server 2005 Programming

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100

SQL Books dont get better than this for ASP.NET companies such as ourselves!

As our company expands, I needed a good reference for old and new developers alike. This book ensures it can handle experienced programmers and at the same time appeal to first timers aswell.

As you may know, one of my main gripes from new staff is the lack of training ... (Read All)

Communicate your Database's Capabilities More Effectively With Ms Visio

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

If you own a company, then you no doubt can appreciate that keeping your databases current and fully functional are key to keeping your business up and running at full steam. That record of data or records comes in handy for your sales department, and any number of different divisions that work together to keep your company running at optimal levels. When it comes time to prepare documents, presentations or reports that describe all of the wonderful functions that your databases perform, yo... (Read All)

Data Cleansing

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100

So much database types as well as system weared. Where the system have to support execution of work but in other matter will very complicate in the case of reporting system, because possibly one of the problem of datas amount which so much, disagree with used systems. It is of course become dilemma in making of reliable report and data integration which earn to be trusted.

Challenging from qualified management data is a[n critical component concerning business guarantee. In this t... (Read All)

Data Mining Tools, Understanding Data Mining

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Data mining basically means pulling out important information from huge volume of data. Data mining tools are used for the purposes of examining the data from various viewpoints and summarizing it into a useful database library. However, lately Read All)

Database Basics

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Databases are valuable resources that enable a myriad of business tools and practices, such as customer relationship management, efficiency analyses and projection reports, to name a few. Still, many people have difficulty conceptualizing what exactly a database is. A database is an organized collection of often vast amounts of related information that can be readily accessed and used as input to a range of applications that may present new or deeper insight into the business or enable new co... (Read All)

Database Indexing â an Introduction

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Databases are excellent data storage and retrieval tools, ranging from simplistic tables of information to complex, intricate collections of multiple linked databases. A database is created and named based on the particulars of its application, and stores data in tables consisting of an organized collection of rows and columns. Data may be manually entered into databases, but is more commonly written dynamically into databases by web sites or by connected software applications. Companies ofte... (Read All)

Database Integration Services India

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Are you looking forward to make your present database information accessible to customers or business clients on internet? But arenât very sure about various procedure that can help in integrating that data with your website. Certainly database integration is one solution and answer that can really help in integrating data with your website. This is one of the boomi... (Read All)

Enterprise Database Management

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Growing data volumes and increases in regulatory compliance are requiring enterprises to evaluate their data management strategies and implement scalable solutions that solve today’s challenges. Enterprise data management must also integrate into a company’s existing application infrastructure and provide the means to manage data growth while maintaining referential integrity of the application.

Organic Data Growth
E-Business applications ... (Read All)

Getitnext Releases Version 1.1 for Ebay Searches

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Toronto, ON â November 2007 â GetItNext, Searching an innovative new
search solution that dramatically improves the buying experience of the
eBay marketplace, today announced it has released version 1.1 of its
online search application. The latest release comes 5 months after the
company launched its service to the public and features a significant
number of upgrades based on feedback received from its online user
community.

While GetItNextâ... (Read All)

How is Ms Access Database Useful?

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Itâs a computer world and data is saved electronically in the form of files to avoid heaps of papers and files. File system is a method for storing and organizing computer files and data they contain to make it easy to search and access them. File system provides access to data which is saved on a data storage device like hard disk where it maintains physical location of the file for easy accessibility.

For example, if you want to store the wedding anniversaries and birthdates o... (Read All)

How to Keep Linq to Sql Classes in Sync With Database Structure

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

About Linq To Sql

Since it became available developers using .Net have no need to mix code with SQL commands within the application to access database objects. Now developers can access data in databases using programming language they get used to (C#, VB.NET). Moreover, using LINQ To SQL allows developer to uniformly manage all iterative data sources: databases, XML, various collections, etc. In addition you get code verification during compilation, full integration in Visual Stud... (Read All)

Importance of Database Uptime

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

For many businesses, logging, warehousing and processing information about transactions is the lifeline of their corporate strategy and crucial to their profitability. Important records detailing a companyâs user history, product inventory and shipment tracking, supplier information, configuration settings, or any other necessary collections of information are most often stored in and retrieved from databases. Databases provide a convenient means of storing vast amounts of information, allo... (Read All)

Improve your Access Applications in Minutes

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Database Tips and Techniques

Databases are very powerful tools used to find, sort, reformat, manage, send and do all kinds of other things with data on your computer. The more data you have the more you need a database to access it quickly, but that makes the data harder to find. So, we built a tool that lets a user Â¡Â§drill downÂ¡Â¨ to data very quickly in a form by just clicking on a field that has the type of data that he wants to find. Lets say you have a customer datab... (Read All)

Improving Application Performance With Solix Database Archiving Solutions

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

1) What are the problems if data is not archived?

Databases have grown far larger than envisioned by their creators and are filled with unneeded data. Many companies, therefore, are seeking to pare them down to the essentials and archive little used content.

"Data is growing at 125 percent a year yet up to 80 percent of this data remains inactive in production systems where it cripples performance," sad Charlie Garry, senior program director at Meta Group. "To c... (Read All)

Mysql Backup Ideas

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

MySQL Backup of mixed type tables have been a night mare for me always. When it comes to the Win32 port serving a client application, which was a recent client requirement we at Saturn had to grease our brains a little too much. Finally all the requi... (Read All)

Resolving Application Fragmentation Without Soa

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

SOA is too big and too expensive regardless of what all the vendors tell you. Is it wise to trust the people who created the original mess with fixing it? Isnât it likely that the typical large corporation will end up with a larger mess than before?

Every IT expert must be aware that developing a software product is an expensive proposition. T... (Read All)

Sap Data Warehousing Solution

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

SAP BW is a continuous data warehousing solution that uses former SAP technologies. This SAP BW is built on the Basis of 3-tier architecture and coded in the ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) language. This 3-tier architecture and code language uses ALE (Application Link Enabling) and BAPI (Business Application Programming Interface) to link BW with SAP systems and non-SAP systems.

BW Architecture

The BW has three layers in it. The top layer is the report... (Read All)

Sql Tuning

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Companies that rely upon database information obtained by SQL queries commonly encounter performance issues as their databases grow to contain mass amounts of information. Over time, the same processes that have historically proven successful may become inadequate when the application needs to accommodate thousands or millions of database records. Suppose a company has always utilized a process in which a SQL query looks for a name by checking the first row to see if it holds the specified na... (Read All)

The Illusion of Business Intelligence

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Occam's Razor: 'Of all possible answers to a question the most simple one is usually the right one.'

The proponents of BI however hope to fulfill the vision of Laplace; who suggested: '... with an intelligence sufficiently vast to submit all comprehensable data to analysis ... nothing would be uncertain and the future and past present to... (Read All)

The Mythology of Data Governance and Data Stewardship

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It will sound almost a clichÃ© if you say that companies thrive on information. If you go through the front page of any news paper, watch any weather channel, come across a press conference, or go over any annual report, you will witness how data dominates the organizations today. The importance has grown so large that companies have to scour for data of the prev... (Read All)

The Theory of Meaningless Numbers

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

August, 2007

The Theory Of Meaningless Numbers

By

Applause Software

Peter A Donovan

What is a meaningless number?

Meaningless numbers are ID and CODE columns which uniquely identify a record in a database table. They were made up by computer programmers, and in traditional programming, they for... (Read All)

Useful Tools for Btrieve, Pervasive.sql, and Other Sql Server

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Now you can find the useful and inexpensive software working with Btrieve, Pervasive SQL, mySQL, Firebird SQL and more. Next popular and inexpensive system working on the platforms NetWare, Windows, DOS.

Database Manager for Pervasive SQL Version 2.1 will allow to get a full supervision on your database Pervasive SQL. Easy way to operate a database using SQL Script. MDI interface, management of all objects of a database - tables, views, procedures, relations, trig... (Read All)

Visual Dataflex Advantages

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Ref: Should I rewrite my system in VB or VDF?

Visual DataFlex (VDF)

VDFâs main advantage is speed of development. On a system that deals with large quantities of data, VB will probably require twice the coding time. One example of this is in error handling. In VB error handling must be coded by hand.
Another example of âout of the box... (Read All)

Visual Dataflex Product Review

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Visual DataFlex is a database RAD (Rapid Application Development) visual studio where windows and web database applications can be designed.

~The best kept secret in database development~

This article is meant for viewing by mid-size and small companies seeking a lower cost or more rapid alternative to Microsoft platforms such as .NET and VB.<... (Read All)

What is Data Management?

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Definition:

Data Management is the comprehensive series of procedures to be followed and have developed and maintained the quality data, using the technology and available resources. It can also be defined that it is the execution of architectures under certain predefined policies and procedures to manage the full data lifecycle of a company or organiza... (Read All)

Last articles from Databases category on Computers Top News

Backing up Critical Data: Tape Backup Drives and Tape Libraries

Improving Application Performance With Solix Database Archiving Solutions

Understanding Data Management and Data Security

Automate Routine Database Synchronization With Database Restyle â Application!

Backup on Lto Tape

Book Review: Beginning Sql Server 2005 Programming

Communicate your Database's Capabilities More Effectively With Ms Visio

Data Cleansing

Data Mining Tools, Understanding Data Mining

Database Basics

Database Indexing â an Introduction

Database Integration Services India

Enterprise Database Management

Getitnext Releases Version 1.1 for Ebay Searches

How is Ms Access Database Useful?

How to Keep Linq to Sql Classes in Sync With Database Structure

Importance of Database Uptime

Improve your Access Applications in Minutes

Improving Application Performance With Solix Database Archiving Solutions

Mysql Backup Ideas

Resolving Application Fragmentation Without Soa

Sap Data Warehousing Solution

Sql Tuning

The Illusion of Business Intelligence

The Mythology of Data Governance and Data Stewardship

The Theory of Meaningless Numbers

Useful Tools for Btrieve, Pervasive.sql, and Other Sql Server

Visual Dataflex Advantages

Visual Dataflex Product Review

What is Data Management?

Automate Routine Database Synchronization With Database Restyle â Application!

Database Indexing â an Introduction