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Blog:How Many DBAs Do You Need To Support Databases?

I frequently get asked the question of how many databases a DBA typically manages. Over the past five years, I have interviewed hundreds of organizations on this topic, asking them about...

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Report:Oracle Exadata Raises The Bar On Database Appliances

Improves Online Transaction Processing And Data Warehouse Performance And Delivers A Consolidation Platform

Forrester recently interviewed 16 Oracle customers who use Oracle Exadata to find out about their implementations. Most customers stated that Oracle Exadata exceeded performance and high-availability...

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Report:Seven Top Integration Trends For 2011 To 2012

The Need For Speed, Services, And SaaS Is Shaping The Integration Future

Integration remains a high priority for enterprises in 2011 to 2012, leading Forrester to mine client inquiries and interview industry experts for insight into the latest integration trends....

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Report:Your Enterprise Data Archiving Strategy

Data Archiving Is A Flexible Technology That Delivers Many Use Cases

With growing data volume, increasing data security breaches, and complex application-performance issues, most enterprises today face significant data management challenges. Keeping inactive data...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Data Virtualization, Q1 2012

Informatica, IBM, Composite Software, And Denodo Technologies Lead, With SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Stone Bond, And Red Hat Close Behind

In Forrester's 53-criteria evaluation of data virtualization — also known as information-as-a-service (IaaS) — vendors, we found that Informatica, IBM, Composite Software, and Denodo...

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Report:Simpler Database Migrations Have Arrived!

IBM, ANTs Software, And EnterpriseDB Offer Innovative New Options

Database migrations have always been complex, time-consuming, and costly due to proprietary data structures and data types, SQL extensions, and procedural languages. It can take up to several months...

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Report:Case Study: HealthNow Implements A Data Services Layer Using Informatica 9 Platform

Today, most organizations face growing data integration challenges due to increased data volume, complex data types, and an increased business need for real-time data. Information-as-a-service (IaaS)...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Database Auditing And Real-Time Protection, Q2 2011

IBM, Imperva, And Sentrigo Lead, With Application Security, Oracle, And Fortinet Close Behind

In Forrester's 147-criteria evaluation of database auditing and real-time protection vendors, we found that the market is rife with mature products. IBM, Imperva, and Sentrigo lead the pack because...

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Blog:Take Part In Forrester's Database Management Survey

Forrester is currently running a database management survey assessing the state of the database market. We are surveying companies across various verticals to understand the type of DBMS...

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Blog:Database Migrations Are Finally Becoming Simpler

Lately I have been getting quite a few inquiries on database migrations asking me about migration approaches, best practices, and tooling. Some of the reasons why companies are looking...

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Report:The Future Of Customer Data Management

Vision: The Customer Data Management Playbook

Customer data is the lifeblood of the contemporary enterprise. It's used in virtually every function of the business, including product research, design, and development; advertising and marketing...

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Client Inquiry:What Are Typical DBA Salary Ranges, And How Large Are The Talent Pools For The Various RDBMS Types?

We'd like an analyst to speak to the following two questions: 1) What are the typical salary ranges for each of the following database administrator (DBA) positions: MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and...

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Report:Trends In ETL Adoption

This data chart examines ETL adoption trends based on a survey of 173 professionals who have purchased ETL software at their organizations.

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Blog:Join Our Data Management Tweet Jam On MDM’s Next Evolution: Tuesday, July 20, 3-4 PM ET

Many large organizations have finally “seen the light” and are trying to figure out the best way to treat their critical data as the trusted asset it should be. As a result, master...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Cloud Databases, Q4 2012

Four Leaders And Four Strong Performers Compete For A Share Of The Enterprise Cloud Database Market

Cloud database offerings represent a new space within the broader data management platform market, providing enterprises with an abstracted option to support Agile development and new social, mobile,...

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Report:Case Study: EMC Tames Oracle ERP Data Growth

Informatica Helps Archive Data To Improve Performance And Lower Cost

Like most large organizations, EMC struggles with the performance and manageability of mission-critical applications because of increased data volume and user numbers. In the past, EMC added more...

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Blog:Strong Growth And Innovation Seen For Information-As-A-Service In 2011

Over the course of this year, I’ve spoken with many organizations that are continuing to expand their usage of information-as-a-service (sometimes called data services) to support new business...

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Report:Why Enterprise Database Security Strategy Has Become Critical

This presentation discusses database security trends and drivers, current database security challenges, why enterprises should focus on an enterprisewide database security strategy, the three pillars...

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Report:Market Overview: Database Security, 2011

Database Security Solutions Mature While The Market Consolidates

Enterprise databases continue to experience growing attacks despite enhanced security processes and increasing database security approaches. Security gaps in solutions persist in intelligent...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Advanced Data Visualization (ADV) Platforms, Q3 2012

Seven Leaders, Six Strong Performers, And Two Contenders Compete For Share Of The ADV Market

Enterprises find advanced data visualization (ADV) platforms to be essential tools that enable them to monitor business, find patterns, and take action to avoid threats and snatch opportunities. In...

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Report:Craft Your Future State BI Reference Architecture

Road Map: The Business Intelligence Playbook

In the face of rising data volume and complexity and increased need for self-service, enterprises need an effective business intelligence (BI) reference architecture to utilize BI as a key corporate...

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Report:Stay Alert To Database Technology Innovation

Specialized Data Management Options Abound — Are Any Right For Your Apps?

Growth in the volume and pace of business is driving new application and data requirements that are often well beyond the design limits of existing relational database technologies. These include...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise ETL, Q1 2012

Informatica, IBM, Oracle, SAP, SAS, Ab Initio, And Talend Lead, With Pervasive, Microsoft, And iWay Close Behind

In Forrester's 60-criteria evaluation of enterprise extract, transform, and load (ETL) vendors, we found that Informatica, IBM, Oracle, and SAP maintain leadership positions thanks to their ability...

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Tool:Mobile Development Popularity Is Now On Companies' Radar More Than Ever

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Report:SQL Azure Raises The Bar On Cloud Databases

Ease Of Use, Integration, Reliability, And Low Cost Make It A Compelling Solution

Over the past six months, Forrester interviewed 26 companies using Microsoft SQL Azure to find out about their implementations. Most customers stated that SQL Azure delivers a reliable cloud database...

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