Improving SQL*Loader Performance: Tuning the Date Cache in Direct Path Loads
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-This paper provides steps for tuning the SQLLoader date cache to improve performance during direct path loads. SQLLoader provides two methods for loading data: conventional path load and direct path load. A conventional path load executes SQL INSERT statements to populate tables in an Oracle database. When SQLLoader performs a conventional path load, it competes equally with all other processes for buffer resources, which can significantly slow the load. A direct path load eliminates much ....
Programming Second Life With the Linden Scripting Language
[ Source: Jupitermedia ]
January 2008-Second Life (SL) is a massively-multiplayer online game (MMOG) produced by Linden Labs. Many consider Second Life to be much more than a game. This paper provides an introduction to LSL. For the greatest benefit, one needs to have a basic knowledge of ""building,"" but that’s not required to understand the article code. Building is the process by which one places 3D primitives into the Second Life world. Builders have created everything that one sees ....
Turbocharge Vista Sidebar Gadget Development With PowerGadgets
[ Source: Jupitermedia ]
January 2008-PowerGadgets targets non-coding IT professionals; PowerGadgets wraps disparate and complex data with a powerful charting API, making it easy to represent data visually, on the desktop. One can use any SQL Server query, Web service, or Windows PowerShell object as the basis for rendering intuitive charts, maps, and gauges. Developing Windows Vista Sidebar gadgets generally involves a lot of JavaScript programming
How to Register or Unregister ActiveX Controls in Access 2007
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-This paper applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb), a Microsoft Access project (.adp), and a Microsoft Access 2007 database (.accdb). The paper describes how to register or unregister ActiveX controls in Access 2007. One could register or unregister an ActiveX control by clicking ActiveX Controls on the Tools menu. The paper also describes about the Visual Basic code method and the RunCommand macro action method to register or unregistered an ActiveX control.
IBM Smart Surveillance System (S3): An Open and Extensible Architecture for Smart Video Surveillance
[ Source: IBM ]
January 2008-This paper describes the architecture of the system and the capabilities of the IBM Smart Surveillance System Release 1 (IBM S3-R1). The increasing need for sophisticated surveillance systems and the move to digital surveillance infrastructure has transformed surveillance into large scale data analysis and management challenge. The IBM smart surveillance system is one of the few advanced surveillance systems which provides not only the capability to automatically monitor a scene but also the capability to ....
How to Store, Calculate, and Compare Date/Time Data in Microsoft Access
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-Access stores the Date/Time data type as a double-precision, floating-point number up to 15 decimal places. The integer part of the double-precision number represents the date. The decimal portion represents the time. This paper from Microsoft explains how Microsoft Access stores the date/time data type. This paper also describes why one can receive unexpected results while calculating or comparing dates and times. This paper elaborates on topics as store date/time data, format a date/time field, ....
Oracle Data Guard in Oracle Database 10g Disaster Recovery for the Enterprise
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-Oracle Data Guard is a comprehensive data protection, disaster recovery and high availability solution for the enterprise. It offers a flexible and easy-to-manage framework that addresses both planned and unplanned outages. Physical and logical standby databases complement each other and can be maintained simultaneously providing high-value data protection, while offloading overhead from primary databases. The various data protection modes provide flexibility to adapt to various protection, performance and infrastructure requirements. The Data Guard Broker in ....
Oracle Forms Services - Secure Web.Show_Document() Calls to Oracle Reports Server 6i
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-This paper published by Oracle shows one how to secure calls to Oracle Reports Services, issued by Forms using the Web. The solution described in this paper is based on a Java Bean that resides on the Oracle Forms Web client and works with the Forms 6i and Reports 6i components of Oracle9L Application Server Release 1.
Benchmark Comparison Test With Jinitiator 1.3.1.23 and Java Plug-In 1.5.0_05 - Performance Whitepaper
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency networks that improve data center scalability and manageability while controlling IT costs. The Cisco MDS 9000 family provides the leading high-density, high-bandwidth storage networking solution for data center applications. The second-generation Cisco MDS 9000 family switching modules, supervisors, and chassis strengthen Cisco technology leadership in the Storage Area Network (SAN) switching marketplace. A quick look at the SAN marketplace and the track record of ....
Service Level Management: Creating a Structured Process to Improve Availability
[ Source: CDI IT Solutions ]
March 2008-Service Level Management as a path to higher availability. With careful development, implementation and progress management, a service level program can be created that will ensure the highest level of availability possible, leading to greater long term productivity and better reliability for the consumers of IT systems.
Nexaweb Advance: End-to-End Application Modernization
[ Source: Nexaweb ]
March 2008-
Legacy applications built with technologies like PowerBuilder, ColdFusion (v5 and older) Oracle Forms, COBOL and Visual Basic are costing enterprises millions to maintain, and more to upgrade. Modernizing these systems to fully functional Web applications, however, is not as simple as adding flashy UIs and deploying them in a browser. It requires well-designed procedures to transform the legacy code to a common language, and utilize that data and business logic to deploy highly-functional, interactive applications ....
Skechers, an IBM ECM Customer Case Study
[ Source: IBM ]
July 2008-
Skechers plans locally, deploys globally to achieve process efficiency and compliance.
Trendy, savvy and cutting-edge were not the words to describe Skechers’accounts payable process. The manual process was rife with inefficiency. Lost documents, duplicate copies, postal and courier costs, lack of standard process, inability to determine invoice status, the expense of storing paper documents and end-of-quarter surprises describe a process that was hardly Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliant. With over 6,000 ....
Using Oracle Application Express to Interact With XML-RPC Style Web Services
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-
Oracle Application Express - a feature of the Oracle Database - is a powerful and easy to use web application development platform. XML-RPC style Web services support Remote Procedure Calls over the internet. An XML document is posted to a service as an HTTP-POST request. This white paper describes how to create an Application Express application that interacts with the YouTube XML-RPC Web service API that lists music videos.
Moving an MS Access Database Application to the Web with Alpha Five Version 9
[ Source: Alpha Software ]
February 2009-
Alpha Software’s latest white paper details how businesses can smoothly transition their Microsoft Access database applications to the Web using Alpha Five Version 9. Alpha Five is an all-in-one integrated tool that allows users to build secure and highly customized database applications with full reporting for the desktop or the Web quickly and easily.
Analyzing Snort Data With the Basic Analysis and Security Engine (BASE)
[ Source: Sun Microsystems ]
January 2008-
BASE is written in the PHP programming language and displays information from a database in a user friendly web front end. BASE allows for the easy management of alert data. The administrator can categorize data into alert groups, delete false positives or previously handled alerts, and archive and export alert data to an email address for administrative notification or further processing. Support for user logins and roles, allowing an administrator to control what is seen ....
Drive Down IT Compliance and Application Costs with Automated Configuration Management
[ Source: Oracle ]
March 2009-
Today, Oracle offers Oracle Enterprise Manager a comprehensive application management solution. Oracle Enterprise Manager allows you to manage your applications top-down from a business perspective. This allows you to identify business exceptions rapidly, pinpoint root cause issues using drilldowns in the underlying technologies, and remediate the issues automatically before they become emergencies.
A key component of Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Management Pack is the Configuration Change Console. This console provides breakthrough capabilities to automate ....
HP Polyserve Software - SQL Server Solution
[ Source: HP ]
August 2008-
Find out how to save up to $1 million for every 10 SQL Servers you own. Attend this demo and learn how HP's approach to virtualization effectively consolidates SQL Server database environments with dramatic benefits. During this demo you'll be stepped through the actual application itself and shown a number of features such as Dynamic Re-Hosting, server failover and on-demand capacity growth.
PHPfest Tutorial: Oracle Database 10g Express Edition and Zend Core for Oracle
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-
Oracle Database XE is an entry-level, small footprint starter database. It is free to download, develop, and deploy, and one can freely distribute it with the applications. There are no database licensing costs. Oracle Database XE has a browser-based management interface, Oracle Application Express. Support is provided through an OTN discussion forum via peers and product experts. The installation procedure on the Oracle Database Developer CD for Linux x86 differs slightly to the procedure below. ....
Parallel Execution with Oracle Database 10g Release 2
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-
Parallel execution is one of the fundamental database technologies that enable organizations to manage and access terabytes of data. This paper discusses Oracle Database 10g parallel execution architecture and shows its superiority over alternative architectures for real world applications. It also talks about the seamless integration of Oracle’s parallel execution component with other, business-critical components, such as Oracle Real Application Clusters. Parallel execution is the capability that addresses this challenge. The more effectively the database ....
SandStorm: Load-Testing Tool
[ Source: Impetus Technologies, Inc. ]
July 2008-
The performance of a Web application under heavy traffic has become one of the most crucial factors that define its success. The challenges faced by these online applications include ensuring faster response time during peak hours and maintaining the basic level of quality and reliability of services. This white paper discusses various aspects of Web load testing and offers an insight into Impetus’ SandStorm Web load-testing tool.
A Savvy Technique for Getting Software Right the First Time
[ Source: Capgemini ]
November 2009-
Get the speed to succeed. Obtain a design centered approach that can help companies cut software development costs, solve complex problems, and accelerate development. This whitepaper discusses the role of Rapid Design and Visualization in bridging technology gaps - and accelerating innovation and technology adoption.
Smarter Business: Avoiding the Hazards of Ignored Data
[ Source: Capgemini ]
November 2009-
Drive process improvement and governance throughout the whole enterprise. Gain visibility into mission-critical information around forecasting, planning, measuring, and reporting. This whitepaper shows how you can achieve incredible end-to-end process improvements, with a proven solution, built to work around your business strategy. Download this whitepaper and transform your business through the power of collaborative technologies.
IDC Complex Event Processing Excerpt
[ Source: Progress Software ]
August 2009-
We all have an intuitive idea of what an event is. However, when it comes to the use of the term “event” within a business context then it is easy to get confused, and this isn’t helped by the various terms and acronyms used by software vendors and the market.
Nor is it immediately obvious (outside specific environments such as process and manufacturing systems control where the concept of shop floor events are ....
Advanced Compression With Oracle Database 11g Release 2
[ Source: Oracle ]
October 2009-
Advanced Compression with Database 11g Release 2 helps you manage more data in a cost-effective manner. With data volumes, on average, tripling every two years, Oracle Advanced Compression delivers compression rates of two to four times across all types of data and applications. Learn how Oracle Advanced Compression can help you reduce the disk space and costs of managing large data volumes.
Meeting Compliance Requirements With Document Management Software
[ Source: Cabinet NG ]
October 2009-
Compliance is of primary concern to financial service, healthcare, and government organizations. Meeting compliance regulations have historically been perceived as an onerous burden. Today, leading companies are taking a broader approach to meeting compliance and are even embracing the benefits compliance offers. Meeting compliance must be a systemic process that touches all aspects of an organization. Most governmental regulations deal with the handling of business and personal information. Regulations are designed to protect against a ....
Advanced Consulting Enterprises - Mapping Database Solutions to Your Needs
[ Source: Oracle ]
October 2009-
Guardianship Program of Dade County is a non-profit private agency that provides guardian services for indigent adults in Miami-Dade County in South Florida. Guardianship Program is involved in all decisions - paying bills, medical treatments, rent - for each person in its system. Keeping track of each decision for each individual was not a simple task.
To manage all of this, Guardianship Program implemented an Oracle Database and Oracle Developer Tools, installed and managed ....
Leveling the Field: Powerful Software Solutions for Midsize Companies
[ Source: Oracle ]
October 2009-
You no longer need to be a large enterprise with deep pockets to afford comprehensive industry-focused software. Now, midsize firms and even start ups can benefit from Oracle’s Accelerate program, which is a fixed-scope/fixed-price approach that ultimately lowers your software costs and speeds time to value.
Download this useful paper to learn how Oracle’s partners like Jibe Consulting, a management and technology consulting business based in Portland, OR, use Oracle Business Accelerators with their ....
How Midsize Businesses Are Using ERP To Gain Competitive Advantage in a Tough Economy
[ Source: Oracle ]
October 2009-
For midsize enterprises, now is the perfect time to invest in a significant IT expansion – despite the economic climate. Please read this case study to find out how installing the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 helped Gavina Coffee improve efficiencies, cut overall costs, and make the business more competitive.
IT Tipping Point for Midsized Companies: Deciding When to Move to Tier 1 ERP
[ Source: Oracle ]
October 2009-
Transitioning to a new ERP system is a challenging process. But it is nowhere near as complex and daunting as the myths that have grown up around Tier 1 systems would have it. These false perceptions are worth examining, because they distort the true cost/benefit ratio of Tier 1 systems and cloud the decision-making process.
This white paper will focus on debunking the myth that Tier 1 systems make running the business more difficult, ....
Nevron Gauge For SQL Server Reporting Services
[ Source: Nevron Software ]
September 2009-
Nevron Gauge for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2005/2008 is an advanced report item that delivers a complete set of gauge types, highly customizable axes, tight data integration, and unmatched visual effects to your reports. It will also improve your report authoring experience, with its polished visual editors, refined settings, and well-organized structure. Nevron Gauge for SSRS is a must-have tool for any advanced Business Intelligence, Scorecard, Presentation, Scientific, or general-purpose report.
Fiorano Vs. Oracle - Integration Server Comparison
This whitepaper compares the performance and ease-of-use of the Fiorano and Oracle SOA platforms in the deployment of one of the most popular...
IDC Complex Event Processing Excerpt
This paper seeks to explain what events are, why they are important to your business, and what the options are for processing and managing these events (depending on their type and volume).
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