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Top 10 Secrets for DBA Career Success: Over the years, Confio Software has had the opportunity to learn many tips from the hundreds of DBAs that we have worked with. These tips are based on its experiences tuning databases with its clients and working with them to most positively impact their organization. The goal of this whitepaper...; Tags: Career, Confio Software, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2008-06-01
Bloor Research: Database Performance Management - The Importance of Time-Based Analysis: The only performance that matters in a computer system is how long it takes to respond to a users request for information. The only sensible way to monitor the performance of a system is to measure the amount of time it takes to respond to those requests. ...; Tags: Database, Analysis, Confio Software, Bloor Research, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-09-01
Statistical Analysis of Database Performance Delays: As part of Confio Software's consulting and database tuning exercises, we have the chance to observe performance data from hundreds of customers with databases across thousands of applications. This statistical analysis looks at the source of database delays as experienced across a range of different scenarios. This research is aimed...; Tags: Statistical Analysis, Confio Software, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-05-01
Wait-Time Analysis: A New Best Practice for Performance Management: Wait-Time analysis is a new approach to application and database performance improvement that allows users to make tuning decisions based on optimal service impact. Using the principles of Wait-Time analysis described in this white paper, DBAs, developers and application owners can align their efforts with the service levels desired by...; Tags: Performance, Best Practice, Confio Software, Wait-Time Analysis, Performance Management, Storage, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management; White papers 2006-09-01
Oracle Performance Tools: Reduce Your IT Infrastructure Investment: When facing high wait times, dropped sessions, and application lock-ups, the typical company response is to invest in expanded server hardware capacity and additional Oracle licenses, plus the accompanying installation and project management costs. DBAs utilizing Ignite for Oracle from Confio have demonstrated the ability to cut Oracle wait times...; Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Investment, Tool, Confio Software, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Hardware; White papers 2006-08-01

Oracle and Java Performance Management: An Executive View: This Confio white paper posits that database administrators need to be more concerned about Wait-Time than any other performance metric as they strive to meet stringent Service Level Agreements SLAs. It builds a compelling case for using time-based analysis to rapidly identify the root causes of performance bottlenecks, and introduces...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Java, Analysis, Confio Software, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-04-01
Get More from Your Oracle Database: Best Practice Performance Management for Real Results: DBAs are constantly challenged to increase database performance while keeping costs down. This short paper discusses Resource Mapping Methodology RMM which defines a systematic process for performing Wait-Event analysis to optimize database performance. It includes a brief overview of Ignite for Oracle and the business benefits that Ignite users have...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Database Performance, Best Practice, Oracle Database, Confio Software, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-01-01
Improving Service Levels Through Transaction Visibility: Identifying the root cause of a performance bottleneck or other service problem can be a painstaking task, especially when done through the process of trial-and-error. A better approach is to have management tools available that are capable of pinpointing areas of concern in a way that event streams cannot. This...; Tags: Confio Software, Performance Management, Service Level Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, It service Management; White papers 2005-09-01
Confio Ignite Evaluation: This Burleson Consulting document contains a brief, written, confidential evaluation of Confio Ignite and the underlying Wait-event based methodology, identifying potential strengths and points of differentiation. Ignite is a well-balanced performance monitor, built on a proven wait event tuning methodology. Ignite allows the DBA to quickly find...; Tags: SQL, Confio Software, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2005-01-01
Digital Media Resolves Oracle I/O Bottlenecks, Accelerates Music Downloads: Digital Media develops and operates real-time delivery of multi-media content for retail delivery. Their system enables customers at a major mass market retailer to offer individual song downloads from their internet retail website. The high traffic and purchase volume experienced by this dominant retailer, especially during peak seasons, requires that...; Tags: Oracle Corp., I/O, Confio Software, Music Download, Retail, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Case studies
Insurance Company Gains Visibility into Oracle, Sees 800% ROI!: Customer is a U.S. based, Fortune 100 financial services organization who operates over 150 servers ranging from 2 to 24 CPU each running Oracle RDBMS. Databases support a wide range of applications including financial and accounting operations, billing, eCommerce, customer relations, call center, and project management Faced with frequent and...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Customer, ROI, Insurance, Confio Software, Performance Management, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Case studies

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Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories: What do you get for that special person on your list already owns a Mac, iPod and a nice digital camera? Accessories! Here are my picks for the Best Luxe accessories ($200 and up) that are perfect for the Mac user with everything. Don't forget...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Accessory, Video, Camera, FlipShare Software, 7xx-series, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-12-02
iPhone clouds true Smartphone snapshot: Can Apple, specifically its iPhone, save an entire industry? The iPhone - now ranked the second most popular smartphone - saw strong enough adoption in the quarter ending Sept. 30 to mask the sluggishness of the overall smartphone market this past summer, according to a report by...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Smartphone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever: Password recovery software vendor ElcomSoft claims that the password verification mechanism in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 is weaker than the one used in the previous version of Adobe's product, thereby allowing them to improve the brute forcing speed a hundred times faster. The company's claim comes right after Adobe's...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Passphrase, Adobe Acrobat, ElcomSoft, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Gallery: Nokia N97 - your future netbook?: Nokia rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. by Andy Smith; Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Nokia N97, Nokia, Facebook, MySpace, smartphones, keyboards, Andy Smith; Image galleries 2008-12-02
Sage to step into the on-demand ring: News started leaking late last week that Sage, the UK's largest software company, will release an on-demand accounting application called SageLive aimed at the SMB market. Details are sketchy beyond a blog post by competitor KashFlow but it seems the company is finally getting serious about the on-demand space after...; Tags: Accounting, On-demand, U.K., Details, Sage 50, Cloud Computing, Smb/Sme, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation: Apple recently sent a "cease and desist" email to bluwiki demanding the removal of postings by users who are trying to figure out how to write software that can sync media to the latest versions of the iPhone and iPod touch. According to the EFF: Apple doesn't...; Tags: Apple iPod, DMCA, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP): With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...; Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card: Zoho on Tuesday launched CloudSQL, a middleware layer that gives developers access to Zoho Applications data via a SQL database call. With the move, Zoho is playing an anti-lock-in card. One of the biggest worries about software as a service is that your data--and your business--can be...; Tags: Card, Monitor, Data, SQL, CloudSQL, Zoho Applications, Databases, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward: Zoho just can't stop churning out software. Today it is launching the Zoho CloudSQL. Put simply, this is the first step to providing a cloud based integration framework that allows developers to pass data between Zoho applications and their own. This is exciting stuff. For the...; Tags: SQL, Cloud, Zoho, Smb/Sme, Databases, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-12-02