IT departments will get two new database options in the next week, with Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp. each refreshing their data management platforms. IBM, in Armonk, N.Y., announced on Friday DB2 UDB ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...

NetWare is often held up as the best x86 platform for file and print, due to its architecture. For example: stripped-down kernel, cooperative multitasking and protocol optimization for network file ...

Let's break down performance metrics, cost considerations, and the ever-changing best practices of cloud storage and database solutions. I recently finished a project doing some evaluation of various ...

I’m having ‘Sixth Sense’ moments when I see dead databases walking. With GenAI poised to eat your data for lunch, it’s time to fix performance problems. “My cloud application is slow,” is a common ...

Regular readers know that I periodically discuss database performance issues and that I always like to start with a definition of database performance, that I will reiterate here: If you need ...