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High Availability for Databases: Protecting Sybase Databases With Veritas Cluster Server
Jul 2008
In years past, IT solutions were deployed to support back-end business functions such as inventory management, accounting, and human resources. In today's world, the IT solution increasingly is...
Provided by Symantec
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High Availability for Databases: Protecting Oracle Databases With Veritas Cluster Server
Aug 2008
In years past, IT solutions were deployed to support back-end business functions such as inventory management, accounting, and human resources. In today's world, the IT solution increasingly is...
Provided by Symantec
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Achieving Network Convergence: Deploying FCoE Into the Data Center
Jan 2010
Many enterprise data centers rely on Ethernet for their Local Area Network (LAN) and data traffic and on Fibre Channel (FC) networks for their storage infrastructure. With increased adoption of...
Provided by NetApp
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10 Techniques Netapp Uses for Improving Data Center Power Efficiency
Feb 2009
Over the years, the rapid business expansion and corresponding growth in data have placed continuous pressure on the IT and data-center infrastructures. NetApp found that working together makes it...
Provided by NetApp
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Streamlining Data Management for Petrotechnical Applications
Sep 2009
In uncertain economic times, oil and gas companies need to quickly and accurately assess the potential of new prospects and, now more than ever, create work over plans for existing operations to...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Current Trends in Federal Civilian Backup: Part I - Federal Civilian Interpretations of Current Contingency Planning & NIST Requirements
Apr 2009
While many laws and directives exist requiring the creation of contingency plans - including Continuity of Operations (COOP) and disaster recovery plans - agency heads are given wide latitude on...
Provided by FedSources
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White Papers
Simplified Data Center Architecture to Meet Complex, Changing Business Requirements
Apr 2009
Enterprises have always been challenged with shifting priorities, such as the following: how to do more with less, how to reduce costs, how to pace with rapid growth, and how to remain secure and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
N Series Deduplication: Complementary Technology for VMware Environments
Sep 2008
N series deduplication technology is designed to take any N series flexible volume (called a FlexVol) - regardless of how data was written into the volume - and easily identify and eliminate...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Helping DBAs Become More Efficient - NetApp Efficiency and Manageability Advantages
Jul 2009
Database administrators face significant and growing data management hurdles in a variety of areas, including provisioning, resource optimization, change assurance, dev/test, backup/recovery,...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Keeping Cool in the Data Center: A High-Efficiency Modular Solution
Dec 2009
Faster, more powerful and dense computing hardware generates significant heat and imposes considerable data center cooling requirements. Traditional Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) cooling...
Provided by Alcatel-Lucent
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Whitepapers
Modeling Multidimensional Databases
Jan 2010
This paper proposes a data model and a few algebraic operations that provide semantic foundation to multidimensional databases. The distinguishing feature of the proposed model is the symmetric...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Self-Selecting, Self-Tuning, Incrementally Optimized Indexes
Mar 2010
In a relational data warehouse with many tables, the number of possible and promising indexes exceeds human comprehension and requires automatic index tuning. While monitoring and reactive index...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Reducing Siebel Downtime With a Local Standby Database
Nov 2008
Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) is Oracle's best practices blueprint based on proven Oracle high availability technologies and recommendations. The goal of MAA is to achieve the...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Data Center Energy Efficiency With Intel Power Management Technologies
Feb 2010
Intel IT conducted a technology evaluation of Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager and Intel Data Center Manager (Intel DCM). The goals were to assess the potential of these Intel power management...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
High-Performance Computing for Silicon Design
Nov 2009
Designing Intel microprocessors is extremely compute intensive. Tapeout is a final step in silicon design and its computation demand is growing exponentially for each generation of silicon process...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Design of Indexing
May 2010
One of the major aspects of performance enhancement in DB2 is an Index. Changes to the indexes of the DB2 tables used in the SQL query processing of a batch application would have a direct impact...
Provided by Syntel
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Setting New Standards for Ultra High Performance HVAC
May 2010
This paper explores the common challenges of maintaining the performance of today's complex HVAC systems and the benefits and limitations of current methodologies for improving energy performance....
Provided by Optimum Energy
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Whitepapers
Service Differentiation in Real-Time Main Memory Databases
Nov 2007
The demand for real-time database services has been increasing recently. Examples include sensor data fusion, stock trading, decision support, web information services, and data-intensive smart...
Provided by University of Virginia
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Case Studies
Austin Energy: Leading the Way to the Smart Grid
Nov 2009
Austin Energy was seeking to improve service and reliability, Texas utility Austin Energy saw the need - and opportunity - to transform how it delivers electricity. Austin Energy partnered with...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
American Electric Power Applies Rule-Based Archiving to Improve Application Performance and Defer Costs
Mar 2010
American Electric Power (AEP) wanted to reduce database overload for the MACSS/OPS application suite and control continued database growth. The challenge was to shorten time to execute 3,000 batch...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Solution From IBM and Belmin Group Delivers UK Healthcare Provider With 100 Percent Invoice Efficiency at Reduced Costs
Mar 2009
With a total expenditure of 160 million British pounds, the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust began implementing an electronic purchasing process strategy seven years ago by...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Asset Management Firm Improves Data Consistency and Accelerates Application Deployment With IBM InfoSphere Validator
Sep 2009
One of the largest asset management firms in the United States was replacing its existing portfolio accounting system with a new, more advanced system. The replacement had to be transparent to...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Cetelem Enhances Test Data Management Processes to Support Worldwide Business Operations
Apr 2010
Cetelem wanted to deliver reliable applications to support worldwide operations by improving application testing practices and improve application reliability by creating multiple, realistic test...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
State Police Agency Improves Public Safety With Office 2010
May 2010
As the primary criminal justice agency in Colorado, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) strives to maximize the effectiveness of its Forensic Services division. Using a laboratory...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Financial Services Companies Protect Data Privacy by De-Identifying Confidential Data in Non-Production Environments
Apr 2010
Large US Financial Services Company wanted to reduce risk of privacy breaches in the application development and testing environments and overcome test data management challenges related to data...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Iskratel More Than Doubles Call Processing Capacity With IBM solidDB to Service 2 Million Calls at Peak Hours
Apr 2010
Vital to the success of Iskratel's SI3000 products is the underlying database technology as any delays in accessing subscriber information, configuration settings and service data would delay...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Powershell for Data Professionals (Level 200)
May 2010
The presenter of this webcast demonstrates how to perform everyday database administrator tasks like backing up user databases, scripting table objects, and evaluating disk space usage, and he...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 - Technical Overview (Level 200)
May 2010
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 is designed to meet the growing demand for a single sign-on solution that crosses organization, application, and platform boundaries. The attendee...
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
MSDN Webcast: Project 2010 JS Grid Extensibility: Project Web App (Part 3 of 3) (Level 400)
Apr 2010
This is the third webcast in a three-part series on extending grid pages in Microsoft Office Project Web App. The presenter of this webcast walks the attendee through more grid customizations,...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Understanding the Define.xml File and Converting It to a Relational Database
Mar 2010
When submitting clinical study data in electronic format to the FDA, not only information from trials has to be submitted, but also information to help understand the data. Part of this...
Provided by Octagon Research Solutions
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White Papers
Exploring DICTIONARY Tables and SASHELP Views
Mar 2010
SAS users can quickly and conveniently obtain useful information about their SAS session with a number of read-only SAS data views called DICTIONARY tables or SASHELP views. At any time during a...
Provided by Software Intelligence
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White Papers
PROC DATASETS; The Swiss Army Knife of SAS Procedures
Apr 2010
The DATASETS procedure provides the most diverse selection of capabilities and features of any of the SAS procedures. It is the prime tool that programmers can use to manage SAS data sets,...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Automating SDTM File Creation: Metadata Files Speeding the Process
Mar 2010
For small to mid-size companies that cannot afford to purchase expensive tools to "Automate" the SDTM file creation process, tools can be prepared to streamline this process. SDTM conversion can...
Provided by Auxilium Pharmaceuticals
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White Papers
PROC COMPARE - Worth Another Look!
Mar 2010
PROC COMPARE is one of those workhorse procedures in the Base SAS closet that deserves to be dusted off, tuned up and pressed into service again! With well-chosen PROC COMPARE options and...
Provided by Abt Associates
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White Papers
Using SAS Formats: So Much More Than "M" = "Male"
Mar 2010
Formats in SAS can be used to change the way that a value is displayed. There are numerous formats supplied by SAS for controlling the way dates, times, numbers, currencies and other types of...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Dancing the Sample Size Limbo With Mixed Models: How Low Can You Go?
Mar 2010
Whereas general sample size guidelines have been suggested when estimating multilevel models, they are only generalizable to a relatively limited number of data conditions and model structures,...
Provided by University of South Carolina
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White Papers
ELISA: Data Quality Implementation to Tax Evasion
Mar 2010
Since 1977, CSI-Piemonte has promoted innovation in local public administration through the use of the most modern information technology and Internet tools. Thanks to its contributions, the...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
SAS Presents In-Database Base Procedures in Practice
Apr 2010
As part of the SAS In-Database Initiative, SAS has enhanced a series of Base SAS procedures (including FREQ, RANK, and SUMMARY/MEANS) to directly leverage descriptive statistical functions...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
A Sample Paper for Improving Quality of Care for Chronic Disease in the Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Program Using SAS and Electronic Medical Record Data
Mar 2010
In Virginia the Federally Qualified Health Center Network has long been engaged in an active primary care quality improvement effort. After a widely implemented electronic medical record system...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Various Solutions to Missing Values in Repeated Sequences
Apr 2010
Data can have a repeated sequential structure with respect to one or more variables and it may be essential to present the sequence order in a data set. For example, when plotting incident cases...
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
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Whitepapers
Scalable Continual Top-K Keyword Search in Relational Databases
Aug 2011
Keyword search in relational databases has been widely studied in recent years because it does not require users neither to master a certain structured query language nor to know the complex...
Provided by Cornell University
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Whitepapers
RBO Protocol: Broadcasting Huge Databases for Tiny Receivers
Aug 2011
The authors propose a protocol (called RBO) for broadcasting long streams of single-packet messages over radio channel for tiny, battery powered, receivers. The messages are labeled by the keys...
Provided by Wrocklage Intermedia GmbH
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Whitepapers
A Uniform Fixpoint Approach to the Implementation of Inference Methods for Deductive Databases
Aug 2011
Within the research area of deductive databases three different database tasks have been deeply investigated: query evaluation, update propagation and view updating. Over the last thirty years...
Provided by University of Bologna
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Whitepapers
The MultiDark Database: Release of the Bolshoi and MultiDark Cosmological Simulations
Sep 2011
The authors present the online Multi Dark Database - a Virtual Observatory-oriented, relational database for hosting various cosmological simulations. The data is accessible via an SQL (Structured...
Provided by New Mexico State University
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Whitepapers
Compression Aware Physical Database Design
Jul 2011
Modern RDBMSs support the ability to compress data using methods such as null suppression and dictionary encoding. Data compression offers the promise of significantly reducing storage...
Provided by Brown University
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Whitepapers
C-Rank: A Link-based Similarity Measure for Scientific Literature Databases
Sep 2011
As the number of people who use scientific literature databases grows, the demand for literature retrieval services has been steadily increased. One of the most popular retrieval services is to...
Provided by Hanyang University
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Whitepapers
A Learning Theory Approach to Non-Interactive Database Privacy
Sep 2011
In this paper, the authors demonstrate that, ignoring computational constraints, it is possible to privately release synthetic databases that are useful for large classes of queries - much larger...
Provided by Carnegie Mellon University
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Whitepapers
Fast Updates on Read-Optimized Databases Using Multi-Core CPUs
Sep 2011
Read-optimized columnar databases use differential updates to handle writes by maintaining a separate write-optimized delta partition which is periodically merged with the read-optimized and...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
The Evaluation of Geometric Queries: Constraint Databases and Quantifier Elimination
Oct 2011
The authors model the algorithmic task of geometric elimination (e.g., quantifier elimination in the elementary field theories of real and complex numbers) by means of certain constraint database...
Provided by University of Bucharest
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Whitepapers
View Selection in Semantic Web Databases
Oct 2011
The authors consider the setting of a Semantic Web database, containing both explicit data encoded in RDF triples, and implicit data, implied by the RDF semantics. Based on a query workload, they...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
A Compressed Self-Index for Genomic Databases
Nov 2011
Advances in DNA sequencing technology will soon result in databases of thousands of genomes. Within a species, individuals' genomes are almost exact copies of each other; e.g., any two human...
Provided by University of Heilongjiang
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Whitepapers
A Fusion Algorithm for Joins Based on Collections in Odra (Object Database for Rapid Application Development)
Jul 2011
In this paper, the authors present the functionality of a currently under development database programming methodology called ODRA (Object Database for Rapid Application development) which works...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science Issues
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Whitepapers
Proposing Cluster-Similarity Method in Order to Find as Much Better Similarities in Databases
Dec 2011
Different ways of entering data into databases result in duplicate records that cause increasing of databases' size. This is a fact that the authors cannot ignore it easily. There are several...
Provided by University of Szeged Institute of Informatics
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Whitepapers
Multi Databases in Health Care Networks
Nov 2011
E-Health is a relatively recent term for healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication, dating back to at least 1999. E-Health is greatly impacting on information...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science Issues
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Whitepapers
High-Performance Concurrency Control Mechanisms for Main-Memory Databases
Dec 2011
A database system optimized for in-memory storage can support much higher transaction rates than current systems. However, standard concurrency control methods used today do not scale to the high...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
Putting Lipstick on Pig: Enabling Database-Style Workflow Provenance
Dec 2011
Workflow provenance typically assumes that each module is a "Black-box", so that each output depends on all inputs (coarse-grained dependencies). Furthermore, it does not model the internal state...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
Aggregation in Probabilistic Databases Via Knowledge Compilation
Jan 2012
This paper presents a query evaluation technique for positive relational algebra queries with aggregates on a representation system for probabilistic data based on the algebraic structures of...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
Relational Semantics for Databases and Predicate Calculus
Feb 2012
The relational data model requires a theory of relations in which tuples are not only many-sorted, but can also have indexes that are not necessarily numerical. In this paper, the authors develop...
Provided by University of Veszprem
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Whitepapers
Database Queries and Constraints Via Lifting Problems
Jul 2012
Previous paper has demonstrated that categories are useful and expressive models for databases. In the paper, the authors build on that model, showing that certain queries and constraints...
Provided by Cornell University
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Whitepapers
On Directly Mapping Relational Databases to RDF and OWL
Feb 2012
Mapping relational databases to RDF is a fundamental problem for the development of the Semantic Web. The authors present a solution, inspired by draft methods defined by the W3C where relational...
Provided by University of Texas at Arlington
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Whitepapers
Check Your Data Freedom: A Taxonomy to Assess Life Science Database Openness
Feb 2012
Molecular biology data are subject to terms of use that vary widely between databases and curating institutions. This research presents a taxonomy of contractual and technical restrictions...
Provided by Creative Commons
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Whitepapers
Stochastic Database Cracking: Towards Robust Adaptive Indexing in Main-Memory Column-Stores
Mar 2012
Modern business applications and scientific databases call for inherently dynamic data storage environments. Such environments are characterized by two challenging features: they have little idle...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
Pushing the Boundaries of Crowd-Enabled Databases with Query-Driven Schema Expansion
Mar 2012
By incorporating human workers into the query execution process crowd-enabled databases facilitate intelligent, social capabilities like completing missing data at query time or performing...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
FDB: A Query Engine for Factorised Relational Databases
Mar 2012
Factorized databases are relational databases that use compact factorized representations at the physical layer to re-duce data redundancy and boost query performance. This paper introduces FDB,...
Provided by University of Oviedo
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Whitepapers
Definition, Detection, and Recovery of Single-Page Failures, a Fourth Class of Database Failures
Mar 2012
The three traditional failure classes are system, media, and transaction failures. Sometimes, however, modern storage exhibits failures that differ from all of those. In order to capture and...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
Intelligent Database Flexible Querying System by Approximate Query Processing
Apr 2012
Database flexible querying is an alternative to the classic one for users. The use of Formal Concepts Analysis (FCA) makes it possible to make approximate answers that those turned over by a...
Provided by National Engineering School of Tunis
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Whitepapers
House of Graphs: A Database of Interesting Graphs
Oct 2012
In this paper, the authors present House of Graphs which is a new database of graphs. The key principle is to have a searchable database and offer next to complete lists of some graph classes also...
Provided by Cornell University
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Whitepapers
Efficient Spatial Keyword Search in Trajectory Databases
May 2012
An increasing amount of trajectory data is being annotated with text descriptions to better capture the semantics associated with locations. The fusion of spatial locations and text descriptions...
Provided by Nanyang Technological University
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Whitepapers
The View-Update Problem for Indefinite Databases
May 2012
This paper introduces and studies a declarative framework for updating views over indefinite databases. An indefinite database is a database with null values that are represented, following the...
Provided by University of Kentuckty
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Whitepapers
Mapping Relational Database Into OWL Structure with Data Semantic Preservation
Jan 2012
This paper proposes a solution for migrating an RDB into Web semantic. The solution takes an existing RDB as input, and extracts its Metadata representation (MTRDB). Based on the MTRDB, a...
Provided by Cornell University
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Whitepapers
Efficient Subgraph Similarity Search on Large Probabilistic Graph Databases
May 2012
Many studies have been conducted on seeking the efficient solution for subgraph similarity search over certain (deterministic) graphs due to its wide application in many fields, including...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
The Use of Self Organizing Map Method and Feature Selection in Image Database Classification System
May 2012
This paper presents a technique in classifying the images into a number of classes or clusters desired by means of Self Organizing Map (SOM) Artificial Neural Network method. A number of 250 color...
Provided by Cornell University
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Whitepapers
Developing a Model for a Text Database Indexed Pedagogically for Teaching the Arabic Language
Jun 2012
In this memory, the authors made the design of an indexing model for Arabic language and adapting standards for describing learning resources used (the LOM and their application profiles) with...
Provided by Cornell University
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Whitepapers
SkyQuery: An Implementation of a Parallel Probabilistic Join Engine for Cross-Identification of Multiple Astronomical Databases
Jun 2012
Multi-wavelength astronomical studies require cross-identification of detections of the same celestial objects in multiple catalogs based on spherical coordinates and other properties. Because of...
Provided by Johns Hopkins University
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Whitepapers
Linear Spaces and Transversal Designs: K-Anonymous Combinatorial Configurations for Anonymous Database Search
Jun 2012
Anonymous database search protocols allow users to query a database anonymously. This can be achieved by letting the users form a peer-to-peer community and post queries on behalf of each other....
Provided by Cornell University
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Whitepapers
A New Scale for Attribute Dependency in Large Database Systems
Jun 2012
Large, data centric applications are characterized by its different attributes. In modern day, a huge majority of the large data centric applications are based on relational model. The databases...
Provided by University of Calabria
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Whitepapers
LogBase: A Scalable Log-Structured Database System in the Cloud
Jun 2012
Numerous applications such as financial transactions (e.g., stock trading) are write-heavy in nature. The shift from reads to writes in web applications has also been accelerating in recent years....
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
Massively Parallel Sort-Merge Joins in Main Memory Multi-Core Database Systems
Jun 2012
Two emerging hardware trends will dominate the database system technology in the near future: increasing main memory capacities of several TB per server and massively parallel multi-core...
Provided by VLD Digital
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Whitepapers
INSTRUCT: Space-Efficient Structure for Indexing and Complete Query Management of String Databases
Jul 2012
The tremendous expanse of search engines, dictionary and thesaurus storage, and other text mining applications, combined with the popularity of readily available scanning devices and optical...
Provided by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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Whitepapers
Camera Identification by Grouping Images From Database, Based on Shared Noise Patterns
Jul 2012
Previous research showed that camera specific noise patterns, so-called PRNU-patterns, are extracted from images and related images could be found. In this particular research the focus is on...
Provided by Cornell University
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White Papers
Understanding the Define.xml File and Converting It to a Relational Database
Mar 2010
When submitting clinical study data in electronic format to the FDA, not only information from trials has to be submitted, but also information to help understand the data. Part of this...
Provided by Octagon Research Solutions
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White Papers
Exploring DICTIONARY Tables and SASHELP Views
Mar 2010
SAS users can quickly and conveniently obtain useful information about their SAS session with a number of read-only SAS data views called DICTIONARY tables or SASHELP views. At any time during a...
Provided by Software Intelligence
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White Papers
PROC DATASETS; The Swiss Army Knife of SAS Procedures
Apr 2010
The DATASETS procedure provides the most diverse selection of capabilities and features of any of the SAS procedures. It is the prime tool that programmers can use to manage SAS data sets,...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Automating SDTM File Creation: Metadata Files Speeding the Process
Mar 2010
For small to mid-size companies that cannot afford to purchase expensive tools to "Automate" the SDTM file creation process, tools can be prepared to streamline this process. SDTM conversion can...
Provided by Auxilium Pharmaceuticals
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White Papers
PROC COMPARE - Worth Another Look!
Mar 2010
PROC COMPARE is one of those workhorse procedures in the Base SAS closet that deserves to be dusted off, tuned up and pressed into service again! With well-chosen PROC COMPARE options and...
Provided by Abt Associates
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White Papers
Using SAS Formats: So Much More Than "M" = "Male"
Mar 2010
Formats in SAS can be used to change the way that a value is displayed. There are numerous formats supplied by SAS for controlling the way dates, times, numbers, currencies and other types of...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Dancing the Sample Size Limbo With Mixed Models: How Low Can You Go?
Mar 2010
Whereas general sample size guidelines have been suggested when estimating multilevel models, they are only generalizable to a relatively limited number of data conditions and model structures,...
Provided by University of South Carolina
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White Papers
ELISA: Data Quality Implementation to Tax Evasion
Mar 2010
Since 1977, CSI-Piemonte has promoted innovation in local public administration through the use of the most modern information technology and Internet tools. Thanks to its contributions, the...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
SAS Presents In-Database Base Procedures in Practice
Apr 2010
As part of the SAS In-Database Initiative, SAS has enhanced a series of Base SAS procedures (including FREQ, RANK, and SUMMARY/MEANS) to directly leverage descriptive statistical functions...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
A Sample Paper for Improving Quality of Care for Chronic Disease in the Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Program Using SAS and Electronic Medical Record Data
Mar 2010
In Virginia the Federally Qualified Health Center Network has long been engaged in an active primary care quality improvement effort. After a widely implemented electronic medical record system...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Various Solutions to Missing Values in Repeated Sequences
Apr 2010
Data can have a repeated sequential structure with respect to one or more variables and it may be essential to present the sequence order in a data set. For example, when plotting incident cases...
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
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Webcasts
Provisioning a Dynamic Datacenter
Mar 2010
The attendee of this webcast will understand the layered approach in building a Dynamic Datacenter, and learn how the System Center Suite of products from Microsoft can help to take that approach.
Provided by Microsoft
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Webcasts
Dynamic Data Center Toolkit Virtual Boot Camp - Module 7
Feb 2010
The attendee will learn options Microsoft provides for Provisioning and deployment, including Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), and Microsoft Deployment...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center: Datacenter Lifecycle Management
Feb 2010
Serving as a single platform for managing heterogeneity and complexity, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center can be used to manage multiple server architectures and myriad Operating Systems (OSs)....
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition: Building a Carrier-Grade Platform for Telecom Data Management
Apr 2010
The convergence of communication networks onto one that is IP based is revolutionizing today's telecommunications industry. Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are challenged to deliver...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Benefits of an Exclusive Multimaster Deployment of Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition
Feb 2010
One of the significant features introduced since Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6 (hereafter referred to as "Directory Server 6") is that it allows unlimited master directory servers....
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Making Clusters Easier With Sun Infiniband Technology: A Standards-Based Interconnect for Application Scalability and Network Consolidation
Oct 2008
Once solidly the domain of academia and research, High Performance Computing (HPC) technology is now becoming commonplace in many industries. Both scientific and commercial enterprises are finding...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Improving OLTP System Performance by Using Database Smart Flash Cache With Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise
Apr 2010
Since concluding an OEM agreement in 1989, Oracle Corporation Japan ("Oracle Japan") and Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu") have engaged in various joint activities, including system construction, joint...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Whitepapers
The Smart Grid and Key Research Technical Challenges
Mar 2010
The electric grid is transforming into an instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent energy distribution system. Numerous technological innovations will be required to enable the smart grid....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The New Enterprise Data Center Technical White Paper
May 2008
This paper presents a technical overview of the new enterprise data center, including a description of its key characteristics, a description of the functions and capabilities of the underlying...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Check Out What Our Downloaders Have to Say About GFI Backup - Home Edition!
Jan 2010
When was the last time one backed-up all the important files on the hard disk? Does one have a backup copy of those precious photos taken on the last holiday, of the resume and other important...
Provided by GFI Software
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Case Studies
Database Solution to Support Public Athletics Events and Help Boost Fitness Across the U.K.
May 2010
This case study talks about the migration of Great Run from MySQL to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 that is used to enhance the support given to people who take part in the U.K. athletics events. This...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Manufacturer Boosts Efficiency by 17 Percent With Product Life-Cycle Management Solution
May 2010
Pentair Technical Products is a provider of worldwide product and service solutions for enclosing, protecting, and cooling electrical and electronic systems. The company uses a Product Life-cycle...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Case Study: Web Application & Database Security Audit
Aug 2008
This case study speaks about the web application security assessment as provided by Altius IT Solution. Altius IT is a leading company in the field of Information Technology (IT) that has been...
Provided by Altius Information Technologies
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Case Studies
Government Builds Foundation for Agility With Identity Federation Solution
May 2010
Identity Federation Solutions provides for a kind of virtual reunion of different identities of one person or organizations across domains. This data is usually joined with the help of one common...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Energy Management Company Consolidates Data Center
Apr 2010
Schneider Electric has over 100000 employees and has more than 139 entities. The company has launched a new consolidated application that has been formed with the merging of over 2000 other...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
Data Quality Challenge Case Study METRO Group and Nestlé
Apr 2009
This case study is based on the GS1 Data Quality Challenge that was taken up by two organizations, METRP Group and Nestle in order to recognize key areas inside their association that could be...
Provided by GS1
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White Papers
Data Quality: A Critical Component of Business Assurance
Sep 2008
Data quality is a vital element of any business assurance. Poor quality of data can lead to higher operational risk and threatens the performance of the operating systems. It also weakens the...
Provided by ACL Services
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White Papers
Network Convergence in the Data Center Makes Sense
Apr 2010
This paper is an attempt to demonstrate that network convergence in data centers is the way to go for organizations instead of maintaining two separate networks, as is the prevalent practice....
Provided by Enterprise Strategy Group
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White Papers
Machine Learning-Based Prefetch Optimization for Data Center Applications
Nov 2009
The dynamic nature of data centers, which sees frequent release of applications and upgrading of servers, makes it difficult to fine tune their performance. Yet, the significance of performance...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Data Visualization as a Tool for Improved Decision Making within Transit Agencies
Nov 2008
Transit agency TriMet provides bus transit performance monitoring using data collected via automatic vehicle location and automatic passenger counter technologies. This is a regional transit...
Provided by Portland State University
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White Papers
Efficient Testing of Database Applications
May 2009
A computer aided formula is often a useful solution when it comes to test suites that take the final decision on the way test requirement is to be executed - hypothetically or traditionally....
Provided by NED University of Engineering & Technology
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White Papers
The Next Phase in Modernization: Unifying the Dynamic Data Center
Apr 2010
Whenever problems have confronted businesses, technological innovations have helped them come out of it. Once the problem is identified, a solution is worked out, which is then implemented. This...
Provided by Enterprise Strategy Group
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White Papers
Minimizing Data Center Cooling and Server Power Costs
Jun 2009
Data centers have been often accused of high power consumption used for running of information technology equipment and for air conditioning. The paper focuses on total data center power...
Provided by University of Southern California (Marshall)
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White Papers
Data Center Optimization: Beware of the Power Density Paradox
Jan 2010
Data centers are running out of power, cooling, and physical spaces. This holds true for most organizations today because of their need to deliver high-performance, enterprise-wide services to...
Provided by Transitional Data Services
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White Papers
Is an Energy-Wasting Data Center Draining Your Bottom Line?: New Technology Options and Power Distribution Strategies Can Dramatically Reduce the Cost and Carbon Footprint of Your Data Center
Nov 2009
With the change in economic climate, many companies around the globe suffered huge losses with energy consumption and costs. To overcome this problem, most IT and electrical industries are...
Provided by Eaton
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White Papers
Understanding and Abstracting Total Data Center Power
May 2009
Data centers of various small and large organizations are alarmingly aware of the need for energy-efficient power consumption methods that can reduce energy and costs. With the range and...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
BS2000/OSD - The Successful Mainframe Platform in Data Center
Apr 2009
Mainframe architecture plays a decisive role in software configuration. The BS2000/OSD business servers are a highly competitive and innovative server platform that meets the highest requirements...
Provided by Fujitsu
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White Papers
Enterprise Data Center: A Look at Power Efficiencies
Mar 2009
Data centers as an inevitable part of a productive IT infrastructure. They are extensive and provide numerous benefits to software solutions. The undeniable fact is that setting up of a data...
Provided by TEAM Companies
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White Papers
The Business Imperative to Gain Data Center Insight
May 2010
The business aspect of a data centre requires a fine balance between managing capacity, operations and cost. As data centers become more dynamic, they require new tools and assets to work in...
Provided by Avocent
