Most database implementations are anything but static. Once deployed, databases are queried, updated, loaded, unloaded, reorganized, and data is deleted and inserted from them on an ongoing basis.

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Even in the best of times, business planning is a complex exercise. At a minimum, planning requires inputs from across the organization, resulting in a roadmap that articulates how an organization ...

A disaster recovery plan is like insurance—you’re glad you have it, but you hope you never need it. With automobile insurance, you pay a regular fee so that you are covered if you have an accident. In ...

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Insufficient disk space on database servers was the cause of Toyota car production grinding to a halt for 36 hours at 14 plants in Japan late in August. But just how does such a situation arise?

One thing is certain. The volume of data continues to grow. Good if you sell databases, but if you are in charge of your data management strategy the job is becoming ever more complex. While ...

The aim of this Article is to utilize a cross-disciplinary approach spanning engineering, consumer behaviour and data science to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of DER amidst ...