The traditional practices of database management are being rapidly outgrown by organizations increasing their adoption of cloud services and automation. While these businesses are feverishly reaching ...

Everyone talks about “best practices” but what exactly are they? A "best practice" is a professional procedure or tactic that is accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective. Take a ...

Poor database management can cause significant damage to an organization. For example, in 2014, Ricky Joe Mitchell, a former network engineer at Charleston, W.V.-based oil and gas firm EnerVest, was ...

During the last three years more and more IT dollars have been spent outside traditional data processing (DP) areas. Low-priced PCs and software have created an uncontrolled area of IT spending within ...

Every organization, regardless of size or industry, needs a data loss prevention (DLP) plan. This includes all of the strategic tools and processes that will help a business avoid having their data ...

The data management discipline known as data integration (DI) has undergone an impressive expansion over the last decade. Today it has reached a critical mass of multiple techniques used in diverse ...

IT assets are software, hardware or cloud resources that help businesses run their operations. Managing these assets efficiently is crucial for optimizing productivity, reducing costs and ensuring ...

When you think of asset management, you likely picture large equipment or electronic devices being physically tagged and tracked by asset monitoring software. However, many of these platforms can ...