Physical Database Design: the database professional’s guide to exploiting indexes, views, storage, and more, 4th Edition

The rapidly increasing volume of information contained in relational databases places a strain on databases, performance, and maintainability: DBAs are under greater pressure than ever to optimize database structure for system performance and administration.

Physical Database Design discusses the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance,

 

Access Solutions: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets from Microsoft Access MVPs

Two Microsoft Access MVPs show how you can become an Access power user

Microsoft Access is the world’s leading database system, with millions of users and hundreds of thousands of developers. The best practices, tips, and techniques in this book can turn users into power users.

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services

This is a practical, step-by-step guide to managing and maintaining your master data and improving data quality with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services, with practical examples on how to use each feature. If you are a business and systems analyst or database administrator who wants

 

Getting Started with GEO, CouchDB, and Node.js

Today’s mobile devices have GPS and standard APIs to give you access to coordinates—but what can you do with that data? With this concise book, application developers learn how to work with location data quickly and easily, using Node.js, CouchDB, and other open source tools and libraries.

 

Building the Data Warehouse, 3rd Edition

Updated and expanded to reflect the many technological advances occurring since the previous edition, this latest edition of the data warehousing “bible” provides a comprehensive introduction to building data marts, operational data stores, the Corporate Information Factory, exploration warehouses, and Web-enabled warehouses. Written by the father of the

 

Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management

Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management is in direct response to audit and regulatory pressure on database administrators to manage all databases across an enterprise in a provably consistent manner.

Government and industry regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Payment

 

Achieving Extreme Performance with Oracle Exadata

Leverage all of the powerful features available in the Oracle Exadata Database Machine using the proven techniques inside this Oracle Press guide. Written by Oracle experts, Achieving Extreme Performance with Oracle Exadata shows you how to take full advantage of this complete, optimized package of software, servers, and

 

Discovering SQL: A Hands-On Guide for Beginners

If you’re a SQL beginner, you don’t just want to learn SQL basics, you also want to get some practical SQL skills you can use in the job market. This book gives you both. Covering the basics through intermediate topics with clear explanations, hands-on exercises, and helpful solutions,

 

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management 9.1 Implementation

PeopleSoft financial management applications have been recognized as a leading ERP product across a wide range of industries that helps organizations automate their accounting operations, cut costs, and streamline business processes. They offer industry leading solutions for organizations’ global needs, however complex they may be.

PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial

 

Oracle Web Services Manager: Securing your Web Services

This book not only describes the need for Web Services security but also explains with detailed examples how to define security policies and enforce those policies using Oracle Web Services Manager. This book emphasizes how to use Oracle WSM to address various security use cases with detailed step-by-step