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Top 10 Tips for Optimizing SQL Server Performance by Quest Software

Read this white paper to see how to maximize database scalability and efficiency with ease.

The Top 10 Technical Tips for Virtualizing Tier 1 Business-Critical Applications by VMware

Addressing topics ranging from application mobility and disaster recovery to security, these ten handy tips will help see you through the course of virtualizing your most important business applications.

Top 10 Tips for Creating Solid Data Warehouses by EMC

In this Top 10 card, you will learn the tips for integrating and analyzing services in your data warehouse to of course, protect your important data.

Top 10 Steps to Ensuring Data Quality by Melissa Data

Poor data quality affects not only the ability of businesses to contact customers, but it also can affect the entire business process and prevent essential data from being realized as useful information. Read this Top 10 card, sponsored by Melissa Data, to look at the steps you can take to create and ensure data quality.

Top 10 Reasons to Scale-Up Your Mission-Critical Database and BI Platform by Intel

Learn the Top 10 reasons to scale-up to a new generation of server platforms powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series and Windows Server® 2008 R2 with SQL Server® 2008 R2 to increase the performance of your data analysis, data mining, and reporting applications while minimizing acquisition and operating costs.

SQL Virtual Database: It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3 by Idera

Try a 14-day free trial of SQL virtual database; then send Idera your example of how you use SQL virtual database and be entered to win a new Netbook.

4 Killer Features That Will Change SQL Server Backup As You Know It by Idera

Download SQL safe 6.0 for free; then send Idera your database size, backup file size, and backup time with your current solution and backup file size and speed with SQL safe and you’ll be entered to win a new Netbook.

Top 10 Tips for Implementing a BI Solution by Dell

SQL Server 2008 Memory and CPU Highlights by Unisys

As SQL Server 2008 is released this year, database administrators will find themselves with a new version of the product that will be used to operate the most advanced and complex database environment in existence.

The Top 10 things You Need to Know about Data Protection for SQL Server 2008 by hyperbac

Learn the Top 10 things You Need to Know about Data Protection for SQL Server 2008, so you won't have problems later.